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Network-backed mass storage device

  • US 9,882,956 B1
  • Filed: 03/11/2013
  • Issued: 01/30/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • determining, by a device, that the device is coupled to a computing device via a physical connector;

    establishing, by the device, a communication channel with a network-accessible storage service;

    receiving, by the device, an identification of a first file from the network-accessible storage service via the communication channel; and

    transmitting, by the device, the identification of the first file to the computing device via the physical connector, wherein the identification of the first file is translated from a format used by the network-accessible storage service to a block-based format used by a computing environment of the computing device, and wherein the translated identification, as transmitted by the device, presents the first file as part of the computing environment when interpreted by an existing file system driver of the computing environment.

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