Patent ID: 9071585
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method implemented at least in part by a computer, the method comprising: sending, by an initiator, a request for a token that represents immutable data as long as the token is valid; in response to the request, receiving the token from a source offload provider; providing the token to a destination offload provider with an instruction to copy at least a portion of the immutable data from the source offload provider to the destination offload provider, the source offload provider and the destination offload provider being independent of each other; and extending trust of the initiator to the source offload provider and to the destination offload provider such that the source offload provider trusts the destination offload provider as the source offload provider trusts the initiator and such that the destination offload provider trusts the source offload provider as the destination offload provider trusts the initiator.