Patent ID: 7529811
Filing Date: 2009-05-05
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer-readable storage medium with computer-readable instructions for a file storage platform that supports organization, searching, sharing, synchronization, and security of objects stored on a data store of a computer system, the computer-readable instructions operable to perform a method when executed, the method comprising: defining a core schema, the core schema defining a plurality of types for plurality of objects stored in the file storage platform, the core schema further defining: storing a first object in the file storage platform, the first object being organized within a first folder and also within a second folder without creating separate copies of the first object, wherein the first folder also includes a second object that is not within a same category as the first object; and automatically organizing the first object within a first category based on at least one of a type, a property, or a value of the first object without creating a separate copy of the first object, wherein the first category also organizes a third object that has a same type, property, or value as the first object.