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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
May. 14, 2005
Ross Dargahi, Mountain View, CA (US);
Roland J. Schemers, Iii, Emerald Hills, CA (US);
Satish Dharmaraj, Saratoga, CA (US);
Ross Dargahi, Mountain View, CA (US);
Roland J. Schemers, III, Emerald Hills, CA (US);
Satish Dharmaraj, Saratoga, CA (US);
VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for enabling viewing of email attachments through a system external to the email application itself In one embodiment, the email application creates categories and the email attachments are accordingly categorized. These categories are mapped into a format understandable by the external system, and provided to the external system in such format. In one embodiment, the email application appears as a file system to the operating system of a user's computer. The created categories are provided to the operating system as the 'folders' in the file system. In one embodiment, the file system seen by the external system is a virtual file system, and any sub-categories and/or email attachment themselves are provided to the external system upon a specific request.