Patent ID: 7386532

Claim:
A computerized file management system for use with an existing file system, that includes a volume, and for managing multiple versions of electronic files on the volume, the file management system comprising: a volume manager configured to manage the electronic files and to manage metadata relating to the electronic files, the volume manager being transactionally based and configured to manage transactions related to a selected file of the electronic files and to keep a record of changes that includes information indicative of i) what changes were made to the selected file, ii) who made the changes to the selected file, and iii) when the changes were made to the selected file; a coherency manager module configured to facilitate consistency among multiple copies of the selected file; and a version control module configured to automatically manage a version of the selected file through the file management system based on a user opening, changing, and saving the selected file; wherein the record of changes relates to changes caused by the user to at least one of the content of the selected file and the metadata related to the selected file.