Patent ID: 6571276
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A computer system, comprising:at least one general purpose server computer; at least one general purpose client computer; a distributed data storage system accessible to at least the client computer; and logic executable by the client computer for undertaking method acts to manage access to assets in the storage system, the method acts comprising: sending a request for a first access lock from the client computer to the server computer; receiving the first access lock from the server computer, the access lock pertaining to at least one asset in the storage system, the asset being characterized by either an open state or a closed state; receiving a demand from the server computer for the first access lock; and in response to the demand, selectively not relinquishing the first access lock if the open state exists for the asset, and otherwise relinquishing the first access lock.