Red Hat, Inc.

Colin G Walters

Bryan William Clark

Donald Francis Fischer

Owen Taylor

Havoc Pennington

Marina Zhurakhinskaya

Robert Sanford Havoc Pennington

Havoc Penington

Daniel J Walsh

Giuseppe Scrivano

Mike Langlie

Vincent Batts

Willard Woods

Donald Fisher

Embodiments relate to systems and methods for tracking local and remote file usage, and aggregating the resulting file usage statistics for presentation to a user. The operating system of a local computer can cause presentation of a merged list of unified file usage information, wherein the merged list of unified file usage information comprises a first representation of the local file associated with local file usage information and a second representation of a Web application file associated with remote file usage information from a remote network host. The operating system can further receive a selection of at least one of the local file or the Web application file from the merged list of unified file usage information, determine, using saved preference information, a default application with which to open the at least one of the local file or the Web application file, and, responsive to a request, open the at least one of the local file or the Web application file with an application other than the default application.

Generating file usage information

Embodiments relate to systems and methods for tracking local and remote file usage, and aggregating the resulting file usage statistics for presentation to a user. The operating system of a local computer can track and generate local file usage statistics, such as most recently used files and editing time. A Web application or service, such as an email or word processing application or service, can record the file usage data for a user's remote stored or served files. A file usage aggregator module, which can be located or resident in the operating system of the local computer or hosted at a Web site, can receive and combine the local and remote file usage statistics. The file usage aggregator module can generate a display of the aggregated file usage statistics, so that local and remote files are listed in a most-recently used order, on a combined basis.

An example method of installing one or more files on a host file system includes extracting, by an operating system, a container image from a container. The container image stores a set of files and provides an indication of a hierarchical structure for the set of files. The method also includes obtaining, by the operating system, a package in accordance with the container image. The package includes the set of files. The method further includes installing the package on the host file system in accordance with the hierarchical structure for the set of files.

Package installation on a host file system using a container

Disclosed herein is technology to capture and distribute a state of a file system that updates, removes, or adds a computer program to a computing device. An example method may include: analyzing a program package associated with a plurality of objects of a computer program; determining a state of a file system after an installation of the program package; generating a manifest that corresponds to the computer program and represents the state of the file system after the installation, the manifest comprising a hash tree that comprises object identification data of an object of the plurality of objects of the computer program; and providing the manifest to one or more computing devices.

Distributing file system states

Embodiments relate to tracking local and remote file usage, and aggregating the resulting file usage statistics for presentation to a user. The operating system of a computer can track and generate local file usage statistics, such as most recently used files and editing time. A Web application or service, such as an email or word processing application or service, can record the file usage data for a user's remote stored or served files. A file usage aggregator module, which can be located for resident in the operating system of the local computer or hosted at a Web site, can receive and combine the local and remote file usage statistics. The file usage aggregator module can generate a display of the aggregated file usage statistics, so that local and remote files are listed in a most-recently used order, on a combined basis.

Discussion of content between users of social networks is described. A request from a first user to discuss content with a recipient user in a first social network is received, wherein the recipient user has a first identifier in the first social network. A request from a second user to discuss content with the recipient user in a second social network is received, wherein the recipient user has a second identifier in the second social network. A discussion is initiated between the second user and the recipient user about the content in the second social network. The recipient user is tracked in view of the first identifier in the first social network and the second identifier in the second social network.

Granting access in view of identifier in network

Embodiments of the present invention provide a mechanism for automatically creating a playlist for a user. In particular, data indicating music played by other users in the user's social network is collected. Music is then selected from this data and gathered from a music service in which the user subscribes, such as iTunes, Yahoo Music, etc. The service then builds the playlist with the gathered music.

Playlist generation of content gathered from multiple sources

An embodiment relates generally to a method of displaying information. The method includes monitoring any user activity within at least one application executing on a computer and detecting a completion of a user activity. The method also includes creating a link to the completed user activity and placing in the link in a time-ordered sequential basis in a journal section of a desktop of the computer.

Storing a journal of local and remote interactions

Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems that allow users to share information about their recent activities with other users. In particular, as users receive and/or share multimedia content with other users, information that indicates the locations of this content, such as a website, playlist, or file, is passively tracked and logged. This information may be formatted into a viewable form, such as a web site or web log, and cooperatively shared with other users. Users may then incorporate the multimedia content played by other users into their own library. Users may also elect to synchronize their multimedia content with other users. For convenience, multiple locations for the same multimedia content may be determined when it is logged and tracked. Users may obtain the multimedia content using one or more of their existing accounts with a provider at their own discretion.

Shared playlist management for open overlay for social networks and online services

A plurality of operating system (OS) components is stored in a storage location on a computing device. A user may selected a set of OS components to use when the computing device boots. A boot location is created and links to the set of OS components are stored in the boot location. The computing device may boot using any one of a plurality of boot locations.

Managing operating system components

An embodiment relates generally to a method of filtering for a browser. The method includes providing a browser with a browser history function, the browser history function configured to store each site web page visited and stored in time sequential order as a browser history. The method also includes providing a filter module for the browser; and applying the filter module to the browser history function to eliminate intermediary web pages from entering the browser history.

Filter module for a browser history

Embodiments relate to systems and methods for enhancing browsing history using syndicated data feeds. A browser contains a navigation manager that captures and tracks the URLs (universal resource locators) of the Web sites and subsections of sites that a user visits. The captured URL pathways are stored to a navigation record. In addition, the presence and identify of RSS feeds which the user has chosen to activate is also recorded. Upon return to the same Web site or other location, the navigation manager directs the user to the specific section of the Web site associated with the RSS feed, such as media lists, photography upload sections, or other portions of a Web site.

Enhancing browser history using syndicated data feeds

Embodiments of the present invention provide a platform for an open overlay for online services, such as social networking sites, that permit users to share and leverage information within a single context. In some embodiments, the single context is implemented as a web site that is accessible to a social network of users that are known to each other. Systems and methods are provided that share and forward information for the users' online services within the single context. Client applications are provided that serve as an open overlay for the user and permit the user to seamlessly utilize the services of multiple online services within a single context. In some embodiments, the users' existing account identities and security information are utilized alone or in combination, and thus, the users are not required to establish a separate or new account for accessing the open overlay service.

Open overlay for social networks and online services

Methods and systems to manage users of a social network. The method includes receiving, at a server, a request to contact a user from another user of a social network based on a selected one of a plurality of associated identity resources of the user known by other users. The method also includes restricting views of other users for the identity of the user to the selected one of the plurality of associated identity resources.

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Colin G Walters