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Techniques for managing unsynchronized content items at unlinked devices

US9749408B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Dropbox, Inc. · US

Inventors

Anand Subramani · San Francisco, US
Francois Alexander Allain · San Francisco, US
Emil Ibrishimov · Redwood City, US
Anton Anastasov · Cambridge, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 11, 2013
Grant date	Aug 29, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 29, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L63/0428
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques are described herein for managing unsynchronized content items when the personal computing devices storing the unsynchronized content items are unlinked from a content item synchronization service. The techniques involve treating synchronized content items differently from unsynchronized content items. For example, after a personal computing is unlinked from the service, synchronized content items may be removed or deleted from the personal computing device and unsynchronized content items encrypted and/or moved to another data storage location.

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