FILE TRACKING ON CLIENT MACHINES SYNCHRONIZED WITH A CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM REPOSITORY

• US 20150356111A1
• Filed: 06/10/2014
• Published: 12/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyland UK Operations Limited (Hyland Software Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Alfresco Software Incorporated (Hyland Software Incorporated)
• Inventors: Kalsi, Harpritt, Melahn, Gregory
• Granted Patent: US 10,140,309 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1464 for networked environments
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/178 Techniques for file synchronisation in file systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/275 Synchronous replication
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes

Abstract

Using a first unique identifier of a local file on a client machine associated with a second unique identifier of a content item maintained at a content management system repository, synchronization of the local file and the content item can be restored after a synchronization break.

Claims

1. A computer program product comprising a machine-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one programmable processor, cause the at least one programmable processor to perform operations comprising:

associating, in a local database, a first unique identifier of a local file on a client machine with a second unique identifier of a content item maintained at a content management system repository, a local client synchronization application executing at the client machine tracking a synchronization between the local file and the content item;

detecting, by the local client synchronization application executing at the client machine, a break in the synchronization between the local file and the content item; and

restoring, by the local client synchronization application executing at the client machine, the synchronization based on the associating of the first unique identifier with the second unique identifier.

2. A computer program product as in claim 1, wherein the detecting of the break in the synchronization comprises determining that a file path of the local file at the client machine has undergone an alteration that is not unambiguously tracked by the local client synchronization application.

3. A computer program product as in claim 1, wherein the break comprises the local file being moved outside of a folder monitored by the local client synchronization application and returned to the folder.

4. A computer program product as in claim 1, wherein the break comprises the local file being deleted on the client machine and then restored.

5. A computer program product as in claim 1, wherein the first unique identifier comprises at least one of an index node number of the local file at the client machine, a field identification of the local file at the client machine, an intermediate identifier abstracted from an operating system-specific identifier, and an identifier embedded into the local file.

6. A computer program product as in claim 1, wherein the second unique identifier comprises at least one of a node identifier and a node reference corresponding to an index node number of the content item at the content management system repository.

7. A computer-implemented method comprising:

associating, in a local database, a first unique identifier of a local file on a client machine with a second unique identifier of a content item maintained at a content management system repository;

tracking, by a local client synchronization application executing at the client machine, a synchronization between the local file and the content item;

detecting, by the local client synchronization application, a break in the synchronization between the local file and the content item; and

restoring, by the local client synchronization application, the synchronization based on the associating of the first unique identifier with the second unique identifier.

8. A computer implemented method as in claim 7, wherein the detecting of the break in the synchronization comprises determining that a file path of the local file at the client machine has undergone an alteration that is not unambiguously tracked by the local client synchronization application.

9. A computer-implemented method as in claim 7, wherein the break comprises the local file being moved outside of a folder monitored by the local client synchronization application and returned to the folder.

10. A computer-implemented method as in claim 7, wherein the break comprises the local file being deleted on the client machine and then restored.

11. A computer-implemented method as in claim 7, wherein the first unique identifier comprises at least one of an index node number of the local file at the client machine, a field identification of the local file at the client machine, an intermediate identifier abstracted from an operating system-specific identifier, and an identifier embedded into the local file.

12. A computer-implemented method as in claim 7, wherein the second unique identifier comprises at least one of a node identifier and a node reference corresponding to an index node number of the content item at the content management system repository.

13. A computer-implemented method as in claim 7, wherein at least one of the associating, the tracking, the detecting, and the restoring are performed by a system comprising computer hardware.

14. A system comprising:

computer hardware configured to perform operations comprising;

associating, in a local database, a first unique identifier of a local file on the client machine with a second unique identifier of a content item maintained at a content management system repository;

tracking a synchronization between the local file and the content item;

detecting a break in the synchronization between the local file and the content item; and

restoring the synchronization based on the associating of the first unique identifier with the second unique identifier.

15. A system as in claim 14, wherein the detecting of the break in the synchronization comprises determining that a file path of the local file at the client machine has undergone an alteration that is not unambiguously tracked by the local client synchronization application.

16. A system as in claim 14, wherein the break comprises the local file being moved outside of a folder monitored by the local client synchronization application and returned to the folder.

17. A system as in claim 14, wherein the break comprises the local file being deleted on the client machine and then restored.

18. A system as in claim 14, wherein the first unique identifier comprises at least one of an index node number of the local file at the client machine, a field identification of the local file at the client machine, an intermediate identifier abstracted from an operating system-specific identifier, and an identifier embedded into the local file.

19. A system as in claim 14, wherein the second unique identifier comprises at least one of a node identifier and a node reference corresponding to an index node number of the content item at the content management system repository.

20. A system as in claim 14, wherein the computer hardware comprises:

a programmable processor; and

a machine-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the programmable, cause the programmable processor to perform at least some of the operations.