Systems and methods for managing content items having multiple resolutions

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11025746-B2
Application number	US-202016802099-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 26, 2020
Priority date	Feb 27, 2014
Publication date	Jun 1, 2021
Grant date	Jun 1, 2021

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 is:

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:
determine that a first content item from a collection of content items corresponds to a current window on a client device and that a second content item from the collection of content items corresponds to a non-current window on the client device;
provide, to the client device, a first version of the first content item based on the first content item corresponding to the current window and a second version of the second content item based on the second content item corresponding to the non-current window;
receive, from the client device, an indication that an updated window position of the second content item corresponds to the current window on the client device; and
provide, to the client device, a first version of the second content item based on the updated window position of the second content item corresponding to the current window on the client device.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second version of the second content item has a smaller file size than the first version of the second content item.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the first version of the second content item comprises metadata corresponding to the second content item; and
the second version of the second content item comprises content of the second content item.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second content item comprises an image file and content of the second content item comprises image data.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein providing, to the client device, the first version of the second content item causes the client device to replace the second version of the second content item with the first version of the second content item.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the first version of the first content item comprises content of the first content item; and
the second version of the second content item comprises metadata corresponding to the second content item without content of the second content item.

7. The system of claim 1 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:
receive, from the client device, an indication that an updated window position of the first content item corresponds to the non-current window on the client device; and
provide, to the client device, a second version of the first content item based on the updated window position of the first content item corresponding to the non-current window on the client device, wherein providing the second version of the first content item causes the client device to replace the first version of the first content item with the second version of the first content item.

8. A method comprising:
determining that a first content item from a collection of content items corresponds to a current window on a client device and that second content item from the collection of content items corresponds to a non-current window on the client device;
provide, to the client device, a first version of the first content item based on the first content item corresponding to the current window and a second version of the second content item based on the second content item corresponding to the non-current window;
receive, from the client device, an indication that an updated window position of the second content item corresponds to the current window on the client device; and
provide, to the client device, a first version of the second content item based on the updated window position of the second content item corresponding to the current window on the client device.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the second version of the second content item has a smaller file size than the first version of the second content item.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein:
the first version of the second content item comprises metadata corresponding to the second content item; and
the second version of the second content item comprises content of the second content item.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the second content item comprises an image file and content of the second content item comprises image data.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein providing, to the client device, the first version of the second content item causes the client device to replace the second version of the second content item with the first version of the second content item.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein:
the first version of the first content item comprises content of the first content item; and
the second version of the second content item comprises metadata corresponding to the second content item without content of the second content item.

14. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
receiving, from the client device, an indication that an updated window position of the first content item corresponds to the non-current window on the client device; and
providing, to the client device, a second version of the first content item based on the updated window position of the first content item corresponding to the non-current window on the client device, wherein providing the second version of the first content item causes the client device to replace the first version of the first content item with the second version of the first content item.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, cause a computing device to:
determine that a first content item from a collection of content items corresponds to a current window on a client device and that a second content item from the collection of content items corresponds to a non-current window on the client device;
provide, to the client device, a first version of the first content item based on the first content item corresponding to the current window and a second version of the second content item based on the second content item corresponding to the non-current window;
receive, from the client device, an indication that an updated window position of the second content item corresponds to the current window on the client device; and
provide, to the client device, a first version of the second content item based on the updated window position of the second content item corresponding to the current window on the client device.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the second version of the second content item has a smaller file size than the first version of the second content item.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein:
the first version of the second content item comprises metadata corresponding to the second content item; and
the second version of the second content item comprises content of the second content item.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the second content item comprises an image file and content of the second content item comprises image data.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein providing, to the client device, the first version of the second content item causes the client device to replace the second version of the second content item with the first version of the second content item.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one process

Assignees

• Dropbox Inc

Inventors

• Grue Anthony
• Haven Andrew
• Scheff Andrew

Classifications

• H04N1/00132 Primary

  in a digital photofinishing system, i.e. a system where digital photographic images undergo typical photofinishing processing, e.g. printing ordering · CPC title

• H04L67/61 Primary

  taking into account QoS or priority requirements · CPC title

• G06F16/957

  Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation · CPC title

• G06F16/5866

  using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, manually generated location and time information · CPC title

• G06F16/50

  of still image data · CPC title