Patent ID: 6366988
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A programmed computer system for managing electronic data storage comprising:means for physically moving electronic data from a source location recognized by a computer operating system and by one or more application software programs to a new destination storage location on the same or other electronic data storage device; means for communicating the new destination storage location of the electronic data to the computer operating system; means for translating the new destination storage location of the electronic data to one or more application software programs so that said application software programs do not detect any change in the location of the electronic data; means for updating said application software programs to request the operating system to access said electronic data as if said electronic data is located at the source storage location; means for redirecting the operating system from the source electronic data storage location to the new destination storage location in order to provide the operating system with access to the electronic data at the new destination storage location.