Patent ID: 9558202
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method for synchronizing selective folders in a workspace of a cloud-based environment, the method comprising: determining a current synchronization state of a first folder in a workspace shared among a user and one or more collaborators of the user based on synchronization states of one or more child folders included inside the first folder, wherein the one or more child folders is in one of an unsynchronized state or a synchronized state, wherein the determining includes searching a database for entries of folders that are related to the first folder and comprises: providing, to a user, options for at least one user-selectable synchronization state of the first folder based on the current synchronization state of the first folder; receiving input associated with the user-selectable synchronization state of the first folder in the workspace based on the current synchronization state of the first folder; and input associated with the user-selectable synchronization state of the first folder.