PROVIDING INFORMATION FOR SHARED CONTENT

• US 20140351346A1
• Filed: 05/23/2013
• Published: 11/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
• Inventors: Barton, Chris
• Granted Patent: US 9,374,326 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4038 with floor control

Abstract

Various embodiments can enable a content item associated with a sharer account of a content management system to be shared with a recipient account of the content management system. The content item can be analyzed to determine at least some information about the content item, which can include one or more properties associated with the content item, one or more representations of one or more content portions present in the content item, or any combination thereof. A communication can notify the recipient account that the sharer account has shared the content item with the recipient account. The communication can further comprise the determined information about the content item, which can include the one or more properties and/or the one or more representations of the content portions. This information can enable the recipient to make a better decision regarding whether or not to accept the share invitation.

Claims

1. A system for providing information for shared content, comprising:

at least one processor;

one or more computer readable media; and

computer readable instructions, stored on the one or more computer readable media, that when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to;

receive, from a sharer account associated with a content item, a request to share the content item with at least one recipient account, wherein sharing the content item provides read and write access of the content item to the at least one recipient account, and wherein the sharer account and the at least one recipient account are associated with an online content management system;

analyze the content item to determine at least one of a property or a representation of a content portion associated with the content item;

transmit a communication to the at least one recipient account, the communication indicating that the sharer account has requested to share the content item with the at least one recipient account; and

enable the at least one of the property or the representation of the content portion to be included in the communication to the at least one recipient account.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer readable instructions further cause the system to:

provide an option for the at least one recipient account to access the content item.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication is provided to the at least one recipient account via at least one of an email message, an application configured to work in conjunction with the content management system, or a navigation application running on a computing device associated with the at least one recipient account.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the property includes at least one of a name for a user account who created the content item, a time indicating when the content item was created, a name for a user account who last modified the content item, a time indicating when the content item was last modified, a name for the content item, a size of the content item, a quantity of sub-level content items within the content item, a name for each of the sub-level content items, a size for each of the sub-level content items, a content type for each of the sub-level content items, a name for another user account with which the content item is shared, a name for a user account who created each of the sub-level content items, a time indicating when each of the sub-level content items was created, a name for a user account who last modified each of the sub-level content items, or a time indicating when each of the sub-level content items was last modified.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the representation of the content portion includes at least one of a thumbnail when the content portion is associated with an image, a video sample when the content portion is associated with a video, an audio sample when the content portion is associated with an audio, or at least one keyword when the content portion is associated with text content item.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein analyzing the content item includes determining a level of relevancy with respect to at least one sequence of characters included in the content item, and wherein the computer readable instructions further cause the system to:

identify the at least one keyword as being the at least one sequence of characters when the level of relevancy with respect to the at least one sequence of characters at least meets a relevancy threshold.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the representation of the content portion further includes one or more words surrounding the at least one keyword when the content portion is associated with the text content item.

8. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, from a first account associated with one or more content items, a request to share the one or more content items with a second account, the first account and the second account being associated with an online content management system;

analyzing the one or more content items to determine information about the one or more content items, the information including at least one of a property or a representation of a content portion associated with the one or more content items; and

transmitting, to the second account, a communication indicating that the first account has requested to share the one or more content items with the second account, wherein the communication includes the information about the one or more content items.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, further comprising:

determining a relevancy score for each of the one or more content items, wherein the information about the one or more content items includes the relevancy score for each of the one or more content items.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, wherein determining the relevancy score for each of the one or more content items is based, at least in part, on one or more levels of activity associated the one or more content items, each level of activity being associated with a respective content item of the one or more content items.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein the property includes at least one of an identifier for an author of each content item of the one or more content items, data indicating when each content item was created, an identifier for a last modifier of each content item, data indicating when each content item was last modified, a identifier for each content item, a size of each content item, an identifier for another account with which the one or more content items are shared, a quantity of one or more sub-level content items within each content item, an identifier for each sub-level content item of the one or more sub-level content items, a size for each sub-level content item, a content type for each sub-level content item, an identifier for an author of each sub-level content item, data indicating when each sub-level content item was created, an identifier for a last modifier of each sub-level content item, or data indicating when each sub-level content item was last modified.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein the representation of the content portion includes at least one of a thumbnail when the content portion is associated with an image, a video sample when the content portion is associated with a video, an audio sample when the content portion is associated with an audio, or at least one keyword when the content portion is associated with text content item.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, wherein analyzing the one or more content items includes determining a level of relevancy with respect to at least one sequence of characters included in the one or more content items, and wherein the method further comprises:

identifying the at least one keyword as being the at least one sequence of characters based, at least in part, on determining that the level of relevancy with respect to the at least one sequence of characters satisfies a relevancy threshold.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, wherein the representation of the content portion further includes one or more words surrounding the at least one keyword when the content portion is associated with the text content item.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein the information about the one or more content items is determined within an allowable time period from when the second account attempts to interact with at least one of the communication or the one or more content items.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer executable instructions for causing a computing system to perform a method comprising:

receiving, from an online content management system, a notification of a request for one or more content items associated with a first account of the online content management system to be shared with a second account of the online content management system;

receiving, at the second account, information about the one or more content items, the information including at least one of a property or a representation of a content portion associated with the one or more content items; and

presenting, at the second account, the notification of the request, the information including the at least one of the property or the representation of the content portion, and an option to access the one or more content items being shared with the second account.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the one or more content items are to be shared with a set of accounts including the first account and the second account, and wherein the method further comprises:

downloading, at the second account, the one or more content items from the online content management system when the option to access the one or more content items has been selected; and

receiving read and write access permissions, at the second account, with respect to the one or more content items, wherein the one or more content items are synced the set of accounts.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the one or more content items are synched with the set of accounts such that a modification to the one or more content items by the second account will be updated at the set of accounts and a modification to the one or more content items by an account of the set of accounts will be updated at least at the second account.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the method further comprises:

presenting, at the second account, an option to download a local representation of at least a portion of the one or more content items at a time when the local representation is downloaded.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the at least the portion of the one or more content items is selectable at the second account.