Sharing content items from a collection

• US 10,282,056 B2
• Filed: 04/08/2014
• Issued: 05/07/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
• Inventors: Wei, Yi, Puckett, Joshua, Scheff, Andrew, Buch, Abhay, Nayak, Rajeev, Wen, Tina
• Primary Examiner(s): Chiusano, Andrew T
• Application Number:
  US14/247,768
• Publication Number:
  US 20150177954A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,855 Days
• Field of Search: 715738, 715739, 715748, 715769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15

Abstract

Embodiments are provided for forming share bars including collections of content items. In some embodiments, a user interface may be displayed on a display interface of a user device. The user interface may include a first region including a collection of content items and a second region including one or more contact icons. A first gesture may be detected on the display interface that selects one or more content items from the collection of content items and places the one or more content items in a first share bar associated with a first contact of the one or more contacts. One or more share options may be provided to share the first share bar with a first contact corresponding to the first contact icon.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

displaying a user interface on a display screen of a user device, the user interface comprising;

a collection of content items in a first region;

and a second region comprising a first share bar specific to a first contact of a user and a second share bar specific to a second contact of the user, wherein the first share bar includes a first contact icon representing the first contact and the second share bar includes a second contact icon representing the second contact;

detecting a first touch gesture on the display screen selecting a first content item from the collection of content items;

displaying, within the first share bar, a first thumbnail for the first content item in response to the first touch gesture;

providing, within the first share bar, an option to share any content items included in the first share bar with the first contact;

detecting a second touch gesture on the display screen selecting a second content item from the collection of content items;

displaying, within the second share bar, a second thumbnail for the second content item in response to the second touch gesture;

providing, within the second share bar, an option to share any content items included in the second share bar with the second contact;

detecting a third touch gesture on the display screen selecting the first share bar and moving the first share bar within the second share bar;

and displaying, within the second share bar, the first thumbnail for the first content item in response to the third touch gesture.

2. A method comprising:

displaying a user interface comprising a first content item from a collection of content items on a display screen of a user device;

when the first content item is displayed, providing a plurality of options for interacting with the first content item, wherein each of the plurality of options corresponds to a single touch gesture;

detecting a first touch gesture on the display screen, the first touch gesture corresponding to a first share option from the plurality of options;

and in response to the first touch gesture;

providing a display of a first share bar representing a first contact of a user and a second share bar representing a second contact of the user;

providing, within the first share bar, a thumbnail for the first content item; and

replacing, within the user interface and without additional user input, the first content item with a second content item, wherein the second content item is from the collection of content items;

detecting a second touch gesture on the display screen selecting the first share bar and moving the first share bar within the second share bar; and

displaying, within the second share bar, the thumbnail for the first content item in response to the second touch gesture.