Patent ID: 9584584
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method for storing data files, the method being implemented by a computer system that includes one or more processors configured to execute computer program modules, the method comprising: receiving, by the one or more processors, from a client computer in communication with the computer system, a first data file and a first data file virtualization policy; associating, by the one or more processors, the first data file with the first data file virtualization policy; storing, by the one or more processors, the first data file and the first data file virtualization policy on a storage device in communication with the computer system; deriving, by the one or more processors, one or more second virtual data files using information from the first data file and the first data file virtualization policy, the one or more second virtual data files not being stored on the storage device; generating, by the one or more processors, a directory listing including a listing of the one or more second virtual data files and providing the directory listing to the client computer in communication with the computer system; and generating, by the one or more processors, derived data corresponding to the one or more second virtual data files listed on the directory listing on-demand upon request by the client computer.