Patent ID: 8060485
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for processing a file having a filename in which an address is encoded for software required to process said file, said method comprising: receiving, by a computer system, a single filename of the file to be processed, the single filename including the encoded address for software required to process said file, the encoded address being encoded in a particular format, wherein a first format includes characters permitted for specifying a uniform resource locator and a second format excludes at least some characters permitted in the first format, and wherein the particular format in which the encoded address is encoded is the second format; extracting the encoded address from the single filename by the computer system, wherein the single filename further includes a primary filename of the software required to process said file separated by at least one control character from the encoded address; decoding the encoded address by the computer system, wherein the decoding includes: converting the encoded address extracted from the single filename into a decoded address formatted in the first format; the computer system accessing said software required to process said file using the decoded address; and processing said file by the computer system using the accessed software.