Patent ID: 8775487
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: accessing, by a computing system, a platform-independent web application; allocating a filesystem storage space on one or more nonvolatile storage devices for use by the web application on the computing system; creating, for the web application, a private filesystem comprising a private root directory within the filesystem storage space, wherein the web application is restricted from accessing a host filesystem associated with the computing system; invoking, at a first time, the web application for execution by the computing system, including providing the web application with access to use the private filesystem; invoking, at a later, second time, the web application for execution by the computing system, including providing the web application with access to use the private filesystem; maintaining, by the computing system, the private filesystem between invoking the web application at the first time and invoking the web application at the later, second time; and providing a script-based interface on the computing system for use by the web application and through which the web application accesses the private filesystem.