Patent ID: 8332375
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: A61P,G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for moving files from one storage location to another, comprising: receiving a request from a user to access a file; copying the file from a first storage element to a second storage element in response to the request, wherein the second storage element provides access to files at a higher rate than that provided by the first storage element; automatically determining whether a demand for the file exists; and automatically maintaining a copy of the file stored in the second storage element if the demand exists; otherwise automatically deleting the copy of the file stored in the second storage element, wherein if a number of access requests for the file exceeds a predetermined number of access requests, it is determined that the demand for the file exists, and if the number of access requests does not exceed the predetermined number of access requests, it is determined that the demand for the file does not exist.