Patent ID: 7783665
Filing Date: 2010-08-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A file sharing system comprising: a processor; a memory; an operating system; a plurality of Virtual Environments (VEs) running under the operating system, each VE contains at least one VE user process running locally on a computer system; a file system containing objects comprising files and folders; at least one dedicated private area in the file system associated with one VE of the VEs and accessible only from the one VE, each area containing at least one of the objects; a plurality of mounting points in the file system, each mounting point providing a view of a shared area and a dedicated private area, each view containing at least one object of the file system; at least one shared object in the file system that is accessible to a plurality of VE user processes through a plurality of views, wherein the dedicated private area of one VE user is not visible in the views of the dedicated private areas of other VE users; and at least one VE user dedicated private area includes an object containing reference data for redirection to contents of the shared object corresponding to the reference data, wherein: