SYNCHRONIZING AN EXTERNAL LOCATION

    公开(公告)号:US20220121680A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-21

    申请号:US17133006

    申请日:2020-12-23

    Applicant: Dropbox, Inc.

    Abstract: The present technology pertains to synchronizing contents of a directory external to a synchronized directory by a content management system. The content management system is configured to synchronize only objects in the synchronized directory. Accordingly, the present technology creates an anchor object that represents the directory external to the synchronized directory within the synchronized directory. The anchor object includes special attributes that indicate to the synchronization client that the anchor object represents an external directory, and allows the contents of that directory to be synchronized directly to a server on the content management system without first storing the contents of the external directory on the hard drive of the client device.

    BACKUP FEATURE PROVIDED BY BIDIRECTIONAL SYNCHRONIZED CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20240411778A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-12

    申请号:US18811909

    申请日:2024-08-22

    Applicant: Dropbox, Inc.

    Abstract: The present technology is directed to providing a backup service utilizing a bi-directional synchronization architecture. In order to support both a backup service and a bi-directional synchronization service, the present technology can utilize a special object called an anchor that only permits unidirectional synchronization. Additionally, the present technology separates the backup service from the bi-directional synchronization service. This separation includes utilizing a separate backup directory and bi-directional synchronization directory on a client device, which in turn benefits from the use of a separate instance of the synchronization service on the client device. Further, at the content management system various steps are taken to separate the backup directory from the bi-directional synchronization directory to ensure no objects from the backup directory appear in a user interface related to bi-directional synchronization, and vice versa.

    SYNCHRONIZING AN EXTERNAL LOCATION

    公开(公告)号:US20220121624A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-21

    申请号:US17132954

    申请日:2020-12-23

    Applicant: Dropbox, Inc.

    Abstract: The present technology pertains to synchronizing contents of a directory external to a synchronized directory by a content management system. The content management system is configured to synchronize only objects in the synchronized directory. Accordingly, the present technology creates an anchor object that represents the directory external to the synchronized directory within the synchronized directory. The anchor object includes special attributes that indicate to the synchronization client that the anchor object represents an external directory, and allows the contents of that directory to be synchronized directly to a server on the content management system without first storing the contents of the external directory on the hard drive of the client device.

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