Content management across shared, mobile file systems

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-11-10
RPX CORP
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Enterprise IT departments are challenged to provide reliable, cost effective mechanisms that allow enterprise employees, partners, and customers to securely share and manage enterprise file system content from outside of the firewall, or across locations within the enterprise.

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[0022]Turning now to the drawings, FIG. 1 illustrates a system for facilitating content management across shared, mobile file systems, according to one embodiment. The content management system 10 comprises a Shared File Systems Explorer Client (“Explorer Client”) 12, a Shared Mobile File Systems Gateway (“Gateway”) 14, and a Mobile File System Mounting Client (“Mounting Client”) 16. The Explorer Client 12 and the Mounting Client 16 are adapted to function on a plurality of user devices 18a-e. As illustrated, the Explorer Client 12 may be provided on a tablet PC 18a, a laptop computer 18b, a cellular telephone 18c, a cradled personal digital assistant (PDA) 18d, a wireless PDA 18e, a smart phone 18f, or a desktop computer 18g. The Mounting Client 16 may be provided to additional devices, such as, for example, a database 19a, web services 19b, a desktop computer 19c, a server 19d, enterprise applications 19e, or file systems 19f. The Gateway 14 may be provided on a mainframe (operati...

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A content management system and method are disclosed having one or more shared file systems located on one or more networks having a firewall. The content management system includes an explorer client, a mounting client, and a gateway. The gateway is in communication with both the explorer client and the mounting client. The explorer client forms a profile of a user device by determining the characteristics of the user device. The mounting client determines the capabilities of the one or more file systems and where content resides on each of the one or more file systems. The gateway then creates a virtual abstraction layer based on the profile of the user device and the capabilities of the one or more file systems.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 961,545, filed Oct. 8, 2004; the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates generally to content management and, more particularly, to a system and method for managing, routing, and providing content across shared, mobile file systems to users who are intermittently connected across a heterogeneous mix of networks and mobile devices.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Today, the majority of digital content resides within computer based file systems. We use the file systems to manage our digital content by organizing it, distributing it, and controlling access in much the same way as filing cabinets manage paper-based content. File systems can be found on personal computers and corporate servers. More recently file systems have been implemented on mobile devices like our cellular telephones, Pe...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06F15/16
CPCH04L29/06H04L69/329H04L67/00H04L9/40
Inventor CHENE, MARCCRADDOCK, JULIANHASKINS, PAULYERXA, BARRY
Owner RPX CORP
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