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Sharing and synchronizing electronically stored files

  • US 8,949,179 B2
  • Filed: 04/23/2012
  • Issued: 02/03/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of sharing and synchronizing an electronically stored file between a cloud file system and a client file system comprising the computer implemented steps of:

  • determining that the electronically stored file is associated with a plurality of folders in the cloud file system by determining that the plurality of folders in the cloud file system share the electronically stored file;

    generating, from the same electronically stored file, in the client file system a plurality of replicates of the same electronically stored file, wherein a number of replicates in the plurality of replicates is equal to a number of folders in the plurality of folders in the cloud file system that are associated with the same electronically stored file.

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