Managing project tasks using content items

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10796255-B2
Application number	US-201715476734-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 31, 2017
Priority date	Dec 29, 2016
Publication date	Oct 6, 2020
Grant date	Oct 6, 2020

Abstract

Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for managing project tasks using content items. A user can create tasks within a content item. The tasks can be assigned to users and/or be assigned due dates. The content item can be shared with other users such that updates to the content item (e.g., updates to the tasks) can cause sending notifications to users associated with the content item. When a task in the content item is updated, all members of the project can be notified of the updated status of the task. A task list for a project can be created that aggregates tasks from multiple content items associated with the project. Tasks can be organized in the task list according to the content item the task was created in. Updates to tasks in the task list can cause corresponding updates to the tasks in the content items.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a content management system, an identification of a first project;
identifying, by the content management system, multiple content items associated with the first project;
determining, by the content management system, a first set of tasks defined in a first content item of the multiple content items associated with the first project, wherein the first set of tasks includes at least one task assigned to a first user;
determining, by the content management system, a second set of tasks defined in a second content item of the multiple content items, wherein the second set of tasks comprises at least one task assigned to another user; and
creating, by the content management system, a first project task list for the first project, wherein the first project task list includes:
a first heading based on the first content item;
a second heading based on the second content item;
the first set of tasks organized under the first heading; and
the second set of tasks organized under the second heading.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving an identification of a second project;
identifying multiple content items associated with the second project, including the first content item and a third content item;
determining a third set of tasks defined in the third content item of the multiple content items associated with the second project; and
creating a second project task list for the second project that includes the first set of tasks and the third set of tasks.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining a fourth set of project level tasks for the first project, the project level tasks not defined within a content item,
wherein the first project task list for the first project further includes:
a third heading based on a project identifier for the first project; and
the fourth set of project level tasks organized under the third heading.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving an identifier corresponding to a user of the content management system,
wherein creating the first project task list includes filter out tasks that are not assigned to the user corresponding to the identifier.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving an indication that a particular task defined in the first content item has been completed;
determining one or more projects associated with the first content item; and
causing a notification to be presented to at least one user associated with each of the one or more projects indicating that the particular task has been completed.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving input adding a new task to the first content item;
determining one or more projects associated with the first content item; and
causing a notification to be presented to at least one user associated with each of the one or more projects indicating that a new task has been added to the first content item.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving input specifying a comment related to a task specified in the first content item;
determining one or more projects associated with the first content item; and
causing a notification to be presented to at least one user associated with each of the one or more projects describing the comment related to the task.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including one or more sequences of instructions that, when executed by a computing system, cause the computing system to perform operations comprising:
receiving an identification of a first project;
identifying a first content item associated with the first project;
determining a first set of tasks defined in the first content item, wherein the first set of tasks comprises at least one task assigned to a first user and at least one task assigned to a user other than the first user; and
creating a first version of a project task list for the first project, wherein the first version of the project task list includes:
a first heading based on the first content item; and
the first set of tasks organized under the first heading.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving an identification of a second project;
identifying multiple content items associated with the second project, including the first content item and a third content item;
determining a third set of tasks defined in the third content item of the multiple content items associated with the second project; and
creating a second project task list for the second project that includes the first set of tasks and the third set of tasks.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 ,
wherein the operations further comprise determining a fourth set of project level tasks for the first project, the project level tasks not defined within a content item; and
wherein the first version of the project task list for the first project further includes:
a third heading based on a project identifier for the first project; and
the fourth set of project level tasks organized under the third heading.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 ,
wherein the operations further comprise receiving an identifier corresponding to a user of a content management system, and
wherein creating the first project task list includes filter out tasks that are not assigned to the user corresponding to the identifier.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , further comprising:
identifying a second content item associated with the first project;
determining a second set of tasks defined in the second content item; and
creating a second version of the project task list for the first project, wherein the second version of the project task list includes:
the first heading based on the first content item;
a second heading based on the second content item;
the first set of tasks organized under the first heading; and

the second set of tasks organized under the second heading.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein receiving a user modification, to a particular task in the second version of the project task list, causes, when a particular content item including the particular task is displayed, the particular task to be displayed in the particular content item with a representation of the user modification.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the user modification comprises one or more of: marking the particular task as complete, assigning a date to the particular task, associating the task with a particular user of a content management system, or any combination thereof.

15. A system comprising:
one or more processors; and
a non-transitory computer-readable medium including one or more instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
receiving a command to display a task list for a first project; and
in response to the command, providing a first project task list for the first project, wherein the first project task list includes:
a first set of tasks corresponding to tasks defined in a first content item associated with the first project, wherein the first set of tasks comprises at least one task assigned to a first user; and
a second set of tasks corresponding to tasks defined in a second content item associated with the first project, wherein the second set of tasks comprises at least one task assigned to another user.

Assignees

• Dropbox Inc

Inventors

• Newhouse Ben
• Radhakrishnan Kavitha
• Palkovic Aj
• Stinnette David
• Hurwitz Jacob
• Lee Jennifer
• Grace Jr John R
• Wang Susan
• Dondi Leona
• Kofman Igor
• Choi Kenneth
• Chang Tsung-Hsiang

Classifications

• G06Q10/101

  Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services · CPC title

• G06Q10/06316 Primary

  Sequencing of tasks or work · CPC title