US 2009/0265391 A1 · APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING NETWORK STORAGE

Abstract

A method for managing a plurality of network storages on a computer device includes: receiving login commands in response to the users' operations; simultaneously transmitting a first access request to get read/write authority with respect to the first network storage, and a second access request to get read/write authority with respect to the second network storage in response to the login commands; receiving and combining first information from the first network storage and second information from the second network storage after the first and the second access requests being authorized by the network storages; displaying the combined information on a single graphical user interface.

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Dependent claims

A computer comprising:

an input interface capable of connecting with an input device for receiving input signals from an user;
a display interface capable of connecting with a display device for outputting display information to the user;
a processor electrically connected with the input interface, the display interface, the network interface for receiving the input signals from the input interface and outputting the display information to the display interface;
and
a memory storing a management apparatus, the management apparatus is executed by the processor for connecting with at least two network storages and displaying information from the at least two network storages by a single graphical user interface (GUI).

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Apparatus and method for managing network storage

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Abstract

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