Patent ID: 9565232
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method comprising: identifying, by a processor, a file in a first directory on a client device; determining, by the processor, that the file is a content item when the file includes a predetermined file extension; creating a duplicate of the content item; determining if the duplicate of the content item is a duplicate of a content item stored in a synchronization folder on the client device; storing the duplicate of the content item in the synchronization folder on the client device after a determination that the duplicate of the content item is not stored in the synchronization folder, wherein the synchronization folder is a folder associated with a content management application; determining if the duplicate of the content item in the synchronization folder is a duplicate of a content item stored in an associated account in a content management system; and importing, by the processor, the duplicate of the content item in the synchronization folder to the associated account of the content management system associated with the content management application after a determination that the duplicate of the content item in the synchronization folder is not a duplicate of a content item stored in the associated account of the content management system.