Adobe Inc.
Request-driven file pulling from unsynchronized directories

Abstract:

Request-driven file pulling from unsynchronized directories is described. Rather than maintaining entire files, a service provider merely maintains file tags which describe the files in unsynchronized directories of devices associated with a user and communicates the file tags to the devices. The file tags enable indications of the files to be presented so that selected files can be pulled from the unsynchronized directories. Based on user selections made at a first of the devices to pull files from a second of the devices, requests are communicated from the first device to the service provider for the selected files. Responsive to a request, the service provider communicates an indication to the second device to copy the selected file from the second device's unsynchronized directory to a synchronized directory. Responsive to this, the service provider obtains the file from the synchronized directory and delivers the file to the first device.