System and method for manipulating and managing computer archive files
AssigneePKWARE, Inc.
InventorsYuri Basin, Michael J. Beirne, James C. Peterson, Karen L. Peterson
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Abstract
A computer program for managing and manipulating archive zip files of a computer. The program includes a system and method for opening, creating, modifying, and extracting zip archive files. The program is fully integrated into Microsoft Windows Explorer and is accessed via Explorer menus, toolbars, and/or drag and drop operations. An important feature of the program is the archive manager which may be used to open a zip file, create a new zip file, extract zip files, modify zip files, etc. The program is integrated into Microsoft Windows Explorer using the shell name space extension application program interface developed by Microsoft.
Claims18
A system for managing and manipulating computer archive files comprising:
- a user interface integrated with Microsoft Windows Explorer interfacing to a central directory;
- an file manager including the central directory interfacing with archive files and data object files;
- a compression/extraction engine interfacing with the file manager for compressing, extracting, encrypting and decrypting archive files and data object files.
A method of managing and manipulating computer archive files, the method comprising the steps of:
- integrating a software utility program into Microsoft Windows Explorer;
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- accessing the software utility program to manage and manipulate compressed archive files stored in computer memory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.