Patent ID: 7526483

Claim:
A method of designating items as available to share in a computer system between a sharer that makes items available and a sharee that views the items that were made available comprising: executing on the sharer's computer a query comprising a scope and a criteria, wherein the scope and the criteria are submitted by the user of the sharer's computer, and wherein the scope defines at least a portion of a physical storage location; creating on the sharer's computer a dynamic list with a plurality of referenced items based on results of said query, wherein the referenced items include electronic files and electronic folders; wherein when an item that is on the dynamic list has a property change that is no longer meets the criteria of the query, the item is removed from the dynamic list, and wherein when the item that was not previously on the dynamic list has a property change that meets the criteria of the query, the item is added to the dynamic list; defining the contents of one or more virtual folders on the sharer's computer based on the dynamic list, the one or more virtual folders configured to manipulate by an action of at least the sharer, said manipulation is at least one of dragging, copying and pasting, making the contents of the one or more virtual folders available for sharing with the sharee, thereby making the results of said query available to the sharee: and sharing at least a portion of the one or more virtual folders with the sharee, wherein the sharee is provided with access to the referenced items from the share's computer.