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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018

Filed:

May. 10, 2016
Applicant:

Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., New Tech Park, SG;

Inventors:

Gary D. Cudak, Wake Forst, NC (US);

Nagananda Chumbalkar, Raleigh, NC (US);

Nathan J. Peterson, Durham, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2018.01); G06F 8/65 (2018.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 8/71 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/65 (2013.01); G06F 8/71 (2013.01); G06F 17/30076 (2013.01); G06F 17/30106 (2013.01); H04L 51/04 (2013.01); H04L 51/08 (2013.01); H04L 67/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatuses, systems, methods, and program products are disclosed for file usability based on a system configuration. A user module determines a recipient of a file that is distributed to the recipient by a sender. A system module determines a configuration of a recipient's system. An action module performs one or more compatibility actions associated with a file in response to determining that the file is not compatible with the recipient's system configuration. A compatibility action includes an action related to usability of the file on the recipient's system. A compatibility action is performed on a sender's system prior to the sender distributing a file to a recipient.


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