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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2013
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
William C. Conway, San Jose, CA (US);
George K. Colley, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Bradley R. M. Suinn, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Christopher N. Ryan, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
When enumerating of a set of content items in a directory in a remote file server, an electronic device provides a request for information associated with the set of content items. The electronic device and the file server may use, respectively, use an OS X®-based operating system and a Windows®-based operating system. In response to the request, the file server may access information specifying the set of content items. For example, the information may include maximal access information and finder information for each content item in the set of content items in the directory. Next, the electronic device may receive a response with the requested information from the file server. The providing of the request and the receiving of the response may, respectively, involve single instances of a request and a response, thereby significantly reducing the amount of communication between the electronic device and the file server.