AGGREGATED DETAILS DISPLAYED WITHIN FILE BROWSER INTERFACE

• US 20190332688A1
• Filed: 04/27/2018
• Published: 10/31/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
• Inventors: Valentine, Matthew, Fisher, Thomas, Sundin, Nicholas, Wilf, Parker, Mason, Robert, Nedeljko, Tomaz, Tana, Evan
• Granted Patent: US 11,249,950 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/168 Details of user interfaces specifically adapted to file systems, e.g. browsing and visualisation, 2d or 3d GUIs query results presentation G06F16/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• 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 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services

Abstract

The present technology pertains to a details pane that is displayed in coordination with a file explorer interface. The details pane can display details including activities, comments, and previews for content items displayed in the details pane. In some embodiments, the content items displayed in the file explorer interface can be stored in and accessed from different services, and the details in the details pane can also be populated from diverse sources. In some embodiments, edits or navigations can be performed within a preview of the content item. In some embodiments, comments can be shown along with previews that show the comment located within the content item.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions, the instructions, when executed by a computing system, cause the computing system to:

cause display of a file browser interface on a client device, the file browser interface including a content items listing section, and a details section including comment details and activity details, wherein;

the content items listing section is configured to present a representation of a first plurality of content items, and

the details section is configured to present comment details and activity details pertaining to the first plurality of content items in the content items listing section.

2. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein at least one activity detail of the activity details is a first aggregated detail that is an aggregation of multiple activity details sharing at least a first common characteristic.

3. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 2, wherein the first aggregated detail is created according to the instructions which cause the computing system to:

receive activity notifications containing activity details from a content management system, the notifications being received in substantially the order in which activities causing the activity notifications occurred;

store the received activity notifications in a cache; and

aggregate the received activity notifications into the first aggregated detail pertaining to at least one of the first plurality of content items in the content items listing section.

4. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 3, the instructions cause the computing system to:

cause display of a second plurality of content items in the content items listing section, the second plurality of content items being a subset of the first plurality of content items;

aggregate the received activity notifications into a second aggregated detail, the second aggregated detail pertaining to at least the second plurality of content items, and the second aggregated detail is an aggregation of multiple activity details sharing the at least one common characteristic used for the first aggregated detail.

5. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 2, wherein at least one activity detail of the activity details is a second aggregated detail that is an aggregation of the multiple activity details sharing at least a second common characteristic, and wherein the first aggregated detail is displayed in the details section with the second aggregated detail.

6. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 2, wherein the instructions cause the computing system to:

receive a selection of the first aggregated activity detail;

after the selection of the first aggregated activity detail, highlight two or more of the first plurality of content items in the content items listing section to which the aggregated activity detail pertains.

7. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein at least one of the content items is a synchronized content item having a local copy stored on the client device and synchronized with a cloud copy stored in a content management system.

8. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein at least one of the content items in the content items listing section is a local content item, and at least of the content items in the content items listing section is a cloud content item.

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein at least one activity detail from the activity details is from a first data source, and at least one activity detail from the activity details is from a second data source.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the instructions cause the computing system to:

receive a selection of a first activity detail in the activity section, wherein the selected first activity detail corresponds to a first content item of the plurality content items displayed in the content items listing section; and

after receipt of the selection of the first activity detail, present a new view of the file browser interface, wherein the new view of the file browser interface displays a representation of at least the first content item or the contents of the first content item, and the details section displays activity details for the first content item, and displays comments for the first content item.

11. A method comprising:

causing display of a file browser interface on a client device, the file browser interface including a content items listing section, and a details section including comment details and activity details, wherein;

the content items listing section is configured to present a representation of a first plurality of content items, and

the details section is configured to present comment details and activity details pertaining to the first plurality of content items in the content items listing section.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein at least one activity detail of the activity details is a first aggregated detail that is an aggregation of multiple activity details sharing at least a first common characteristic.

13. The method of claim 12, comprising:

causing display of a second plurality of content items in the content items listing section, the second plurality of content items being a subset of the first plurality of content items;

aggregating received activity notifications into a second aggregated detail, the second aggregated detail pertaining to at least the second plurality of content items, and the second aggregated detail is an aggregation of multiple activity details sharing the at least the first common characteristic used for the first aggregated detail.

14. The method of claim 12, comprising:

receiving a selection of the first aggregated activity detail;

after the selection of the first aggregated activity detail, highlighting two or more of the first plurality of content items in the content items listing section to which the aggregated activity detail pertains.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein at least one activity detail from the activity details is from a first data source, and at least one activity detail from the activity details is from a second data source.

16. A system comprising:

a content management system; and

a client device in communication with the content management system, the client device configured to store at least a portion of a content item managed by the content management system on the client device and configured to display a file browser interface to;

cause display of a file browser interface on a client device, the file browser interface including a content items listing section, and a details section including comment details and activity details, wherein;

the content items listing section is configured to present a representation of a first plurality of content items, and

the details section is configured to present comment details and activity details pertaining to the first plurality of content items in the content items listing section.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein at least one activity detail of the activity details is a first aggregated detail that is an aggregation of multiple activity details sharing at least a first common characteristic.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the client device is configured to:

cause display of a second plurality of content items in the content items listing section, the second plurality of content items being a subset of the first plurality of content items; and

aggregate received activity notifications into a second aggregated detail, the second aggregated detail pertaining to at least the second plurality of content items, and the second aggregated detail is an aggregation of multiple activity details sharing the at least the first common characteristic used for the first aggregated detail.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the client device is configured to:

receive a selection of the first aggregated activity detail;

after the selection of the first aggregated activity detail, highlight two or more of the first plurality of content items in the content items listing section to which the aggregated activity detail pertains.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein at least one activity detail from the activity details is from a first data source and at least one activity detail from the activity details is from a second data source.