(57) ABSTRACT A permission manager detects when the message including the link is
forwarded and sends a notification to the author indicating that the message was forwarded …

BACKGROUND Computer users are able to access and share vast amounts of information
through various local and wide area computer networks including proprietary networks as …

In one embodiment, a system for implementing a distributed, transactional key-value store is
provided. The system includes a set of nodes, where each node is communicatively coupled …

Asynchronous file operations in a scalable multi-node file system cache for a remote cluster
file system, is provided. One implementation involves maintaining a scalable multi-node file …

In one embodiment, a system includes a database operative to maintain a Social graph; and
a cache layer comprising a plu rality of data shards, the data shards being divided among a …

Systems and techniques for utilizing resource aware queues and/or service sharing in a
multi-server environment. Requests directed to an application server are received into one …

Information technology (IT) systems require sharing of large amounts of file data in a
consistent, efficient, and reli able manner across a wide-area network (WAN). WAN data …

A method for facilitating synchronization of a remote file system (RFS) and a local file system
(LFS) includes maintaining a global revision identifier associated with the RFS, where the …

BACKGROUND Computer users are able to access and share vast amounts of information
through various local and wide area computer networks including proprietary networks as …

A computing device executing a reliable cloud storage module divides data into a first data
block and a second data block. The computing device stores the first data block in a first …