Patent ID: 7130880
Filing Date: 2006-10-31
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method to be performed in a computer system for configuring an internet file system, the method comprising: assessing, by a user, a server that is configured with an application; creating, by the application, an internet file system for the user; storing, by a directory, a home folder of the user, wherein folders and files in the home folder are available at a root of the internet file system; providing, by the application, a received folder and a friends folder in a root of the home folder, the received folder containing folders that represent folders and files that have been shared with the user, and the friends folder containing objects of the user and communities that are of interest to the user; and creating, by the application, an auxiliary class containing a shared path attribute, a received paths attribute, and a friends attributes, wherein the shared path attribute is used to quickly identify other users that the folders and the files in the home folder have been shared with, the received paths attribute is used to store names of the other users and a path of the folders and the files that have been shared with the user and to populate the received folder, and the friends attribute is used to allow the user and other users with common interests to share folders and files of the common interest.