Abstract: Applications, systems and methods for efficiently accessing and controlling data of devices among multiple computers over a network. Strategic cache management processes are provided to manage the data in cache memory of the storage devices involved. Communication of data over the network may be managed by means of one or more connection servers which may also manage any or all of authentication, authorization, security, encryption and point-to-multipoint communications functionalities. Alternatively, computers may be connected over a wide area network without a connection server, and with or without a VPN. Data transmissions may be managed to minimize bandwidth and may be temporally and/or spatially compressed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 13, 2004
Date of Patent:
September 8, 2009
Assignee:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Lambertus Hesselink, Dharmarus Rizal, Eric S. Bjornson
Abstract: Applications, systems and methods for efficiently accessing and controlling data of devices among multiple computers over a network. Communication of data over one or more networks may be managed by means of one or more connection servers which may also manage any or all of authentication, authorization, security, encryption and point-to-multipoint communications functionalities. Alternatively, computers may be connected over a wide area network without a connection server, and with or without a VPN. In any case, file structure integrating means are configured to integrate a file structure of accessible files accessed at a second or first computer, into a file structure contained at the first or second computer, respectively.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 13, 2004
Date of Patent:
April 1, 2014
Assignee:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Lambertus Hesselink, Dharmarus Rizal, Eric S. Bjornson
Abstract: Systems and methods for remote access of network-enabled devices that provide seamless, firewall-compliant connectivity between multiple users and multiple devices, that allow collaborative operations by multiple users of remote devices, that allow point to multipoint control of multiple devices and which allow rapid, secure transmission of data between remote users and devices. In general terms, the system includes at least one connection server, and at least two computers operatively coupled to the connection server via a public or global network. In an example where at least one client computer is operatively connected to at least one network-enabled device through a connection server via the public or global network, the connection server is configured to route control instructions from the client to the network-enabled device, and route data from the network-enabled device to the client.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 19, 2002
Publication date:
October 9, 2003
Inventors:
Lambertus Hesselink, Dharmarus Rizal, Eric S. Bjornson
Abstract: Applications, systems and methods for efficiently accessing and controlling data of devices among multiple computers over a network. Peer-to-peer exchanges of data between private computers is made possible while providing seamless, firewall-compliant connectivity. Such functionality is available even among private users over a public network, and even when multiple firewalls must be passed through. A firewall compliant connection may be established between a local computer and at least one remote computer; at least one file on a storage device associated with one of the computers is selected, and securely sent to at least one other computer over the secure connections. Computers may be connected over a wide area network with or without a connection server, with or without a VPN.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 13, 2004
Date of Patent:
March 29, 2011
Assignee:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Lambertus Hesselink, Dharmarus Rizal, Eric S. Bjornson
Abstract: Systems and methods for remote access of network-enabled devices that provide seamless, firewall-compliant connectivity between multiple users and multiple devices, that allow collaborative operations by multiple users of remote devices, that allow point to multipoint control of multiple devices and which allow rapid, secure transmission of data between remote users and devices. In general terms, the system includes at least one connection server, and at least two computers operatively coupled to the connection server via a public or global network. In an example where at least one client computer is operatively connected to at least one network-enabled device through a connection server via the public or global network, the connection server is configured to route control instructions from the client to the network-enabled device, and route data from the network-enabled device to the client.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 19, 2002
Date of Patent:
October 10, 2006
Assignee:
Senvid, Inc.
Inventors:
Lambertus Hesselink, Dharmarus Rizal, Eric S. Bjornson