Patent ID: 9372861
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for locating an unstructured element in a collaborative computing environment comprises: receiving in element naming logic executing in memory by a processor of a host server, a request for an unstructured element stored amongst multiple different host computing platforms, each supporting the operation of at least one corresponding collaborative server in the collaborative environment at least two of the different host computing platforms comprising differing file systems from one another the differing file systems providing different file system data structures for storing an element; extracting a hierarchy of unique identifiers from the request, the unique identifiers directly referring to organizational elements of a hierarchy of storage locations in the collaborative computing environment, the organizational elements being unrelated to a file system and not being represented by a file system the storage locations in the collaborative computing environment being independent from and not defined by an underlying file system of any of the multiple different host computing platforms; locating a last file folder in a file system of one of the different host computing platforms that is referenced by the hierarchy of unique identifiers the last file folder containing one or more files; and, returning a reference to the folder in the file system of the one of the different host computing platforms computer as a location of the unstructured element that stores therein the unstructured element.