×

Shared Internet storage resource, user interface system, and method

  • US 20100185614A1
  • Filed: 08/26/2008
  • Published: 07/22/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/04/1999
  • Status: Abandoned Application
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A file storage and retrieval system, comprising:

  • a file database of files;

    a metadatabase of information regarding said files, said metadatabase being separately accessible with respect to said file database such that faster operations are achieved by accessing said metadatabase in preference to said file database for information regarding said files;

    said metadatabase updated contemporaneously with changes to said file database to enable said metadatabase to better reflect current information regarding said files of said file database;

    said information regarding said files selected from the group consisting of directory structure and/or location, filenames, file attributes, and combinations thereof;

    said faster operations selected from the group consisting of metadata retrieval, metadata sorting, metadata searching, metadata linking, metadata manipulation, displaying information regarding files of said file database so that a user is able to obtain quickly information about said files without having to access said files, file information handling, user query handling, satisfying user requests, file information distribution, and combinations thereof.

View all claims
  • 0 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×