CPC G06F 16/16 (2019.01) | 17 Claims |
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.
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