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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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Filing dateSep 14, 2012
Grant dateFeb 21, 2017
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Expiry dateSep 14, 2032

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  • 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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