Systems and methods for adding digital content to content management service accounts

• US 10,848,556 B2
• Filed: 06/06/2019
• Issued: 11/24/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
• Inventors: Motes, Aston, Adeagbo, Makinde, Berg, Trevor
• Primary Examiner(s): Dinh, Khanh Q
• Application Number:
  US16/433,242
• Publication Number:
  US 20190289071A1
• Time in Patent Office: 537 Days
• Field of Search: 709220, 709224, 709226, 709227
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/08 Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

Systems and methods for adding digital content associated with a first user account within a content management system to a second user account within the content management system. In various embodiments, the system may be configured to allow a user to add digital content to an account within a content management system associated with the user when the user receives a shared link to access digital content associated with an account within the content management system belonging to another user. The system may be configured to add the digital content to the user account by associating the digital content with the user'"'"'s account. In various embodiments, the system may be configured to add the digital content to the user'"'"'s account by creating an entry in a server-side file journal associated with the user'"'"'s account, where the entry includes one or more file reference strings associated with the digital content.

Claims

1. An online content management system comprising:

at least one processor;

a computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by the at least one processor, the instructions effective to;

receive a request to share a digital content item from a first account of a content management system, wherein the digital content item is in the first account at the content management system;

generate a link in response to the request, the generated link being effective to grant access to the digital content item to a second account, wherein granting access to the digital content item includes adding the digital content item to the second account within the content management system;

receive a request from the first account to revoke the granted access to the digital content item by the second account; and

revoking the granted access to the digital content item by the second account.

2. The online content management system of claim 1, the instructions further effective to:

receive an indication that the generated link has been activated by the second account of the content management system;

determine a first association between the generated link and the digital content item; and

update the second account to include a second association between the digital content item and the second account, whereby the second association makes the digital content item accessible by the second account.

3. The online content management system of claim 1, the instructions further effective to:

generate a second link in response to a second request, the generated link being effective to grant access to the digital content item to at least a third account; and

maintaining access to the digital content item for the at least a third account after revoking the granted access to the digital content item by the second account.

4. The online content management system of claim 2, wherein the instructions are effective to present a graphical user interface displaying the digital content item within the second account.

5. The online content management system of claim 2, wherein revoking the granted access removes the digital content item from the second account within the content management system.

6. The online content management system of claim 1, wherein the generated link includes a reference to a relevant application associated with the generated link.

7. The online content management system of claim 1, wherein the granted access to the digital content item by the second account is revoked by adding a file reference string associated with the digital content item to a server-side file journal associated with the second account.

8. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving a request to share a digital content item from a first account of a content management system, wherein the digital content item is in the first account at the content management system;

generating a link in response to the request, the generated link being effective to grant access to the digital content item to a second account, wherein granting access to the digital content item includes adding the digital content item to the second account within the content management system;

receiving a request from the first account to revoke the granted access to the digital content item by the second account; and

revoking the granted access to the digital content item by the second account.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving an indication that the generated link has been activated by the second account of the content management system;

determining a first association between the generated link and the digital content item; and

updating the second account to include a second association between the digital content item and the second account, whereby the second association makes the digital content item accessible by the second account.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

generating a second link in response to a second request, the generated link being effective to grant access of the digital content item to at least a third account; and

maintaining access to the digital content item for the at least a third account after revoking the granted access to the digital content item by the second account.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

presenting a graphical user interface displaying the digital content item within the second account.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein revoking the granted access removes the digital content item from the second account within the content management system.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the generated link includes a reference to a relevant application associated with the generated link.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the granted access to the digital content item of the second account is revoked by adding a file reference string associated with the digital content item to a server-side file journal associated with the second account.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored on the non-transitory computer readable medium, the instructions effective, when executed to cause a computing device to:

receive a request to share a digital content item from a first account of a content management system, wherein the digital content item is in the first account at the content management system;

generate a link in response to the request, the generated link being effective to grant access to the digital content item to a second account, wherein granting access to the digital content item includes adding the digital content item to the second account within the content management system;

receive a request from the first account to revoke the granted access to the digital content item by the second account; and

revoking the granted access to the digital content item by the second account.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, the instructions further effective to:

receive an indication that the generated link has been activated by the second account of the content management system;

determine a first association between the generated link and the digital content item; and

update the second account to include a second association between the digital content item and the second account, whereby the second association makes the digital content item accessible by the second account.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, the instructions further effective to:

generate a second link in response to a second request, the generated link being effective to grant access to the digital content item to at least a third account; and

maintaining access to the digital content item for the at least a third account after revoking the granted access to the digital content item by the second account.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the instructions are effective to present a graphical user interface displaying the digital content item within the second account.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein revoking the granted access removes the digital content item from the second account within the content management system.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the granted access to the digital content item of the second account is revoked by adding a file reference string associated with the digital content item to a server-side file journal associated with the second account.