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

Claim 8:
9. One or more computer storage media storing computer executable instructions which when executed implement 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 locally;
in response to determining that the file is stored locally, determining, from the context, that resources of the user computing device are insufficient;
in response to determining that the resources of the user computing device are insufficient, determining that the VDI application and the cloud application are both available to open the file that is stored locally;
determining, from the context, that a size of the file that is stored locally is high and a latency of a network by which the VDI application is accessed is low;
in response to determining that the size of the file that is stored locally is high and the latency of the network by which the VDI application is accessed is low, selecting the cloud application to open the file that is stored locally; and
causing the file that is stored locally to be opened in the cloud application.