US Patent 7660876 Electronic file management

According to one embodiment of the invention, a method of accessing, by a client, one or more files residing in a server includes requesting, by the client, downloading of a selected file residing in the server. The selected file is associated with at least one associated file. The method also includes initiating downloading of the selected file and automatically determining the identify of, and initiating downloading of, the at least one associated file in response to requesting downloading of the selected file. The method also includes initiating storing, in a memory associated with the client, of the selected file and the at least one associated file under respective local identifiers.