File sharing system in a client/server environment with efficient file control using a www-browser-function extension unit
First Claim
1. A file sharing system implemented on a system having a server system and a plurality of client systems connected to said server system via a network, said file sharing system comprising:
- a WWW server provided in said server system;
a first storage unit, provided in said server system, storing files;
a WWW-server-function extension unit, provided in said server system, operating in association with said WWW server to control said files based on respective file identifiers indicating said files;
a WWW browser, provided in a client system which is one of said client systems, receiving one of said files and a corresponding one of the file identifiers indicating said one of said files from said server system;
a second storage unit, provided in said client system, storing said one of said files;
a WWW-browser-function extension unit, provided in said client system, operating in association with said WWW browser to activate an application to update said one of said files and to send the updated file and said corresponding one of the file identifiers to said server system, resulting in said updated file being stored in said first storage unit in said server system as a file having the same file identifier as said corresponding one of the file identifiers.
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Abstract
A file sharing system implemented on a system having a server system and a plurality of client systems connected to the server system via a network. The file sharing system includes a WWW server provided in the server system, a first storage unit provided in the server system and storing files, a WWW-server-function extension unit provided in the server system and operating in association with the WWW server to control the files based on file identifiers. The file sharing system further includes a WWW browser provided in a client system which is one of the client systems and receiving one of the files and a corresponding file identifier from the server device, a second storage unit provided in the client system and storing the one of the files, a WWW-browser-function extension unit provided in the client system and operating in association with the WWW browser to activate an application to update the one of the files and to send an updated file and the corresponding file identifier to the server system.
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1. A file sharing system implemented on a system having a server system and a plurality of client systems connected to said server system via a network, said file sharing system comprising:
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a WWW server provided in said server system;
a first storage unit, provided in said server system, storing files;
a WWW-server-function extension unit, provided in said server system, operating in association with said WWW server to control said files based on respective file identifiers indicating said files;
a WWW browser, provided in a client system which is one of said client systems, receiving one of said files and a corresponding one of the file identifiers indicating said one of said files from said server system;
a second storage unit, provided in said client system, storing said one of said files;
a WWW-browser-function extension unit, provided in said client system, operating in association with said WWW browser to activate an application to update said one of said files and to send the updated file and said corresponding one of the file identifiers to said server system, resulting in said updated file being stored in said first storage unit in said server system as a file having the same file identifier as said corresponding one of the file identifiers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A machine readable medium having a program embodied therein for controlling a system having a server system and a plurality of client systems connected to said server system via a network, said program comprising:
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WWW-server-function-extension program code means, implemented in said server system and operating in association with a WWW server, for controlling files stored in said server system based on respective file identifiers indicative of the files and sending one of said files and a corresponding file identifier indicative of said one of said files to one of said client systems; and
WWW-browser-function-extension program code means, implemented in said server system and operating in association with a WWW browser, for activating an application to update said one of said files and to send the updated file and said corresponding file identifier to said server system, wherein said WWW-server-function-extension program code means stores the updated file in said server system as a file having the same file identifier as said corresponding file identifier.
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