US 11,928,079 B1
Intelligently associating a file with an application
Ramanujam Kaniyar Venkatesh, Bangalore (IN); Jyothi Bandakka, Bengaluru (IN); Sudhakar Ramasamy, Salem (IN); and Sharik Saigal, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/049,520.
Int. Cl. G06F 16/16 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/16 (2019.01) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for intelligently associating a file with an application, the method comprising:
receiving, at an intelligent file association engine, context for a file that can be opened in multiple different applications on a user computing device, the multiple different applications including a local application, a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) application, and a cloud application;
determining, from the context, that the file is stored in a cloud;
determining, from the context, that the cloud application is not currently available to open the file;
in response to determining that the cloud application is not currently available to open the file, causing the file to be downloaded to the user computing device;
based on the context, selecting between the local application and the VDI application to open the file that has been downloaded; and
causing the file that has been downloaded to be opened in the selected application.