Cloud service enabled to handle a set of files depicted to a user as a single file in a native operating system
US9575981B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 14, 2012 |
| Grant date | Feb 21, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 14, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/10
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Systems and methods method enabling file actions to be performed on a folder structure in a cloud-based service are disclosed. In one aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, which may be implemented on a system, for representing the folder structure in a user interface to the cloud-based service as a file and enabling file actions to be performed on file representing the folder structure in the user interface to the cloud-based service. In one embodiment, the folder structure and associated content is stored on a server which provides the cloud-based service in a compressed file format which is able to preserve the metadata associated with the folder structure which indicates its representation as the file in the user interface.
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