Patent ID: 7792934

Claim:
A method that, when executed on a processor of a client computer system, causes the client computer system to perform a method of loading user profile data from a server computer system to the client computer system, the method comprising: initiating a login process for a user on the client computer system; during the login process, sending login information to the server computer system; determining metadata relating to the user profile data; parsing the metadata related to the user profile data, wherein the user profile data comprises at least one file; creating a stub for each file of the user profile data identified by the parsed metadata; and determining whether a file system of the client computer system supports reparse points; if the file system supports reparse points, creating, for each file of a user profile, a reparse point to store at least a path to a location on the server computer system containing a file of the user profile data, and if the file system does not support reparse points, loading and initiating a driver simulating the functionality of reparse points.