Patent ID: 11928079
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method for intelligently associating a file with an application, the method comprising:
receiving, at an intelligent file association engine, context for a file that can be opened in multiple different applications on a user computing device, the multiple different applications including a local application, a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) application, and a cloud application;
determining, from the context, that the file is stored in a cloud;
determining, from the context, that the cloud application is not currently available to open the file;
in response to determining that the cloud application is not currently available to open the file, causing the file to be downloaded to the user computing device;
based on the context, selecting between the local application and the VDI application to open the file that has been downloaded; and
causing the file that has been downloaded to be opened in the selected application.