Enhanced techniques for copying cloud stored files
US10929350B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 4, 2017 |
| Grant date | Feb 23, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 26, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/184
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system to enable a user to generate copies of files at a client device and to cause a file hosting platform to generate backups of these copies in a cloud database without transferring file content data for these files between the client device and the cloud database. When a user copies a file from a first folder on a client device to a second folder on the client device, the system may determine that the file content data for this file is already present in the cloud database. Then, rather than uploading the file content data to the cloud database from the client device, the system may cause a file hosting platform to access the file content data directly from the cloud database to perform a file copy operation.
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