Patent ID: 7752240

Claim:
An apparatus coupled to a network and operable to receive program and data files via the network, wherein the apparatus has a program operable on the apparatus to implement a method comprising the steps of: receiving for a file, an address from which software required to process said file can be accessed, the received address being instantiated in a first format; encoding said received address, wherein the encoding includes converting said received address into an encoded address, the encoded address including a version of the received address and being instantiated in a second format, wherein the first format includes characters permitted for specifying a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) and the second format forbids at least some of the characters permitted in the first format; merging into a single filename i) a primary filename of said file, the primary filename being instantiated in the second format, and ii) the received address as encoded into the second format, wherein said primary filename and the encoded address are separated by at least one control character, wherein the single filename conforms to the second format; and renaming said file with said single filename.