Patent ID: 6047312
Filing Date: 2000-04-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A computer-implemented method of providing, to a user computer, file type extension data associated with a plurality of application objects stored with associated attributes in a synchronized-partition database in a memory associated with a server, wherein at least one of the application objects has an attribute representing an application program and that application object includes at least one file type extension indicia corresponding to the application program, comprising the steps of:establishing a communication link between the server and the user computer;transferring the at least one file type extension indicia from the at least one of the application objects to a memory associated with the user computer via the communication link;receiving input data at the user computer, wherein the input data identifies a file type extension which corresponds to the application program represented by the application object attribute; andidentifying the application program corresponding to the file type extension according to the application object file type extension indicia which was previously transferred to the memory associated with the user computer.