Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System, method, and computer program for enabling a user to access and edit via a virtual drive objects synchronized to a plurality of synchronization clients
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Application No.: US16991446Application Date: 2020-08-12
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Publication No.: US11233851B2Publication Date: 2022-01-25
- Inventor: Fuad Rashid , Michael Phillip Morford , Eric Wayne Wagner , James David Wong , Sing Yip
- Applicant: Dropbox, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Francisco
- Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Francisco
- Agency: Keller Jolley Preece
- Main IPC: G06F16/178
- IPC: G06F16/178 ; G06F3/048 ; H04L29/08 ; H04L29/06 ; G06F16/00 ; G06F3/00

Abstract:
A system, method, and computer program for enabling a user to edit and access local and remote objects via a virtual drive, including objects synchronized to a plurality of synchronization clients. A virtual drive is displayed on the user's local client device with all objects, which a user has synchronized to a synchronization server. A user is able to access and edit any object displayed in the virtual drive. In response to detecting a change in an object in the virtual drive, the object is updated on the synchronization server. All remote clients of the user or of any other users who have access to the changed folder are identified and notified of the change. In response to the change being a change to content within the folder, the content of the folder is automatically updated on any identified remote clients that have a corresponding folder.
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