Virtual file system
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1. A method for managing information about off-line storage data comprising:
- storing information about the off-line storage data;
interfacing said information with a file manager of an operating system of a computer, displaying said off-line storage data as accessible by said computer as part of the file system managed by said file manager so that the information stored about the off-line storage data can be accessed by using the file manager.
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There is disclosed a method for managing information about off-line storage data comprising storing information about the off-line storage data, interfacing said information with a file manager of an operating system of a computer, displaying said off-line storage data as accessible by said computer as part of the file system managed by said file manager so that the information stored about the off line storage data can be accessed by using the file manager.
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32 Claims
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1. A method for managing information about off-line storage data comprising:
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storing information about the off-line storage data;
interfacing said information with a file manager of an operating system of a computer, displaying said off-line storage data as accessible by said computer as part of the file system managed by said file manager so that the information stored about the off-line storage data can be accessed by using the file manager. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer for managing information about off line storage data comprising:
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an operating system; and
a virtual file system application interfaced with a file manager of said operating system, the virtual file system application storing information about off-line storage data, and displaying said off-line storage data as part of the file system managed by the file manager, whereby said information can be accessed using the file system. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer program that when executed by a computer:
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stores information about the off-line storage data;
interfaces said information with a file manager of an operating system of a computer, and displays said off-line storage data as accessible by said computer as part of the file system managed by said file manager so that the information stored about the off-line storage data can be accessed by using the file manager. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A set of application program interfaces embodied on a computer-readable medium for execution on a computer in conjunction with an application program that manages information about one off-line storage data physically stored in one or more storage units comprising:
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a unit interface that interfaces between a file management system of an operating system of a computer and the one or more storage units;
a disc interface that interfaces between said file management system and said one or more storage media;
a storage data interface that interfaces between said file management system and a database containing information related to said storage data;
a view handler interface that displays said storage data or more storage media including said information as accessible to said computer as part of said file management system.
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31. In a computer system having a graphical user interface including a display and a selection device, a method for managing off-line storage data, the method comprising:
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retrieving information from a database including data related to the off-line storage data; and
displaying said information related to said off line storage data as part of the file system managed by a file manager.
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32. A method for displaying data about off-line storage data comprising:
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storing information related to the off-line storage data; and
displaying information related to the off-line data with a file manager of an operating system of a computer.
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