Patent ID: 9577998
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method of dynamically providing access to files of presently unmapped remote computers, the method comprising: responsive to receiving a file access request from a user, displaying a file access Graphical User Interface (‘GUI’) dialog box; receiving, from the user through the file access GUI dialog box, Uniform Resource Locator (URL) formation parameters, wherein receiving URL formation parameters includes receiving an access protocol select ion specifying an access protocol to use in connection to an unmapped remote computer, a network location of the unmapped remote computer, a port number, and a file system path; forming a URL in dependence upon the URL formation parameters specifying an access protocol to use in connection to the unmapped remote computer, the network location of the unmapped remote computer, the port number, and the system path; and accessing, by a local user leveled editing application in dependence upon the URL, a file on the unmapped remote computer at the file system path through data communications established between a local server module and a remote server running on the unmapped remote computer using the particular access protocol, the network location of the unmapped remote computer, and the port number, wherein accessing the file on the unmapped remote computer comprises editing the file on the unmapped remote computer by the local user level editing application, wherein the local user level editing application uses the received URL, transparently to the user, to send the edited file to the unmapped remote computer for storage.