Mechanism for controlled sharing of files in a clustered application environment

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PATENT NO 7418500
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10106017

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A mechanism for controlled sharing of files by clustered applications is provided. The mechanism expands a distributed file access protocol, such as the direct access file system protocol, by including an open with share token command and an open_downgrade operation to adjust the access and deny levels for a given resource.

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NETWORK APPLIANCE INC495 EAST JAVA DRIVE SUNNYVALE CA 94089

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bolinger, Don Concord, MA 4 33
Lent, Arthur Cambridge, MA 6 60
Silberman, Jeffrey San Francisco, CA 2 25

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