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UTILIZING VIRTUAL FOLDERS

  • US 20110145282A1
  • Filed: 02/24/2011
  • Published: 06/16/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of exposing items having associated metadata properties, the method comprising:

  • receiving a first metadata property that describes at least a portion of file items including a first file item stored in a first physical location and a second file item stored in a second physical location;

    within a database, searching for one or more items that have the first metadata property, the database storing metadata properties of a plurality of file items each of which is stored within one of a plurality of physical memory locations and storing a plurality of non-file items;

    obtaining the one or more items that have the selected first metadata property, wherein file items are obtained from the corresponding physical memory location at which the file item is stored and non-file items are obtained from the database at which the non-file items are stored; and

    providing within a file system user interface a first virtual folder that represents the one or more items that have the first metadata property, the first virtual folder exposing the first file item and the second file item despite physical locations of the first and second file items.

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