Integrated universal file converter

A method, implementing by a computing system comprising at least one hardware processor and at least one memory, the method comprising:

• receiving an input file from a sender;
• determining an original file extension of the input file;
• identifying a recipient for the input file, wherein the recipient is different than the sender;
• determining a first set of one or more programs available to the recipient on a recipient computing device;
• determining a second set of one or more file extensions that at least one of the one or more programs of the first set is configured to open;
• determining that the input file is not openable by any of the one or more programs of the first set available to the recipient on the recipient computing device by determining that the original file extension of the input file does not match any of the one or more file extensions of the second set that at least one of the one or more programs of the first set is configured to open;
• in response to the determining that the input file is not openable by any of the one or more programs of the first set, determining a third set of one or more file extensions of the second set of one or more file extensions to which the input file extension is convertible;
• in response to the determining that the input file is not openable by any of the one or more programs of the first set, determining a target file extension from the third set;
• in response to the determining that the input file is not openable by any of the one or more programs of the first set, converting the original file extension to an output file having the target file extension, the converting the original file extension comprising, based at least on conversion routines available in a conversion routine library, determining a sequence of one or more of the file conversion routines to convert the original file extension to the output file having the output file extension;
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• after the converting, making the output file available to the recipient on the recipient computing device.

One or more computer-readable storage media comprising:

• computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computing device comprising at least one hardware processor and a memory, cause the computing device to receive an input file from a sender;
• computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to determine an original file extension of the input file;
• computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to identify a recipient for the input file, wherein the recipient is different than the sender;
• computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to determine a first set of one or more programs available to the recipient on a recipient computing device;
• computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to determine a second set of one or more file extensions that at least one of the one or more programs of the first set is configured to open;
• computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to determine that the input file is not openable by any of the one or more programs of the first set available to the recipient on the recipient computing device by determining that the original file extension of the input file does not match any of the one or more file extensions of the second set that at least one of the one or more programs of the first set is configured to open;
• computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to, in response to the determining that the input file is not openable by any of the one or more programs of the first set, determine a third set of one or more file extensions of the second set of one or more file extensions to which the input file extension is convertible;
• computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to, in response to the determining that the input file is not openable by any of the one or more programs of the first set, determine a target file extension from the third set;
• computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to, in response to the determining that the input file is not openable by any of the one or more programs of the first set, convert the original file extension to an output file having the target file extension, the computer-executable instructions that cause the computing device to convert the original file extension comprising computer-executable instructions that cause the computing device to, based at least on conversion routines available in a conversion routine library, determine a sequence of one or more of the file conversion routines to convert the original file extension to the output file having the output file extension;
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• computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to, after the converting, make the output file available to the recipient on the recipient computing device.