SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ENABLING A USER TO SYNCHRONIZE, MANAGE, AND SHARE FOLDERS ACROSS A PLURALITY OF CLIENT DEVICES AND A SYNCHRONIZATION SERVER

• US 20160026348A1
• Filed: 10/01/2015
• Published: 01/28/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
• Inventors: GARCIA, Andrew, MEHTA, Samir Bhupatrai, ANAGNOSTOPOULOS, Athena, RASHID, Fuad, YECIES, Laura Susan Fried, PINTUS, Alice Viola, SHORT, Jason Edward, MONGE, Elle Mathias, WONG, James David
• Application Number:
  US14/873,183
• Publication Number:
  US 20160026348A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9562 Bookmark management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes

Abstract

A system, method, and computer program are provided for enabling a user to synchronize, manage, and share files and folders across a plurality of client devices and a synchronization server. In a user interface, a first view displays all folders, which a user has synchronized to the synchronization server and a drop-target zone to which the user is able to drag a folder from the local device to synchronize the folder with the synchronization server. A second view displays all files and folders, which the user has shared with other users. A third view displays a list of user contacts, where each contact is a drop-target zone on which a user is able to drag a folder to share the folder with the contact. A fourth view is provided in which a user is able to see activity related to a folder displayed in the first view.

Claims

1-23. -23. (canceled)

24. A method for displaying a plurality of synchronized folders, the method comprising:

displaying, in a content view on a user device, a plurality of folder indicators, each of the folder indicators representing a folder synchronized with a user account on a synchronization server,

wherein the content view comprises;

(i) a list mode that enables a user to view the folder indicators regardless of whether contents related to each of the folder indicators resides on the user device or other user devices synchronized with the user account on the synchronized server, and (ii) a link mode that enables the user to view a plurality of links, each of the links being associated with a folder or at least a portion of contents related to one of the folder indicators, and selectable user interface objects that, when selected, copies the link corresponding to the at least a portion of the contents.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the link is for sending to another client device to enable a user to access the portion of the contents associated with the link.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the link is sent via email or text.

27. The method of claim 24, further comprising receiving an interaction at one of the plurality of links in order to access the contents associated with the link.

28. The method of claim 24, wherein a user interface object is associated with the contents, which displays a number of times the contents have been downloaded.

29. The method of claim 24, wherein the link is associated with the folder.

30. The method of claim 24, further comprising displaying a user interface object, which when selected switches between the list mode and the link mode.

31. A computer program product stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium and including instructions for causing a computer processor to carry out steps comprising:

displaying, in a content view on a user device, a plurality of folder indicators, each of the folder indicators representing a folder synchronized with a user account on a synchronization server,

wherein the content view comprises;

(i) a list mode that enables the user to view the folder indicators regardless of whether contents related to each of the folder indicators resides on the user device or other user devices synchronized with the user account on the synchronized server, and (ii) a link mode that enables the user to view a plurality of links, each of the links being associated with a folder at least a portion of contents related to one of the folder indicators, and selectable user interface objects that, when selected, copies the link corresponding to the at least a portion of the contents.

32. The computer program product of claim 31, wherein the link is for sending to another client device to enable a user to access the portion of the contents associated with the link.

33. The computer program product of claim 32, wherein the link is sent via email or text.

34. The computer program product of claim 31, further comprising code for receiving an interaction at one of the plurality of links in order to access the contents associated with the link.

35. The computer program product of claim 31, wherein a user interface object associated with the contents displays a number of times the contents have been downloaded.

36. The computer program product of claim 31, wherein the link is associated with the folder.

37. The computer program product of claim 31, further comprising code for displaying a user interface object, which when selected switches between the list mode and the link mode.

38. A user interface configured to:

display, in a content view on a user devices, a plurality of folder indicators, each of the folder indicators representing a folder synchronized with a user account on a synchronization server,

wherein the content view comprises;

(i) a list mode that enables the user to view the folder indicators regardless of whether contents related to each of the folder indicators resides on the user device or other user devices synchronized with the user account on the synchronized server, and (ii) a link mode that enables the user to view a plurality of links, each of the links being associated with a folder or at least a portion of contents related to one of the folder indicators, and selectable user interface objects that, when selected, copies the link corresponding to the at least a portion of the contents.

39. The user interface of claim 38, wherein the link is for sending to another client device to enable a user to access the portion of the contents associated with the link.

40. The user interface of claim 39, wherein the link is sent via email or text.

41. The user interface of claim 38, further comprising receiving an interaction at one of the plurality of links in order to access the contents associated with the link.

42. The computer program product of claim 38, wherein the link is associated with the folder.

43. The computer program product of claim 38, further comprising displaying a user interface object, which when selected switches between the list mode and the link mode.