Sync framework extensibility

US9189533B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Marc Wautier · Seattle, US
• Daniel Vincent Fiordalis · Seattle, US
• Miko Arnab Sakhya Singha Bose · San Francisco, US
• Scott David Hoogerwerf · Seattle, US
• Oded Yehuda Shekel · Bellevue, US
• Simon Peter Clarke · Seattle, US
• Chris Guzak · Kirkland, US
• Balaji Balasubramanyan · Redmond, US
• Michael J. Novak · Redmond, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 29, 2013
• Grant date: Nov 17, 2015
• Expiry date: Oct 21, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F16/182
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments described herein may involve enabling applications to cooperate with a system-level sync framework. The sync framework may provide system synchronization of files between user devices and a cloud storage service. Arbitrary applications on a user computing device can communicate with the sync framework to temporarily suspend synchronization of a specified file by the sync framework. The application can register functions with the sync framework that the sync framework can invoke in relation to suspending synchronization, continuing to provide system-level access to the file for arbitrary applications, and resuming synchronization.