Patent ID: 8335836

Claim:
In a computer network having two or more computing devices in communication, including a host computing device and a remote computing device, a method for generating a consistent user name-space, the method comprising: identifying an item to be mapped from the remote computing device to the host computing device; transmitting from the remote computing device to the host computing device a structure of the item identified for mapping; transmitting from the remote computing device to the host computing device metadata of the item identified for mapping, wherein the item is represented in a graphical user interface of the host computing device with an icon and a line highlighting the icon when a user attempts to share the item before the item is fully mapped; making the metadata of the item available on the host computing device; determining if the item is available for transmission from the remote computing device to the host computing device; if the item is not available for transmission, denoting an unavailable status of the item in a user name-space of the host computing device; permitting modification of the metadata on the host computing device; transmitting any modified metadata from the host computing device to the remote computing device; and updating the file system of the remote computing device with the modified metadata; alternatively, if the item is available for transmission, denoting the available status of the item in the user name-space of the host computing device.