发明名称 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZATION OF ITEMS WITH READ-ONLY PERMISSIONS IN A CLOUD-BASED ENVIRONMENT
摘要 Techniques are disclosed for enabling synchronization of items (e.g., folders or files) with read-only permissions in a cloud-based environment. In one embodiment, a method comprises, upon receiving a request from a collaborator to synchronize an item stored in the workspace, determining whether the item is marked as read-only and verifying if the collaborator has permission for downloading the item. The method further comprises, if the item is marked as read-only and if the collaborator has permission for downloading the item, sending the item to the collaborator. The method further comprises synchronizing the item by automatically pushing an updated version of the item unilaterally from the cloud-based environment to the collaborator regardless of whether the collaborator has performed any modification to the sent item. Among other advantages, embodiments disclosed herein provide capabilities to synchronize read-only files/folder in cloud-based platforms, especially where items are often opened/edited among the collaborators.
申请公布号 US2014172799(A1) 申请公布日期 2014.06.19
申请号 US201314135311 申请日期 2013.12.19
申请人 Box, Inc. 发明人 Dorman Griffin
分类号 G06F17/30 主分类号 G06F17/30
代理机构 代理人
主权项 1. A method for synchronizing an item stored in a workspace hosted by a cloud-based platform, the workspace being shared among a user and a collaborator of the user, the method comprising: receiving an instruction to synchronize, for the collaborator, the item stored in the workspace; determining whether the item is read-only; verifying if the collaborator has permission for downloading the item; if the item is marked as read-only and if the collaborator has the permission for downloading the item: sending the item to the collaborator; andsynchronizing the item by automatically pushing an updated version of the item unilaterally from the cloud-based platform to the collaborator in both conditions when the collaborator has modified the sent item and when the collaborator has not modified the sent item.
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