Patent ID: 11949732
Assignee: PARALLELS INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 7:
8. A system comprising:
a client side helper application (client helper) comprising computer executable instructions stored within a memory which when executed by a processor of an electronic device associated with a user cause it to execute a portion of a process;
a server side driver application (driver) comprising further computer executable instructions stored within a further memory which when executed by a further processor of a server which is in communication with the electronic device via a network cause it to execute a further portion of a process;
a user mode proxy application (user mode proxy) comprising additional computer executable instructions stored within an additional memory which when executed by an additional processor of the server cause it to execute an additional portion of the process; wherein
the process establishes a buffer storing metadata relating to a redirected drive folder path (path) relating to a folder accessible to an application in execution upon the electronic device; and
the application in execution accesses the metadata stored within the buffer in order to reduce a latency of accessing data relating to the contents of the folder path upon the application the folder; and
the process comprises the further step of:
monitoring for changes in the folder; wherein the monitoring is performed by a further process comprising the steps of:
monitoring a plurality of read calls where each read call of the plurality of read calls retrieves information describing changes within the folder associated with the path;
establishing the retrieved information for each read call of the plurality of read calls as a folder change description;
sending, with the client helper, the folder change descriptions associated with the plurality of read calls to the driver over the network;
receiving, with the driver, the folder change descriptions; and
modifying, with the driver, the folder items metadata in cache according to the received folder change descriptions.