Patent ID: 7203735

Claim:
A method of providing a user associated with a remote home server with access to a file via a plurality of local servers, said method comprising: receiving a first request for said file at said remote home server from said user via a first local server of said plurality of local servers; identifying a second local server of said plurality of local servers utilizing data of an entry corresponding to said file within a remotely logged table associated with said remote home server; providing said file to said user via said first local server in response to said identifying, wherein said providing comprises issuing a second request for said file to said second local server from said remote home server, receiving a response to said second request from said second local server, wherein said response to said second request comprises, said file in response to a determination that said file was modified at said second local server, and data of an entry corresponding to said file within a guest client table associated with said second local server in response to a determination that said file was not modified at said second local server; and deleting said data of said entry corresponding to said file within said remotely logged table in response to said providing.