Patent ID: 9507789
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a server from a client, a request to merge multiple files to generate a first merged file and send the first merged file to a destination, the multiple files comprising a first file, a second file, and a third file; retrieving the multiple files; generating the first merged file using the multiple files, the generating the first merged file comprising merging the first file, the second file, and the third file to generate the first merged file; storing, at the server, the first merged file; identifying a storage location of the third file; determining, based on the storage location of the third file, that the third file is a file that may be updated; in response to determining that the third file is a file that may be updated, generating a second merged file that includes the first file and the second file and not the third file, the second merged file different from the first merged file, wherein the generating the second merged file comprises merging the multiple files except the third file based on the determination that the third file is a file that may be updated; storing, at the server, the second merged file; and sending, from the server to the destination, the first merged file in response to the request.