Network file association
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method of a file association over a network, comprising:
- receiving a request for a file on a local device, wherein the local device comprises a file type identifier, a file type mapper and a plurality of uploaders;
determining a file type associated with the requested file;
determining, by the file type mapper, an uploader corresponding to the file type of the requested file from the plurality of uploaders based on uploader data structure, wherein the determined uploader corresponds to at least one remote application among a plurality of remote applications, and wherein each remote application corresponds to the file type and the remote application corresponding to the determined uploader is associated with the file type of the requested file;
executing the determined uploader in order to upload the requested file and call the at least one remote application among the plurality of remote applications to host the uploaded requested file; and
converting the requested file from a first file format to a second file format in order to be hosted by the at least one remote application.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to systems and methods for file association over a network. In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method for file association over a network includes determining a file type associated with a requested file and determining an uploader corresponding to a file type of the requested file. The method further includes executing the determined uploader in order to call at least one remote application associated with the file type of the requested file. In another embodiment, a system for making a file association over a network is provided. The system includes a file type mapper, at least one uploader, and an uploader data structure. In a further embodiment, a system for making a file association over a network includes a file type mapper, a universal uploader, and a universal uploader data structure.
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16 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method of a file association over a network, comprising:
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receiving a request for a file on a local device, wherein the local device comprises a file type identifier, a file type mapper and a plurality of uploaders; determining a file type associated with the requested file; determining, by the file type mapper, an uploader corresponding to the file type of the requested file from the plurality of uploaders based on uploader data structure, wherein the determined uploader corresponds to at least one remote application among a plurality of remote applications, and wherein each remote application corresponds to the file type and the remote application corresponding to the determined uploader is associated with the file type of the requested file; executing the determined uploader in order to upload the requested file and call the at least one remote application among the plurality of remote applications to host the uploaded requested file; and converting the requested file from a first file format to a second file format in order to be hosted by the at least one remote application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for making a file association over a network, comprising:
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receiving a request for a file on a local device, wherein the local device comprises a file type identifier, a file type mapper and a plurality of uploaders; a file type mapper executed on one or more client computing devices; at least one uploader implemented by the one or more client computing devices having one or more processors; an uploader data structure residing on the one or more client computing devices, wherein the file type mapper accesses the uploader data structure to determine which uploader to execute based on a file type of a requested file and wherein the determined uploader is configured to upload the requested file and initiate at least one remote application corresponding to the determined uploader, among a plurality of remote applications executed on one or more server computing devices to host the uploaded requested file; and converting the requested file from a first file format to a second file format in order to be hosted by the at least one remote application. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for making a file association over a network, comprising:
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receiving a request for a file on a local device, wherein the local device comprises a file type identifier, a file type mapper and a plurality of uploaders; a file type mapper executed on one or more client computing devices; a universal uploader implemented by a computing device having a processor; a universal uploader data structure, residing on the one or more client computing devices, wherein the file type mapper accesses the universal uploader data structure to execute the universal uploader; a remote application mapper that accesses a remote application data structure, to determine at least one remote application associated with a file type of a requested file from a plurality of remote applications, wherein the universal uploader calls the at least one remote application executed on one or more server computing devices to host the requested file; and converting the requested file from a first file format to a second file format in order to be hosted by the at least one remote application. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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