Patent ID: 8296833

Claim:
A non-transitory computer readable medium containing executable computer program instructions which cause a data processing system to perform a method comprising: passively receiving an advertisement indicating an availability of a storage volume of a second data processing system, wherein the storage volume stores data; logging into, automatically in response to starting a first data processing system and without user authentication data that identifies a user of the first data processing system, the second data processing system at least as a guest user of the second data processing, wherein the logging into occurs without any user input for the logging into and even if the first data processing system is a new addition to the network; displaying a user interface object on a display device of the first data processing system, the user interface object corresponding to at least one of the second data processing system and the storage volume to allow at least one of a search to be performed or a browsing to be performed of the data stored on the storage volume.