TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING UNSYNCHRONIZED CONTENT ITEMS AT UNLINKED DEVICES

摘要

Techniques are described herein for managing unsynchronized content items when the personal computing devices storing the unsynchronized content items are unlinked from a content item synchronization service. The techniques involve treating synchronized content items differently from unsynchronized content items. For example, after a personal computing is unlinked from the service, synchronized content items may be removed or deleted from the personal computing device and unsynchronized content items encrypted and/or moved to another data storage location.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
an agent for installation on personal computing devices; and a synchronization service executing on one or more server computing devices; wherein the synchronization service is configured to send a command to the agent as installed on a personal computing device; wherein the agent as installed on the personal computing device is configured to, in response to receiving the command from the synchronization service:
identify, from among a set of content items stored at the personal computing device, which of the set of content items are synchronized with the synchronization service and which of the set of content items are not synchronized with the synchronization service, andtreat any content items of the set of content items identified as synchronized with the synchronization service differently from any content items of the set of content items identified as not synchronized with the synchronization service;wherein the treating differently includes deleting, from the personal computing device, any content items of the set of content items identified as synchronized with the synchronization service and not deleting, from the personal computing device, any content items of the set of content items identified as not synchronized with the synchronization service.