Patent ID: 8171061

Claim:
A workgroup server, the workgroup server managing one or more workgroup objects, the workgroup server comprising: a.) one or more primary files, each of the one or more primary files having a one-to-one mapping with one of the one or more workgroup objects, each workgroup object representing an entity created by a business software application, and having a plurality of properties associated with the entity that the workgroup object represents; and b.) one or more secondary files, each of the one or more secondary files corresponding to one of the one or more workgroup objects, and being associated with one of the one or more primary files, wherein the one or more secondary files are stored separately from the one or more primary files, and each one of the one or more primary files includes a reference to a corresponding one of the one or more secondary files, wherein each of the one or more primary files comprises a first set of properties of the corresponding workgroup object to which the respective primary file is mapped, the first set of properties of each primary file are truncated versions of the respective properties of the mapped workgroup object required for an abbreviated display of the mapped workgroup object at a workgroup client connected to the workgroup server, each of the one or more secondary files comprises a second set of properties of the corresponding workgroup object to which the respective secondary file is mapped, and the second set of properties of each secondary file are full versions of the respective properties of the mapped workgroup object required for a full display of the mapped workgroup object at the workgroup client.