Patent ID: 7831643
Filing Date: 2010-11-09
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of accessing a shareable computer file, comprising: generating stub files for a plurality of Virtual Private Servers (VPSs), wherein the stub files of each VPS correspond to the shareable computer file, and wherein each VPS operates as a fully functional computer for providing services to users; providing each stub files with an attribute that is a property of the stub file; selecting a VPS for responding to a request to access the shareable computer file; receiving the request to access the shareable computer file; retrieving, at the selected VPS, the attribute based on a stub file corresponding to the shareable computer file; copying the shareable computer file content into the stub file if a user attempts to modify the shareable computer file, and after confirming that the file is a stub file, wherein any modifications are made to the copy; accessing, inside the selected VPS, the modified copy if modifications have been made; and accessing, based on the attribute, the shareable computer file if modifications have not been made.