Systems and methods for managing content items having multiple resolutions

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10594834-B2
Application number	US-201715690126-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 29, 2017
Priority date	Feb 27, 2014
Publication date	Mar 17, 2020
Grant date	Mar 17, 2020

Abstract

Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for managing content items having multiple resolutions may be provided. In some embodiments, a user device may send a request to access one or more images from a content management system. The one or more images may be categorized on the user device by an expected use that determines that the one or more images be in a first version. A second version of the one or more images may be received while a background download of the first version of the one or more images may be performed. In some embodiments, the first version may correspond to a high-resolution image whereas the second version may correspond to a lower resolution image.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A system comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:
receive, from a client device, a request for a collection of images;
determine a first set of images from the collection of images corresponding to a current window position for the client device and a second set of images from the collection of images corresponding to a non-current window position on the client device;
provide, to the client device, the first set of images in a first resolution and the second set of images in a second resolution;
receive, from the client device, an indication that an updated window position corresponding to one or more images of the second set of images corresponds to the current window position; and
provide, to the client device, the one or more images of the second set of images in the first resolution.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein providing the one or more images of the second set of images in the first resolution causes the client device to replace previous versions of the one or more images of the second set of images in the second resolution with the one or more images of the second set of images in the first resolution.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first resolution is a greater resolution than the second resolution.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the first resolution is a thumbnail resolution and the second resolution is a resolution that is less than the thumbnail resolution.

5. The system of claim 1 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:
receive an indication that an updated window position corresponding to one or more images of the first set of images corresponds to the non-current window position; and
provide, to the client device, the one or more images of the first set of images in the second resolution.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein providing the one or more images of the first set of images in the second resolution causes the client device to replace previous versions of the one or more images of the first set of images in the first resolution with the one or more images of the first set of images in the second resolution.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein receiving the indication that the updated window position corresponding to the one or more images of the second set of images corresponds to the current window position comprises detecting a user interaction with the client device.

8. The system of claim 7 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to determine that the user interaction caused the first set of images to scroll away from the current window position and towards the non-current window position.

9. The system of claim 7 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to determine that the user interaction caused the second set of images to scroll away from the non-current window position and towards the current window position.

10. A method comprising:
receiving, from a client device, a request for a collection of images;
determining a first set of images from the collection of images corresponding to a current window position for the client device and a second set of images from the collection of images corresponding to a non-current window position on the client device;
providing, to the client device, the first set of images in a first resolution and the second set of images in a second resolution;
receiving, from the client device, an indication that an updated window position corresponding to one or more images of the second set of images corresponds to the current window position; and
providing, to the client device, the one or more images of the second set of images in the first resolution.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein providing the one or more images of the second set of images in the first resolution comprises providing all images within the second set of images in the first resolution.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein providing all the images within the second set of images in the first resolution causes the client device to replace previous versions of all the images within the second set of images in the second resolution.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the second set of images includes a block of images comprising a predefined number of images.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the block of images comprises a defined portion of a grid of images.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein receiving the indication that the updated window position corresponding to the one or more images of the second set of images corresponds to the current window position comprises determining a portion of the block of images enters the current window position.

16. The method of claim 10 , wherein receiving the indication that the updated window position corresponding to the one or more images of the second set of images corresponds to the current window position comprises detecting the one or more images are within a proximate distance with respect to the current window position.

17. The method of claim 10 , wherein receiving the indication that the updated window position corresponding to the one or more images of the second set of images corresponds to the current window position comprises detecting the one or more images are within at a position within the current window position.

18. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, cause a computer system to:
receive, from a client device, a request for a collection of images;
determine a first set of images from the collection of images corresponding to a current window position for the client device and a second set of images from the collection of images corresponding to a non-current window position on the client device;
provide, to the client device, the first set of images in a first resolution and the second set of images in a second resolution;
receive, from the client device, an indication that an updated window position corresponding to one or more images of the second set of images corresponds to the current window position; and
provide, to the client device, the one or more images of the second set of images in the first resolution.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18 , wherein receiving the indication that the updated window position corresponding to the one or more images comprises determining that a user interaction caused the first set of images to scroll away from the current window position and towards the non-current window position.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18 , wherein receiving the indication that the updated window position corresponding to the one or more images comprises determining that a user interaction caused the second set of images to scroll away from the non-current window position and towards the current window position.

Assignees

• Dropbox Inc

Inventors

• Grue Anthony
• Haven Andrew
• Scheff Andrew

Classifications

• H04N1/00132 Primary

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