Patent ID: 11868311
Assignee: AWES.ME, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 3:
4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving, by the processor, a request from the user device to upload another file to the server;
extracting file information comprising at least a filename, a file size, and metadata from the other file with the upload client;
generating, by the server, another file signature for the other file based on at least the filename, the file size, and the metadata from the other file;
accessing another one or more existing file signatures for each of another one or more existing files on the server;
comparing the other one or more existing file signatures to the other file signature;
accessing another first hash signature for the other existing file corresponding to the other existing file signature;
generating another second hash signature for the other file corresponding to the other file signature based on the comparison; and
following user directions for handling the file responsive to determining that the other first hash signature equals the other second hash signature.