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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2007
Indran Naick, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Jeffrey K. Wilson, Austin, TX (US);
Indran Naick, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Jeffrey K. Wilson, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of utilizing a Web Service folder interface. A user defines a folder in a local folder directory as a Web Services enabled folder. The folder includes file data and metadata corresponding to the file data. The metadata includes a configurable Web Services type property that corresponds to a remote Web Service. The metadata also includes a configurable data handling property that includes one or more allowable file formats. When a user submits the file data to the remote Web Service by selecting an option in a pull down menu of a graphical user interface (GUI) or dropping the file data in a local output folder, the operating system (OS) sends the file data to the remote Web Service. The OS automatically converts an output file received from the remote Web Service into one of the allowable file formats and updates the local file data with the output file.