Coordinating file synchronization between a sync engine and another application that supports document collaboration

• Main Authors: Markiewicz, Marcus Eduardo, Czeisler, Adam Christopher, Bockelman, Jonathan Alexander, Nichols, Jack Allen, Novak, Michael J, Piaseczny, Michal Krzysztof, Beam, Tyler Kien, Mas, Marcelo Albuquerque Fernandes, Govrin, Amnon I, Guzak, Chris J, Yim, Benjamin M, Fiordalis, Daniel Vincent, Pang, Juan-Lee
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 07.05.2019
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; PHYSICS; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

A synchronization engine detects a notification of a change to a file. It determines whether an application associated with the file has indicated that the file is to be synchronized by the application. If so, the changes to the file are synchronized between a cloud-based storage system and a local disk by the application. Collaborative metadata, associated with the synchronized file, is updated to indicate a state of a copy of the file on the local disk and a copy of the file in the cloud-based storage system. The collaborative metadata is stored by the synchronization engine.