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Storage management system

  • US 9,619,159 B2
  • Filed: 02/13/2015
  • Issued: 04/11/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for managing memory on a mobile device, the method comprising:

  • receiving over a communication network at the mobile device an image of a user interface, wherein the user interface corresponds to at an external computing device, the image of the user interface includes one or more settings previously set over the user interface that corresponds to the external computing device, wherein the mobile device and the external computing device both include storage management system software for sharing information regarding user file data stored at the mobile device and stored at the external computing devices according to the one or more settings, and wherein the one or more settings correspond to one or more user parameters for moving the user file data between at least the mobile device and a destination device according to the one or more parameters;

    storing information in a memory at the mobile device regarding a plurality of files stored at the mobile device, wherein the stored information for the plurality of files corresponds to the one or more parameters relating to the movement of data to the destination device;

    executing a storage management application stored in the memory, wherein execution of the storage management application by a processor;

    monitors a current storage state of the mobile device,identifies that the current storage state of the mobile device has fallen below a threshold, andretains or removes an identified first file of the plurality of files based on the parameters associated with the identified first file;

    sending a communication to the external computing device, wherein the communication coordinates the transmission of the identified first file to the destination device according to the one or more settings; and

    transmitting the identified first file over the communication network to the identified destination device according to the one or more settingsreceiving a prompt from the external computing device to transmit a second file to a second destination device according to the one or more settings; and

    transmitting the second file to the second destination device over a communication interface after receiving the prompt from the external computing device.

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