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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2012
Fuad Rashid, Foster City, CA (US);
Michael Phillip Morford, San Ramon, CA (US);
Eric Wayne Wagner, San Francisco, CA (US);
James David Wong, San Jose, CA (US);
Sing Yip, San Francisco, CA (US);
Fuad Rashid, Foster City, CA (US);
Michael Phillip Morford, San Ramon, CA (US);
Eric Wayne Wagner, San Francisco, CA (US);
James David Wong, San Jose, CA (US);
Sing Yip, San Francisco, CA (US);
DROPBOX, INC., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A system, method, and computer program are provided for enabling a user to edit and access local and remote objects via a virtual drive, including objects synchronized to a plurality of synchronization clients. A virtual drive is displayed on the user's local client device with all objects, which a user has synchronized to a synchronization server. A user is able to access and edit any object displayed in the virtual drive. In response to detecting a change in an object in the virtual drive, the object is updated on the synchronization server. All remote clients of the user or of any other users whom have access to the changed folder are identified and notified of the change. In response to the change being a change to content within the folder, the content of the folder is automatically updated on any identified remote clients that have a corresponding folder.