Resource sharing between users across applications in a unified suite

Abstract

A system and method for seamless resource sharing among web applications bundled into a software suite are disclosed. The present disclosure addresses the problem of manually downloading and uploading a resource from one web application to another web application inside a unified system, using Drag & Drop or Copy & Paste using a clipboard. One or more resources can be shared by a user from a source web application. The meta information of the resource is shared with a Resource Sharing Server, and the network resource of the user machine is not used in the download and upload process. The clipboard used in the Copy & Paste functionality facilitates pasting the content copied by users across multiple web applications, different sessions, and different devices. While sharing the resources, the permissions of the sender and receiver on the shared resource are used to filter the original resource using a permission filter and share only that which is permitted. In addition to these permissions, the receiver's preferences on modification or augmentation to the original resource is also facilitated with the help of a preference mask.

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