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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2011
Don Macaskill, Los Altos, CA (US);
Samuel Nichols, Mountain View, CA (US);
Don Macaskill, Los Altos, CA (US);
Samuel Nichols, Mountain View, CA (US);
Smugmug, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for managing uploads of duplicate files. The method includes receiving a request from a user or an uploader client to upload a first file to an online album, and determining whether the first file is a duplicate of a second file included in the online album based on one or more attributes shared between the first file and the second file. Based on upload preferences associated with the user, the first file is caused to be not uploaded to the online album, the first file is caused to be uploaded as a new file to the online album, or the first file is caused to be uploaded as a replacement for the second file.