Patent ID: 6725238
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for accessing a shared file system that is accessible to a first computer, wherein the shared file system includes files in at least one file format compatible with at least one application program installed on the first computer, comprising:receiving a request from an Internet browser program executing on a second computer for an applet over the Internet; transmitting the applet to the browser program at the second computer, wherein the applet is a distinct computer program from the browser program, wherein the applet is capable of executing in the browser program at the second computer to perform: (i) displaying a desktop interface at the second computer; (ii) establishing a connection with the shared file system; and (iii) providing access to at least one desktop application proven through the desktop interface that is compatible with at least one application program installed on the first computer system, wherein the desktop application program manipulates files in the same file format as the at least one application program installed on the first computer system, wherein the applet and the desktop application program are different and distinct computer programs, wherein the applet transmitted from the first computer to the second computer is capable of providing access to a file in the shared file system to the desktop application program on the second computer, wherein the desktop application program on the second computer and the one application program on the first computer are of a same application program type, and wherein the applet allows the desktop application program the second computer to manipulate the file in the shared file system in the same file format as the one application program on the first computer.