Dynamic reprioritization of content download during synchronization

• US 10,803,021 B2
• Filed: 07/30/2018
• Issued: 10/13/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Emc IP Holding Company LLC (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Emc IP Holding Company LLC (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Hrebicek, Ondrej, Kumar, Srin, Basu, Hironmay, Verma, Ashwani, Rondeau, Andrew
• Primary Examiner(s): Leroux, Etienne P
• Application Number:
  US16/048,683
• Publication Number:
  US 20180336220A1
• Time in Patent Office: 806 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/178 Techniques for file synchronisation in file systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

Techniques to perform event-based synchronization of data are disclosed. In various embodiments, an indication is received, during the course of performing a synchronization event-based synchronization with a synchronization client, that a user of the synchronization client has provided an input associated with a request to access a file or other object the changes to which have not yet been downloaded completely to the synchronization client. Download of the changes to the file other object with respect to which the input associated with a request to access is associated is reprioritized, to enable the synchronization client to provide access to the file or other object more quickly than would have been possible without the reprioritization.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by one or more processors connected to a synchronization client via a network, an indication, during the course of performing an event-based synchronization with the synchronization client, that the synchronization client requests to access a file or other object the changes to which have not yet been downloaded completely to the synchronization client from a synchronization server; and

reprioritizing, by one or more processors, download of the changes to the file or other object with respect to which the request to access is associated.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the synchronization server is configured to download first to the synchronization client synchronization event metadata sufficient to enable the synchronization client to present a view of a synchronized state of the file or other object prior to the changes being downloaded to the synchronization client.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the reprioritization of the download of the changes to the file or other object enables the synchronization client to provide access to the file or other object more quickly than would have been possible without the reprioritization.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the request to access the file or other object is associated with a user input to the synchronization client.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the user input comprises a selection of the file or other object in a user interface displayed by the synchronization client.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the reprioritization includes download the file or other object changes prior to complete the download of synchronization event metadata associated with one or more synchronization events.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the reprioritization includes download the file or other object changes prior to downloading change data associated with one or more other files or other objects previously scheduled to be downloaded first.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the synchronization client is configured to monitor user interactions during the event-based synchronization and to send an indication to the synchronization server in response to a determination that the user provides an input associated with a request to access a file or other object the content data of which has not yet been synchronized.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing, by one or more processors, to the synchronization client the download of the changes to the file or other object.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

synchronizing, by one or more processors, the changes to the file or other object with the synchronization client based at least in part on the reprioritized download.

23. The method of claim 1, wherein the performing the event-based synchronization comprises:

obtaining, from the synchronization server, an event stream that includes one or more new events pertaining to changes to the file or other object, the changes to the file or other object being made by one or more other nodes with which the synchronization server maintains synchronization.

11. A system, comprising:

a communication interface; and

a processor coupled to the communication interface and configured to;

receive via the communication interface, during the course of performing an event-based synchronization with a synchronization client, an indication that the synchronization client requests to access a file or other object the changes to which have not yet been downloaded completely to the synchronization client, wherein the indication is received from the synchronization client via a network from a synchronization server; and

reprioritize download of the changes to the file or other object with respect to which the request to access is associated.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the synchronization server is configured to download first to the synchronization client synchronization event metadata sufficient to enable the synchronization client to present a view of a synchronized state of the file or other object prior to the changes being downloaded to the synchronization client.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the reprioritization of the download of the changes to the file or other object enables the synchronization client to provide access to the file or other object more quickly than would have been possible without the reprioritization.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the request to access the file or other object is associated with a user input to the synchronization client.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the user input comprises a selection of the file or other object in a user interface displayed by the synchronization client.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein reprioritization includes download the file or other object changes prior to complete the download of synchronization event metadata associated with one or more synchronization events.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein reprioritization includes download the file or other object changes prior to downloading change data associated with one or more other files or other objects previously scheduled to be downloaded first.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein synchronization client is configured to monitor user interactions during synchronization and to send an indication to the synchronization server in response to a determination that the user provides an input associated with a request to access a file or other object the content data of which has not yet been synchronized.

19. A computer program product to synchronize data, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

receiving an indication, during the course of performing an event-based synchronization with a synchronization client, that the synchronization client requests to access a file or other object the changes to which have not yet been downloaded completely to the synchronization client, wherein the indication is received from the synchronization client via a network from a synchronization server; and

reprioritizing download of the changes to the file or other object with respect to which the request to access is associated.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the synchronization server is configured to download first to the synchronization client synchronization event metadata sufficient to enable the synchronization client to present a view of a synchronized state of the file or other object prior to the changes being downloaded to the synchronization client.

21. A method, comprising:

receiving, by one or more processors connected to a synchronization client via a network, an indication, during the course of performing a synchronization with the synchronization client, that the synchronization client requests to access a file or other object the changes to which have not yet been downloaded completely to the synchronization client from a synchronization server; and

reprioritizing, by one or more processors, download of the changes to the file or other object with respect to which the request to access is associated,

wherein the synchronization server is configured to download first to the synchronization client synchronization event metadata sufficient to enable the synchronization client to present a view of a synchronized state of the file or other object prior to the changes being downloaded to the synchronization client.

22. A system, comprising:

a communication interface; and

a processor coupled to the communication interface and configured to;

receive via the communication interface, during the course of performing a synchronization with a synchronization client, an indication that the synchronization client requests to access a file or other object the changes to which have not yet been downloaded completely to the synchronization client, wherein the indication is received from the synchronization client via a network from a synchronization server; and

reprioritize download of the changes to the file or other object with respect to which the request to access is associated,

wherein the synchronization server is configured to download first to the synchronization client synchronization event metadata sufficient to enable the synchronization client to present a view of a synchronized state of the file or other object prior to the changes being downloaded to the synchronization client.