US Patent 12124895 Techniques for managing access to file systems

This application sets forth techniques for browsing and accessing files stored by a storage solution. The technique includes the steps of (1) prior to receiving a command to open a file, operating in a user space and engaging a first pathway by (a) instantiating, by an application, a preview application; (b) constructing a file path associated with the file stored in the volume; (c) providing the file path to the preview application; (d) generating, by the preview application, preview data of the file; and (e) receiving, by the preview application, a request to open the file; and (2) in response to receiving the request to open the file, engaging a second pathway to retrieve the file from the volume by: (a) generating, by the preview application, a system call to open the file; and (b) transmitting the system call to a kernel process executing within a kernel space.