Dropbox, Inc.

Alexandru Grigoras

Kelson Reiss

Yoeun Pen

The present disclosure is directed toward systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for initiating, monitoring, and performing data backups from remote devices using web-based applications. For example, the disclosed systems receive a backup request from a remote device running a web-based application that does not include backup functionality, where the backup request triggers a data backup for data stored locally on a different client device. In some embodiments, the disclosed systems can establish a connection between the remote web-based application and a desktop application installed locally on the device to be backed up, where the connection facilitates triggering and managing a data backup executed by the desktop application via the remote web-based application. In some cases, the disclosed systems determine whether data backups are synchronous, asynchronous, and/or for user accounts within a team, and the disclosed systems facilitate data backups accordingly.

Remotely backing up device data using a web application at a remote device

The present technology is a backup service that can provide a menu of collaboration options that can be selected within the backup service for implementation by a synchronization service. In such an embodiment, when a user selects a collaboration option from the menu of collaboration options in the backup service, the backup service can call the synchronization service to copy the backup object into the synchronization service and implement the selected collaboration option. This can provide a benefit of reducing the number of user interfaces that need to be displayed and interacted with in order to carry out the intent of the user to offer a copy of the backup object for collaboration. The present technology also provides improved user interfaces.

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Lake Worth, FL, United States of America

Alexandru Grigoras