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Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2018
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Michael Pirnack Hess, Campbell, CA (US);

Jean-Gabriel Morard, Chaville, FR;

Pierre d'Herbemont, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 16/16 (2019.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/06 (2013.01); G06F 3/06 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 3/0608 (2013.01); G06F 3/0652 (2013.01); G06F 16/162 (2019.01); H04L 67/1097 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a technique for managing storage space in a user device by efficiently downloading files from a cloud-based storage system and evicting files from the user device. According to some embodiments, files are continuously downloaded in a download mode until a particular threshold is satisfied. When the threshold is satisfied, the files can be downloaded in an on-demand mode as needed by the user, where the user device operates in the on-demand mode until a sufficient amount of storage space is freed by evicting files from the user device. Thereafter, the user device can switch back to the download mode.


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