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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2008
John W. Bruce, Redmond, WA (US);
David Jones, Seattle, WA (US);
Andrew L. Silverman, Redmond, WA (US);
John W. Bruce, Redmond, WA (US);
David Jones, Seattle, WA (US);
Andrew L. Silverman, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for synchronizing media files stored on a plurality of computing devices. The system includes a source computing device configured to execute a synchronization engine configured to synchronize media files on the source computing device with copies of the media files on a target computing device. The synchronization engine may be configured to display a file synchronization interface including a synchronization control having a plurality of media file selectors configured to receive user input of a selected set of the media files for synchronization. The system further may include a prediction module configured to compute a predicted storage state of the target computing device based on an available storage capacity of the target computing device and an estimated destination file size of each of the selected set of media files, and display the predicted storage state on a graphical predicted storage state gauge.