SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCALLY STORING FILES FROM A SYSTEM SERVER

摘要

Embodiments of the invention include a system and method for allowing a company or organization to synchronize data files between a company computer storage, such as a computer memory or a file server, and various user computers networked to the company computer. As such, the system provides a method for determining which data files are most likely to be needed by the user, and copying data files that are the most needed to the user computer. In the process of copying the files to the user computer, the system determines which data files are no longer needed on the user computer, and replaces the data files that are no longer needed on the user computer with new data files that the system has determined are more likely to be needed by the user.

主权项

1. A system for synchronizing data files, the system comprising:
a computer having a processor and a tangible, non-transitory computer memory with instructions operable therein for performing on the processor a process of determining data files that should be synchronized with a user computer and a process of synchronizing the data files, the instructions comprising the steps of:
receiving a local list of data files stored in the user computer;responsive to receiving the local list, determining a set of data files associated with a user;determining a rank for each data file in the set based on at least one of:
whether the user is associated with another user that has recently created the data file, andwhether the data file can be downloaded within a predefined time period; creating a ranked list ordered by the rank determined for each data file in the set; creating a new list of data files from the data files associated with higher ranks in the ranked list, the data files in the new list having a cumulative size that is less than a memory size of the user computer; and comparing the new list with the local list to determine which of the data files in the new list are missing from the user computer.