Enhanced quick search features, low-barrier commenting/interactive features in a collaboration platform

• US 9,495,364 B2
• Filed: 10/04/2013
• Issued: 11/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Box Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Box Incorporated
• Inventors: Savage, Brandon, Willer, Matt, Sheffield, Philip
• Primary Examiner(s): Arjomandi, Noosha
• Application Number:
  US14/046,523
• Publication Number:
  US 20140101094A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,138 Days
• Field of Search: 707/608
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure include systems and methods for enhanced quick search features, low-barrier comenting/interactive features in a collaboration platform, which may be a cloud-based platform. The disclosed technology enhances the user experience (both web and mobile user experience) by providing the ease with which the manner in which content and users can be discovered and browsed. Additionally, enhanced social features surrounding content is also disclosed. The disclosed technology further enhances the user experience by providing the ability to ‘like’ a file as a quick, easy way users/collaborators can note approval, attention, or preference of a file/work item.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a search query from a user via a first window in a graphical user interface (GUI) for a workspace in a cloud-based collaboration platform;

displaying, concurrently while at least a portion of the search query is being entered by the user, a search result included within a second window included inside the first window in the GUI, wherein the first window is different than the second window, and wherein the search result at lease includes;

a list of one or more files and one or more workspaces associated with one or more files, and

an icon representing a file type of each the one or more files, and

in response to detecting an interaction of the user with the search result, causing display of a third window included in the first window in the GUI, wherein the second window is different than the third window, and wherein the third window at least includes additional information relating to the search result and wherein the GUI includes user indications of attention adjacent to each of the one or more files, the user indications of attentions including at least a commenting option and a liking option associated with the each of the one or more files.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the additional information includes the last action taken on the search result.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the search result on the list includes metadata or content that matches the search query.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the user indications of attention is aggregated with other indications of attention to produce a total number of indications of attention.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the user indications of attention includes a date and time stamp of a receipt of user indication of attention.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein for each indication in the user indications of attention, the each indication includes a photo associated with a user who made the each indication.

7. A method comprising:

receiving a search query from a user via a first window in a graphical user interface (GUI) for a workspace in a cloud-based collaboration platform; and

displaying, concurrently while at least a portion of the search query is being entered by the user, a search result included within a second window included inside the first window in the GUI, wherein the first window is different than the second window, wherein the search result at least includes;

a list of files and one or more workspaces associated with the files, and

an icon representing a file type of each of the files, and

in response to detecting an interaction of the user with the search result, causing display of a third window included in the first window in the GUI, wherein the second window is different than the third window, wherein the third window at least includes additional information relating to the search result and wherein the GUI includes user indications of attention adjacent to each of the files, the user indications of attentions including at least a commenting option and a liking option associated with each of the files.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising the step of displaying a history of the user indications of attention associated with the files.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the history includes, for each indication, information regarding a user who made the indication and a time when the indication was made.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein for each indication in the user indications of attention, the each indication includes a date and time stamp of a receipt of the each indication.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein for each indication in the user indications of attention, the each indication includes a photo associated with a user who made the each indication.

12. An apparatus comprising:

an accepting unit for receiving a search query from a user via a first window in a graphical user interface (GUI) for a workspace in a cloud-based collaboration platform; and

a display unit which displays concurrently while at least a portion of the search query is being entered by the user, a search result included within a second window included inside the first window in the GUI, wherein the first window is different than the second window, wherein the search result at least includes;

a list of one or more files and one or more workspaces associated with the one or more files, and

an icon representing a file type of each of the one or more files, wherein users of the collaboration platform collaborates on the files, and wherein the display unit is configured to;

in response to detecting an interaction of the user with the search result, causing display of a third window included in the first window in the GUI, wherein the second window is different than the third window, wherein the third window at least includes additional information relating to the search result and wherein the GUI includes user indications of attention adjacent to each of the one or more files, the user indications of attentions including at least a commenting option and a liking option associated with the each of the one or more files.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, further comprising a displaying unit which displays a history of the user indications of attention associated with the one or more files in the GUI.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the history includes, for each of the user indications of attention, information regarding a user who made the user indication of attention and a time when the user indication of attention was made.

15. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein for each indication in the user indications of attention, the each indication includes a date and time stamp of a receipt of the each indication.

16. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein for each indication in the user indications of attention, the each indication includes a photo associated with a user who made the each indication.

17. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions which when executed by a processor perform a method comprising the steps of:

accepting a search query from a user via a first window in a graphical user interface (GUI) for a workspace in a cloud-based collaboration platform;

displaying, concurrently while at least a portion of the search query is being entered by the user, a search result included within a second window included inside the first window in the GUI, wherein the first window is different than the second window, wherein the search result at least includes;

a list of one or more files and one or more workspaces associated with the one or more files, and

an icon representing a file type of each of the one or more files, and

in response to detecting an interaction of the user with the search result, causing display of a third window included in the first window in the GUI, wherein the second window is different than the third window, wherein the third window at least includes additional information relating to the search result and wherein the GUI includes user indications of attention to each of the one or more files, the user indications of attentions including at least a commenting option and a liking option associated with the each of the one or more files.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the additional information includes the last action taken on the search result.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the search result on the list includes metadata or content that matches the search query.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of Claim 17, wherein for each indication in the user indications of attention, the each indication includes a date and time stamp of a receipt of the each indication attention.