Patent ID: 8417742
Filing Date: 2013-04-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of managing files/folders, using a computer to perform the steps of: a metadata holding step of holding, in a metadata holding unit, metadata for each file/folder being registered into the computer; an association holding step of holding, in an association holding unit, an association between a first folder and a parent folder to which the first folder belongs, wherein the association holding unit is independent of the metadata holding unit; a notification step of notifying another computer connected to the computer via a network of an operation result of a file or folder, being in the computer and being operated offline, at a designated timing; and an updating step of, responsive to notification from another computer that a second folder defined in the association as the parent folder to which the first folder belongs is deleted offline in the other computer, updating the association so that the association indicates a state, the state indicating that the first folder does not belong to any parent folder, wherein the first folder remains in an un-deleted state in the computer after the updating of the association.