Patent ID: 11934350
Assignee: MCAFEE, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. A method comprising:
accessing, by executing an instruction with programmable circuitry, an indication from at least one of a first personal computer or a first mobile device that a file is designated as a favorite;
causing, by executing an instruction with the programmable circuitry, communication with at least one of a second personal computer or a second mobile device via an Internet connection to retrieve a first copy of the file from the at least one of the second personal computer or the second mobile device via the Internet connection at a first time;
storing, by executing an instruction with the programmable circuitry, the first copy of the file as a favorite file on a favorites storage device, the favorites storage device accessible to the at least one of the first personal computer or the first mobile device without the Internet connection, the favorites storage device paired with the at least one of the first personal computer or the first mobile device;
obtaining, by executing an instruction with the programmable circuitry, expiration information of the favorite file after requesting access to the favorite file in the favorites storage device at a second time;
determining, by executing an instruction with the programmable circuitry, whether the favorite file has expired on the favorites storage device based on whether the expiration information indicates that contents of the file have been modified on the at least one of the second personal computer or the second mobile device;
after determining the favorite file has expired, retrieving, by executing an instruction with the programmable circuitry, a second copy of the file from the at least one of the second personal computer or the second mobile device via the Internet connection at a third time;
resetting, by executing an instruction with the programmable circuitry, the expiration information of the favorite file; and
updating, by executing an instruction with the programmable circuitry, the favorite file on the favorites storage device based on the second copy of the file.