Managing shared content with a content management system

• US 9,055,063 B2
• Filed: 05/06/2013
• Issued: 06/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
• Inventors: Dwan, Michael, Ren, Jinpeng
• Primary Examiner(s): LEWIS, LISA C
• Application Number:
  US13/888,157
• Publication Number:
  US 20140282901A1
• Time in Patent Office: 764 Days
• Field of Search: 726/27
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0892 by using authentication-authorization-accounting [AAA] servers or protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

Embodiments are provided for managing shared content with a content management system. In some embodiments, a request is received for a history of content shares for an authenticated account, at least one content share is retrieved for the authenticated account, the at least one content share having at least one shared item and at least one recipient identifier, information on the at least one content share on a user interface is displayed, and a request is received to modify the at least one content share and updating the at least one content share in response to the request.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a content management system from a first device, a collection of content items to be synchronized by the content management system with the first device;

receiving, by the content management system from the first device, an indication that the collection of content items is to be shared with a first recipient;

receiving, by the content management system from the first device, indicia of a modification to at least one of the content items;

synchronizing the received collection of content items to reflect the received indicia of the modification;

receiving, by the content management system from the first recipient, a request for the collection of content items;

providing, by the content management system in response to the request, the synchronized collection of content items to the first recipient;

receiving, by the content management system, a first request for a history of all content items shared by a user account associated with the first device;

accessing, by the content management system in response to the first request, the history of all content items shared by the user account; and

displaying, in response to the first request, indicia of the history.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the history of all content items comprises, for each shared collection of content items, at least one of:

a sharer field, a shared item, a recipient field, an active flag, a viewed flag, and a timestamp.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the shared collection comprises at least one of an album and a lightweight share of content items.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the recipient field for a shared collection of content items comprises an indication of whether a recipient of the shared collection received the shared collection via at least one of (i) a public content share to a third party application, (ii) a private content share to at least one specified recipient, and (iii) a link sent to a web-accessible address.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein:

the sharer field indicates whether the user account was a sharer of the shared item; and

the recipient field indicates whether the user account was a recipient of the shared item.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the history comprises at least one shared collection of content items, the method further comprising:

modifying at least one of;

a time of activation of the at least one shared collection, a validity time interval for the at least one shared collection, and an expiration time of the at least one shared collection.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein

the displayed indicia includes, for each shared content item, an indicator for indicating whether the content item has been viewed.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the history includes content items shared by the user account and at least one additional user.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving, by the content management system from the first device, a modification to the sharing of the collection of content items with the first recipient;

receiving, by the content management system, a second request for a history of all content items shared by the user account associated with the first device;

accessing, by the content management system in response to the second request, the history of all content items shared by the user account; and

displaying, in response to the second request, indicia of the history, including indicia of the modification to the sharing.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein

the indicia displayed in response to the second request includes a future access date for at least one shared content item.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein

the modification to the sharing includes denying access by the first device to at least one shared content item.

12. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to:

receive from a first device a collection of content items to be synchronized by the content management system with the first device;

receive from the first device an indication that the collection of content items is to be shared with a first recipient;

receive from the first device indicia of a modification to at least one of the content items;

synchronize the received collection of content items to reflect the received indicia of the modification;

receive from the first recipient a request for the collection of content items;

provide in response to the request the synchronized collection of content items to the first recipient;

receive a first request for a history of all content items shared by a user account associated with the first device;

access, in response to the first request, the history of all content items shared by the user account;

display, in response to the first request, indicia of the history.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein the history of all content items comprises, for each shared collection of content items, at least one of:

a sharer field, a shared item, a recipient field, an active flag, a viewed flag, and a timestamp.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the shared collection comprises at least one of an album and a lightweight share of content items.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the recipient field for shared collection of content items comprises an indication of whether a recipient of the shared collection received the shared collection via at least one of (i) a public content share to a third party application, (ii) a private content share to at least one specified recipient, and (iii) a link sent to a web-accessible address.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein the history comprises at least one shared collection of content items, when executed by the at least one processor of the computing device, further causes the computing device to:

modify at least one of a;

time of activation of the at least one shared collection, a validity time interval for the at least one shared collection, and an expiration time of the at least one shared collection.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein the executed instructions further cause the processor to:

receive from the first device a modification to the sharing of the collection of content items with the first recipient;

receive a second request for a history of all content items shared by the user account associated with the first device;

access, in response to the second request, the history of all content items shared by the user account; and

display, in response to the second request, indicia of the history, including indicia of the modification to the sharing.

18. A system, comprising:

a processor;

a memory coupled to the processor;

a content management system, executed by the processor, for;

receiving from a first device a collection of content items to be synchronized by the content management system with the first device;

receiving from the first device an indication that the collection of content items is to be shared with a first recipient;

receiving from the first device, indicia of a modification to at least one of the content items;

synchronizing the received collection of content items to reflect the received indicia of the modification;

receiving from the first recipient, a request for the collection of content items;

providing, in response to the request, the synchronized collection of content items to the first recipient;

receiving a first request for a history of all content items shared by a user account associated with the first device;

accessing, in response to the first request, the history of all content items shared by the user account; and

displaying, in response to the first request, indicia of the history.