Patent ID: 7865504

Claim:
A method for providing a pathname for a jointly accessible file location from a first user, where the pathname is in a first user format and includes a component individual to the first user and a component common to all users, to a second user, where the pathname is in a second user format and includes a component individual to the second user and a component common to all users, the method comprising the steps of: receiving the pathname of the first user; determining a transferable value for the first user individual component of the first user pathname; determining the common component of the first user pathname; and combining said transferable value and said common component to develop a shared resource locator in a shared resource locator format which can be provided to the second user, wherein the step of determining a transferable value includes: determining a scheme value; determining if the first user individual component includes folder owner information; if folder owner information is present, determining an owner value for inclusion in said shared resource locator; and combining said scheme value and said owner value to form said transferable value.