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Auto-storing and synchronizing device content from an information handling system

  • US 9,779,089 B2
  • Filed: 05/02/2014
  • Issued: 10/03/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for managing content of an information handling system comprising:

  • identifying, by a docking station, a first device within a pre-determined range of the docking station, the first device operable to communicate with the docking station;

    pairing, based on the identification, with the first device;

    detecting, by the docking station, a file on the first device;

    uploading, by the docking station, the detected file to a cloud services system;

    creating, by the docking station, a pointer, the pointer pointing to the uploaded file'"'"'s location on the cloud services system;

    storing, by the docking station, the pointer in a directory structure based on a file type of the uploaded file associated with the pointer,monitoring, by the docking station, for a second device within the pre-determined range of the docking station, the second device operable to communicate with the docking station;

    allocating, by the docking station, the pointer to the first device and the second device;

    pairing, based on the identification, with the second device;

    receiving, by the docking station, a selection of the pointer from the second device; and

    transmitting, by the docking station in response to receiving the selection, the file to the second device such that the second device saves the file to the second device.

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