Patent ID: 8122070

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving Server Message Block (SMB) data through a Java SMB intermediary server from a document indexing database copy, maintained separate from and outside of the document management system, derived from a document management system index database stored within a document management system; reducing latency compared to receiving the data from the document management system index database via receiving the data through the Java SMB intermediary server from the document indexing database copy; providing at least one of load-balancing or failover robustness between a number of Java SMB intermediary servers, including the Java SMB intermediary server, via a load-balancing/fail-over switch implemented in front of the Java SMB intermediary server; modifying a number of file operations in the Java SMB intermediary server to make a number of corresponding calls to a DocBroker; displaying the SMB data within an operating system user interface that provides access to files stored in a networked environment; and wherein the data provides a handle to a document stored by the document management system, wherein the handle includes a drag-and-drop action, wherein the data includes data stored in a hierarchal drive/folder/file fashion that enables a hierarchical display of a drive, a folder within the drive, and a file within the folder.