Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Francisco Jose Garcia-Ascanio

Allison Anne O'Mahony

Balaji Balasubramanyan

Miko Arnab Sakhya Singha Bose

Scott Robert Ramsby

Jack Allen Nichols

Amnon Itamar Govrin

Brian D Remick

Roger Lueder

Dejan Subotic

Mona Akmal

Graeme Andrew Kyle Roche

Rachel Karin Popkin

Yisheng Chen

Daniel Vincent Fiordalis

Joshua Adam Alpern Boehm

David Diffenbaugh

Joseph Wiggs

Alyssa Irwin

Denise Elisabeth Signer

Adam Linkon

Michael F Palermiti

Joshua Adam Boehm

Roger Allen Lueder

Miko Arnab Bose

Allison O'mahony

Systems, components, devices, and methods for synchronizing files between a local file system and a server are provided. In an example, synchronization of individual files is paused by placing the individual files in a hold state. A non-limiting example method accesses a file stored on the local file system for synchronization with an associated file on the server and determines whether differences between the file and the associated file prevent synchronization. When determined that differences between the file and the associated file prevent synchronization, the method places the file in a hold state. The hold state pauses synchronization of the content in the file with the content of the associated file. In some examples, the method continues to synchronize topological changes to files that have been placed in the hold state and/or resumes synchronization after it is determined that the file is no longer different than the associated file.

File synchronization pausing for individual files

One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for providing a client application with access to a file based upon a local offline version of the file and/or web online version of the file. That is, a file may be shared/synchronized from a remote source, such as a web storage service. A web online version of the file may be maintained by the web storage service, while local offline versions of the file may be stored at client devices. A sync module comprising knowledge of the local and/or web versions of the file may provide a client application with access to the file based upon the local and/or web version of the file. The sync module may also delegate synchronization authorization to the client application given that the client application may comprise sophisticated file handling functionality.

Client application file access

A user may operate many devices, each of which may provide a set of actions, such as installing firmware or software or viewing the contents of the device. However, in order to perform these actions, the user may have to interact with each device using a different user interface, resulting in an inconsistent user experience. Instead, a device action service may allow a user to identify his or her devices, may identify the actions available for each device (e.g., by interacting with a device source of each device, such as a manufacturer); and upon the request of the user, may present a list of the user's devices and the actions available for each device. The actions may comprise hyperlinks to various portions of the website of the device source (e.g., a driver page and a service registration page), or controls invoking the requested action upon the device.

Device action service

Both an edited version of a first image and an original version of the first image are stored at a first computing device. In response to a user request to synchronize images across multiple computing devices, both the edited version of the first image and the original version of the first image are synchronized with a second computing device. A user is allowed to revert to the original version of the first image regardless of on which of the multiple computing devices the edited version was changed.

Supporting media content revert functionality across multiple devices

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Francisco Jose Garcia-Ascanio