Patent ID: 7463264

Claim:
A method for serverless animation asset data management of a storage network comprises: receiving an animation asset identifier in a first computer system; receiving animation asset data associated with the animation asset identifier in the first computer system; determining a storage resource path in the storage network for storage of the animation asset data, in the first computer, in response to a path determination algorithm and in response to the animation asset identifier, wherein the determination in the first computer of the storage resource is made substantially free of interaction with the storage network; storing the animation asset data from the first computer on the storage resource in the storage network; creating a logical link between the animation asset identifier and the storage resource in the first computer system; receiving the animation asset identifier in a second computer system; determining the storage resource path in the storage network where the animation asset data is stored, in the second computer, in response to the path determination algorithm and in response to the animation asset identifier, wherein the determination in the second computer of the storage resource path is made substantially free of interaction with the storage network and made substantially free of interaction with the first computer system; and creating a logical link between the animation asset identifier and the storage resource path in the second computer system.