Patent ID: 9430491
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method of providing access to files stored at one or more remote backup storage devices, the computer-implemented method comprising: initiating, by a storage manager, a backup operation, the backup operation comprising: receiving, at a second client computing device, a listing of the one or more backup files, wherein the one or more backup files are designated to be synchronized to the second client computing device from the first client computing device, wherein each of the first client computing device and the second client computing device are in communication with the one or more remote backup storage devices that store backup copies of data associated with the first client computing device and the second client computing device according to the storage policy; initiating, by a synchronization agent executing on computer hardware comprising one or more computer processors, a background process to communicate the one or more backup files from the one or more remote backup storage devices to the second client computing device to synchronize the one or more backup files to the second client computing device; and in response to a request for a particular file of the one or more backup files, wherein the request is entered by a user via interaction with the second client computing device, and wherein the request is received after said initiating the background process to communicate the one or more backup files to the second client computing device and prior to completion of communication of the particular file to the second client computing device in the background process: