Patent ID: 7386531
Filing Date: 2008-06-10
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computerized file management system for use with an existing file system, that includes a volume, and for managing electronic files on the volumes, the computerized file management system comprising: a user interface configured to enable a user to view and manage, within the file management system, metadata associated with the electronic files; a volume manager configured to manage the electronic files and to manage metadata relating to the electronic files, the volume manager being transactionally based and configured to manage transactions related to a selected file of the electronic files and to keep a record of changes that includes information indicative of i) what changes are made to the selected file, ii) who makes the changes to the selected file, and iii) when the changes were made to the selected file; and a coherency manager module configured to track i) a version of the selected file; and ii) a relationship of the selected file, to another of the electronic files, based on metadata associated with the selected file; wherein the record of changes relates to changes caused by a user to at least one of the content of the selected file and the metadata related to the selected file.