Patent ID: 6430575
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for sharing customizations to a filing system in which documents stored in memory are categorized and accessed through an application program interface, comprising the steps of:(a) receiving input for defining a core filing structure having hierarchically organized filing categories; the core filing structure providing a first mapping for categorizing documents stored in the memory; (b) receiving input for defining a first customized filing structure having hierarchically organized filing categories; the first customized filing structure being defined by a first sequence of modifications to the core filing structure to provide a second mapping for categorizing documents stored in the memory; (c) receiving input for categorizing documents stored in the memory according to one of the core filing structure and the first customized filing structure; (d) receiving input requesting that a first document stored in the memory and categorized at step (c) according to one of the core filing structure and the first customized filing structure be viewed according the other of the core filing structure and the first customized filing structure; and (e) translating between the core filing structure and the first customized filing structure with the first sequence of modifications to categorize the first document stored in the memory as requested at step (d) when the first mapping defined by the core filing structure is structurally and semantically incompatible with the second mapping defined by the first customized filing structure.