Patent ID: 9419848
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing a document sharing service in combination with remote access to document applications, the method comprising: providing a client device access to a plurality of host computing devices capable of processing a document using a document sharing service on a document sharing server; receiving, at the document sharing server, a request from the client device to create a new document, wherein the client device does not have a document editor application for creating the new document; authenticating a user of the client device at the document sharing server; determining which of the plurality of host computing devices is capable of creating the new document indicated by the request from the client device; selecting one of the plurality of host computing devices to process the request based on the determination as to capability of creating the new document; causing the selected host computing device to start the document editor application based on the request from the client device; remoting a user interface for the document editor application from the selected host computing device to the client device; allowing the new document to be edited created through the user interface of the document editor application being accessed remotely at the client device; and saving the new document to a storage location of the document on the document sharing server.