Systems and methods for filesystem-based computer application communication

A system for filesystem-based communication of computer applications, the system comprising:

• a first computer operating a first computer application;
• a second computer operating a second computer application;
• a filesystem communications interface (FCI) computer device communicatively coupled to the first computer and the second computer, the FCI computer device configured to:
• mount a first file system on the first computer and a second file system on the second computer, wherein the FCI computer device is further configured to install a first communications interface driver on the first computer and a second communications interface driver on the second computer;
• receive, using the first communications interface driver, a first data transfer command that includes a first data unit and a target identifier from the first computer;
• identify that the first data transfer command corresponds to a first filesystem-based data transfer protocol;
• generate a second data transfer command by converting the first data transfer command from the first filesystem-based data transfer protocol into a first network-based data transfer protocol;
• receive the first data unit from the first computer, using the second data transfer command;
• generate a third data transfer command, wherein the FCI computer device is further configured to convert the second data transfer command into a second network-based data transfer protocol, the second network-based data transfer protocol being based on the target identifier;
• transfer the first data unit from the FCI computer device to the second computer, using the third data transfer command;
• convert, using the second communications interface driver, the third data transfer command into a second filesystem-based data transfer protocol;
• and
• transmit, using the second communications interface driver, the first data unit to the second computer application by the third data transfer command, and
• wherein the first network-based data protocol and the second network-based data protocol are configured to deliver the first data unit as an ordered byte stream.

A non-transitory computer readable medium that includes computer executable instructions for filesystem-based communication of computer applications executed by a filesystem communications interface (FCI) computer device comprising a processor in communication with a memory device, the FCI computer device being in communication with a first computer operating a first computer application and a second computer operating a second computer application, wherein the computer executable instructions cause the FCI computer device to:

• mount a first file system on the first computer and a second file system on the second computer, wherein the FCI computer device is further configured to install a first communications interface driver on the first computer and a second communications interface driver on the second computer;
• receive, using the first communications interface driver, a first data transfer command that includes a first data unit and a target identifier from the first computer;
• identify that the first data transfer command corresponds to a first filesystem-based data transfer protocol;
• generate a second data transfer command by converting the first data transfer command from the first filesystem-based data transfer protocol into a first network-based data transfer protocol;
• receive the first data unit from the first computer, using the second data transfer command;
• generate a third data transfer command, wherein the FCI computer device is further configured to convert the second data transfer command into a second network-based data transfer protocol, the second network-based protocol being based on the target identifier;
• transfer the first data unit from the FCI computer device to the second computer, using the third data transfer command;
• convert, using the second communications interface driver, the third data transfer command into a second filesystem-based data transfer protocol;
• and
• transmit, using the second communications interface driver, the first data unit to the second computer application by the third data transfer command, and
• wherein the first network-based data protocol and the second network-based data protocol are configured to deliver the first data unit as an ordered byte stream.