Storage Constrained Synchronization of Shared Content Items

    公开(公告)号:US20230334065A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-19

    申请号:US18139212

    申请日:2023-04-25

    Applicant: Dropbox, Inc.

    Abstract: A content management system synchronizes content items across client computing systems connected by a network. Each client device has a storage allocation for synchronized shared content items. If the storage allocation for shared content items on a client device is exceeded by the request to add or edit a content item such that it is enlarged, or open a large content item remote to the client device, a client application or the host of content management system selects content items to remove from residence on the client device but keep remotely on content management system. Upon removal of the selected content items, the client application creates shadow items, representing the content item but only containing the metadata of the content item. This creates sufficient space for the initial request to be completed while maintaining user access to all synchronized shared content items.

    Storage constrained synchronization of shared content items

    公开(公告)号:US11675811B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-13

    申请号:US17669295

    申请日:2022-02-10

    Applicant: Dropbox, Inc.

    Abstract: A content management system synchronizes content items across client computing systems connected by a network. Each client device has a storage allocation for synchronized shared content items. If the storage allocation for shared content items on a client device is exceeded by the request to add or edit a content item such that it is enlarged, or open a large content item remote to the client device, a client application or the host of content management system selects content items to remove from residence on the client device but keep remotely on content management system. Upon removal of the selected content items, the client application creates shadow items, representing the content item but only containing the metadata of the content item. This creates sufficient space for the initial request to be completed while maintaining user access to all synchronized shared content items.

    Storage Constrained Synchronization of Shared Content Items

    公开(公告)号:US20220171790A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-02

    申请号:US17669295

    申请日:2022-02-10

    Applicant: Dropbox, Inc.

    Abstract: A content management system synchronizes content items across client computing systems connected by a network. Each client device has a storage allocation for synchronized shared content items. If the storage allocation for shared content items on a client device is exceeded by the request to add or edit a content item such that it is enlarged, or open a large content item remote to the client device, a client application or the host of content management system selects content items to remove from residence on the client device but keep remotely on content management system. Upon removal of the selected content items, the client application creates shadow items, representing the content item but only containing the metadata of the content item. This creates sufficient space for the initial request to be completed while maintaining user access to all synchronized shared content items.

    Selective downloading of shared content items in a constrained synchronization system

    公开(公告)号:US10831715B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-11-10

    申请号:US15396060

    申请日:2016-12-30

    Applicant: Dropbox, Inc.

    Abstract: A content management system synchronizes content items across client computing systems connected by a network. If a storage allocation for shared content items on a client device is exceeded by the request to add or edit a content item such that it is enlarged, a client application or the host of content management system selects content items to remove from residence on the client device but keep remotely on content management system. Upon removal of the selected content items, the client application creates shadow items, representing the content item but only containing the metadata of the content item. This creates sufficient space while maintaining user access to all synchronized shared content items. When a shadow item is requested by an application running on the client device the client application may approve or deny the request based on process or application access date collected from honeypots saved on the client device.

    Storage Constrained Synchronization of Shared Content Items

    公开(公告)号:US20200081900A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-12

    申请号:US16685528

    申请日:2019-11-15

    Applicant: Dropbox, Inc.

    Abstract: A content management system synchronizes content items across client computing systems connected by a network. Each client device has a storage allocation for synchronized shared content items. If the storage allocation for shared content items on a client device is exceeded by the request to add or edit a content item such that it is enlarged, or open a large content item remote to the client device, a client application or the host of content management system selects content items to remove from residence on the client device but keep remotely on content management system. Upon removal of the selected content items, the client application creates shadow items, representing the content item but only containing the metadata of the content item. This creates sufficient space for the initial request to be completed while maintaining user access to all synchronized shared content items.

    Storage constrained synchronization of shared content items

    公开(公告)号:US10552449B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-04

    申请号:US15727567

    申请日:2017-10-07

    Applicant: Dropbox, Inc.

    Abstract: A content management system synchronizes content items across client computing systems connected by a network. Each client device has a storage allocation for synchronized shared content items. If the storage allocation for shared content items on a client device is exceeded by the request to add or edit a content item such that it is enlarged, or open a large content item remote to the client device, a client application or the host of content management system selects content items to remove from residence on the client device but keep remotely on content management system. Upon removal of the selected content items, the client application creates shadow items, representing the content item but only containing the metadata of the content item. This creates sufficient space for the initial request to be completed while maintaining user access to all synchronized shared content items.

    Storage constrained synchronization engine

    公开(公告)号:US10360235B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-23

    申请号:US15903585

    申请日:2018-02-23

    Applicant: Dropbox, Inc.

    Abstract: A client application of a content management system provides instructions for synchronizing content items and placeholder items using a local file journal and updated file journal. The client application compares entries in the updated file journal to entries in the local file journal to determine modifications to make to content items or placeholder items stored in a shared content storage directory on the client device. Based on the result of the comparison, the client application replaces placeholder items with content items or replaces content items with placeholder items.

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