Patent Document ID: 8676593
Application ID: 12888548
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method implemented in a computer infrastructure comprising a combination of hardware and software, the method comprising: receiving a request from a local computing device to save data on a network comprising a plurality of data storage locations in a plurality of different geographic regions and file attributes associated with the data; determining, based on the request, a specified geographic region of the plurality of different geographic regions by analyzing at least one of: (i) the file attributes associated with the data, and (ii) predefined rules; identifying one of the plurality of data storage locations within the specified geographic region based on the determining step; routing the data to the identified one of the plurality of data storage locations within the specified geographic region; receiving, from the local computing device, a request to change the specified geographic region to another geographic region; and sending the data to another data storage location in the another geographic region based on receiving the request to change the specified geographic region.