Patent ID: 7991734

Claim:
A method comprising: selecting a remote device by clicking an icon on a local device; determining if the remote device is a mobile device or is not a mobile device; if the remote device is a mobile device, distinguishing between a first operating system and a second operating system, or recognizing a failure to identify an operating system of the mobile device; if the remote device is not a mobile device, distinguishing between a third operating system and a fourth operating system, or recognizing a failure to identify an operating system of the non-mobile device; displaying folders, the folders being obtained from the remote device and displayed on the local device, according to an appearance of an operating system of the remote device if the operating system of the remote device is known, and according to a generic appearance if the operating system of the remote device was not identified; identifying a pointer file based on a file extension, the pointer file being at least one of a shortcut or an alias; parsing the pointer file defining a local path for accessing a file on the remote device; redirecting the pointer file so the pointer file defines a path from the local device to a location of a source file on the remote device; and representing, on the local device, an object indicated by the pointer file, the representing being according to how the operating system (OS) on the remote device represents the object.