Patent ID: 7725489

Claim:
A node for providing a file service to a mobile terminal, the node comprising: memory; a network interface, at least one processor in communication with the memory and the network interface, the at least one processor configured to provide: a system for managing files for a plurality of users, each user having a user folder, and at least one processing module, the at least one processing module configured, in response to receiving a request for connection to the node from a mobile terminal having a home node to identify the mobile terminal, and to determine whether the node is the home node of the mobile terminal; and the at least one processing module also configured, in response to receiving a request to access the user folder from the mobile terminal and in dependence upon the node being the home node of the mobile terminal, to retrieve an entry point for the user folder, the entry point comprising information about the user folder and about content of the user folder, and to transmit the entry point to the mobile terminal.