Collection folder for collecting file submissions

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11270008-B2
Application number	US-201816144816-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 27, 2018
Priority date	Apr 17, 2015
Publication date	Mar 8, 2022
Grant date	Mar 8, 2022

Abstract

A content management system for collecting files from one or more submitters in a collection folder. A collector, who generates the collection folder, can invite one or more submitters to submit one or more files to the collection folder. Facial recognition is applied to the submitted files. The one or more submitters have limited rights to the collection folder. The limited rights can include uploading rights and prohibiting a submitter from viewing files that other submitters associated with the collection folder submitted. Thus, the collection folder is able to store files from the one or more submitters, but prevent them from viewing other's submissions.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer implemented method comprising:
in response to a request associated with a collector account, creating, by a content management system, a file collection request comprising a collection folder and a link to the collection folder;
running, by the content management system, facial recognition software against a first set of files;
receiving, by the content management system for the first set of files, one or more tags identifying one or more faces within the first set of files;
training, by the content management system, a token for identifying the one or more faces based on a facial recognition analysis of the first set of files and based on the one or more tags identifying the one or more faces;
distributing, by the content management system, the link and the trained token to a submitter to obtain one or more additional files comprising the one or more faces utilizing the trained token;
receiving, by the content management system, at least one file from the submitter, the at least one file received in response to performing facial recognition analysis utilizing the trained token on a second set of files associated with the submitter to identify at least one face of the one or more faces in the second set of files; and
storing, by the content management system, the at least one file from the submitter in the collection folder.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, by the content management system for the first set of files, one or more tags identifying one or more objects within the first set of files;
training, by the content management system, a second token for identifying the object based on an object detection analysis of the first set of files and based on the one or more tags identifying the one or more objects within the first set of files;
distributing, by the content management system, the second token to the submitter to obtain one or more additional files comprising the one or more objects utilizing the second token; and
receiving, by the content management system, a file from the submitter in response to performing object recognition analysis utilizing the second token on the second set of files associated with the submitter to identify at least one object of the one or more objects in the second set of files.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising distributing, by the content management system to the submitter, one or more metadata filter parameters for identifying files specific to an event from the second set of files.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
detecting, by the content management system, a face of a second submitter within the at least one file from the submitter; and
generating, by the content management system, an automated communication to the second submitter to notify the second submitter that the face of the second submitter was detected within the at least one file from the submitter.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein distributing the trained token to the submitter comprises providing a communication to the submitter comprising a customized message referencing the trained token, and wherein the communication comprises a selectable option to run the trained token.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising providing, for display to the submitter, a file upload user interface comprising one or more selectable options for uploading one or more files to the collection folder.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, by the content management system, one or more additional tags from the submitter identifying one or more additional faces within the second set of files;
training, by the content management system, the token to identify the one or more additional faces based on a facial recognition analysis of the second set of files and based on the one or more additional tags; and
providing, by the content management system to a collector associated with the collector account, a notification of the one or more additional tags received from the submitter.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
providing, by the content management system for display on a client device associated with the collector account, a user interface for customizing the token, the user interface comprising a first menu of selectable options for customizing the token, the first menu of selectable options comprising an option to link the token to an event; and
in response to user input received by way of the first menu of selectable options, providing, for display on the client device associated with the collector account, a second menu of selectable options for customizing the token, the second menu of selectable options comprising at least one selectable option for providing filtering parameters to be associated with the token.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
providing, by the content management system for display on a client device associated with the collector account, one or more selectable options for customizing a trigger associated with the collection folder; and
based on user input received by way of the one or more selectable options, generating a trigger for the collection folder.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the one or more tags, comprises receiving one or more tags provided manually by a user associated with the collector account.

11. A system comprising:
at least one processor; and
a computer-readable storage medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:
in response to a request associated with a collector account, create a file collection request comprising a collection folder and a link to the collection folder;
run facial recognition software against a first set of files;
receive, for the first set of files, one or more tags identifying one or more faces within the first set of files;
train a token for identifying the one or more faces based on a facial recognition analysis of the first set of files and based on the one or more tags identifying the one or more faces;
distribute the link and the trained token to a submitter to obtain one or more additional files comprising the one or more faces utilizing the trained token;
receive at least one file from the submitter, the at least one file received in response to performing facial recognition analysis utilizing the trained token on a second set of files associated with the submitter to identify at least one face of the one or more faces in the second set of files; and
store the at least one file from the submitter in the collection folder.

12. The system of claim 11 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:
receive, for the first set of files, one or more tags identifying one or more objects within the first set of files;
train a second token for identifying the object based on an object detection analysis of the first set of files and based on the one or more tags identifying the one or more objects within the first set of files;
distribute the second token to the submitter to obtain one or more additional files comprising the one or more objects utilizing the second token; and
receive a file from the submitter in response to performing object recognition analysis utilizing the second token on the second set of files associated with the submitter to identify at least one object of the one or more objects in the second set of files.

13. The system of claim 11 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to distribute to the submitter one or more

Assignees

• Dropbox Inc

Inventors

• Zhang Mindy
• Piyush Pranav
• Senderek Jan

Classifications

• H04L51/52

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• H04L67/06

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• H04L51/08

  Annexed information, e.g. attachments · CPC title

• G06F21/604 Primary

  Tools and structures for managing or administering access control systems · CPC title

• H04L67/306

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