Patent ID: 8595182

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of a file association over a network, comprising: receiving a request for a file on a local device, wherein the local device comprises a file type identifier, a file type mapper and a plurality of uploaders; determining a file type associated with the requested file; determining, by the file type mapper, an uploader corresponding to the file type of the requested file from the plurality of uploaders based on uploader data structure, wherein the determined uploader corresponds to at least one remote application among a plurality of remote applications, and wherein each remote application corresponds to the file type and the remote application corresponding to the determined uploader is associated with the file type of the requested file; executing the determined uploader in order to upload the requested file and call the at least one remote application among the plurality of remote applications to host the uploaded requested file; and converting the requested file from a first file format to a second file format in order to be hosted by the at least one remote application.