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MONITORING ALIGNMENT OF COMPUTER FILE STATES ACROSS A GROUP OF USERS

  • US 20190332596A1
  • Filed: 06/04/2019
  • Published: 10/31/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • a plurality of client devices; and

    a computer server coupled to each of the client devices via a network;

    wherein the plurality of client devices includes a first client device operable to declare a first declared file;

    in response to declaring the first declared file, the first client device is operable to determine a first state identifier and send the first state identifier to the computer server via the network, the first state identifier corresponding to a state of the first declared file at a point in time that the first declared file is declared;

    the computer server is operable to store the first state identifier of the first declared file;

    the plurality of client devices includes a second client device operable to declare a second declared file, a point in time that the second declared file is declared being after the point in time that the first declared file is declared;

    in response to declaring the second declared file, the second client device is operable to determine a second state identifier and send the second state identifier to the computer server via the network, the second state identifier corresponding to a state of the second declared file at the point in time that the second declared file is declared;

    the computer server is operable to store the second state identifier of the second declared file regardless of any differences between the second state identifier and the first state identifier;

    in response to receiving the second state identifier from the second client device, the computer server is operable to compare the first state identifier and the second state identifier, and then send at least a first message to the first client device via the network, the first message including group alignment status specifying whether the first state identifier equals the second state identifier; and

    the first client device is operable to automatically display a group alignment indication on a user interface of the first client device in response to receiving the group alignment status from the computer server, the first client device toggling the group alignment indication between showing an aligned and not aligned state according to the group alignment status received from the computer server, the group alignment indication thereby making a user of the first client device aware of whether the state of the first declared file matches the state of the second declared file.

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