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Manipulating objects in hosted storage

  • US 8,892,677 B1
  • Filed: 01/29/2010
  • Issued: 11/18/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer implemented method for manipulating an object in hosted storage, the method comprising:

  • receiving, from a client application and at a storage delegate, a request to associate an object reference with a particular hosted storage service from among multiple hosted storage services, each of the multiple hosted storage services having a different corresponding access protocol;

    associating, by the storage delegate based upon the received request to associate the object reference with the particular hosted storage service, the object reference with the particular hosted storage service from among the multiple hosted storage services;

    receiving, from the client application at the storage delegate, a request to store an object, the request to store the object including the object reference;

    determining, by the storage delegate, that the object reference has been associated with the particular hosted storage service from among the multiple hosted storage services;

    selecting, by the storage delegate and based on the determination that the object reference has been associated with the particular hosted storage service, the particular hosted storage service from among the multiple hosted storage services; and

    in response to selecting the particular hosted storage service, storing, by the storage delegate, the object at the particular hosted storage service using the access protocol corresponding to the particular hosted storage service.

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