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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2013
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventor:
Scott W. Ryder, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/27 (2019.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/273 (2019.01); G06F 16/27 (2019.01); G06F 21/604 (2013.01); G06F 21/6218 (2013.01);
Abstract
The described embodiments include a computing device that enables the placement of data guards on data items (e.g., files, data in an application, etc.). The data guard is associated with a conflict priority that is used to determine users that are permitted to make changes to the data item. When the data guard has been placed, the data item is visually identified (e.g., when displayed on a display) as being guarded. In addition, the computing device includes various mechanisms for enabling synchronization of data items between computing devices.