US 11,381,631 B1 · Method to determine use of local and remote applications in a distributed multiuser environment for shared file resources

Abstract

The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a method that includes determining, by a first computing device, a set of remote applications hosted by a second computing device including file type associations for each remote application. The first computing device determines a set of local applications and their file type associations. The each file type associated with a remote application, the first computing device determines whether the file type is also associated with a local application. Responsive to determining that the file type is associated with both a remote and local application, the first computing device configures a proxy component with parameters specifying the remote application and the local application. The proxy component is configured to determine whether to open a requested file of the file type with the remote application or the local application based upon the current client/server environment.

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Dependent claims

A method, comprising:

identifying, by a first computing device, a remote application hosted by a second computing device, wherein the remote application is associated with a particular file type;
identifying, by the first computing device, a local application hosted on the first computing device, wherein the local application is associated with the particular file type;
and
associating the file type with a proxy component, wherein the proxy component is to determine, based on a synchronization time associated with a location of a requested file of the particular file type, whether to open the requested file with the remote application or the local application;
wherein
the synchronization time is at least one of a time to copy the requested file from either the first computing device or the second computing device to the other of the first computing device and the second computing devices and a time to synchronize parts of the requested file between the first computing device and the second computing device.

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A first computing device, comprising:

a memory;
and
a processing device operatively coupled to the memory, the processing device configured to:
identify a remote application hosted by a second computing device, wherein the remote application is associated with a particular file type;
identify a local application hosted on the first computing device, wherein the local application is associated with the particular file type;
and
associate the file type with a proxy component, wherein the proxy component is to determine, based on a synchronization time associated with a location of a requested file of the particular file type, whether to open the requested file with the remote application or the local application;
wherein
the synchronization time is at least one of a time to copy the requested file from either the first computing device or the second computing device to the other of the first computing device and the second computing devices and a time to synchronize parts of the requested file between the first computing device and the second computing device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method to determine use of local and remote applications in a distributed multiuser environment for shared file resources

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Method to determine use of local and remote applications in a distributed multiuser environment for shared file resources

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Abstract

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