Activation of dynamic filter generation for message management systems through gesture-based input

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11849004-B2
Application number	US-202217819752-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 15, 2022
Priority date	Mar 27, 2014
Publication date	Dec 19, 2023
Grant date	Dec 19, 2023

Abstract

Generation of filtering rules for incoming messages can be activated by a user through a gesture-based input. When the user activates filtering rule generation, the message management service can cause a user device to display a prompt requesting additional data to be used to generate the filtering rule. The gesture can be a swipe and hold gesture, where the swipe is associated with an action (archiving, deleting, deferring, or adding the message to a list), and the swipe and hold action can activate filtering rule generation associated with the action.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
identifying, by a content management service, a first content item for a first account of a user and a second content item for a second account of the user;
for the first content item, generating, by the content management service, a first event record, wherein the first event record comprises a first set of content item features associated with the first content item and first event information indicating a first action taken by the user on the first content item;
for the second content item, generating, by the content management service, a second event record, wherein the second event record comprises a second set of content item features associated with the second content item and second event information indicating a second action taken by the user on the second content item;
analyzing, by the content management service, event records corresponding to content items associated with the first account and the second account, the event records comprising the first event record and the second event record;
detecting, by the content management service, a triggering condition based at least in part on the first set of content item features, the second set of content item features, the first action, and the second action;
identifying, by the content management service, a new content item to be associated with the first account or the second account;
determining, by the content management service, that the triggering condition is present in the new content item;
based on the determining, generating, by the content management service, suggestion metadata defining a suggested rule to automatically perform the first action or the second action on the new content item;
adding, by the content management service, the suggestion metadata to the new content item; and
causing, by the content management service, display of the new content item and a prompt to accept the suggested rule to automatically perform the first action or the second action on the new content item and future content items satisfying the triggering condition.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying, at the content management service, the first content item for the first account of the user comprises:
detecting, via a user interface presenting the first content item, an input gesture corresponding to an archiving action, wherein the archiving action is the first action taken by the user on the first content item.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying, at the content management service, the first content item for the first account of the user comprises:
detecting, via a user interface presenting the first content item, an input gesture corresponding to a moving action that moves the first content item from a first storage location to a second storage location, wherein the moving action is the first action taken by the user on the first content item.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying, at the content management service, the first content item for the first account of the user comprises:
detecting, via a user interface presenting the first content item, an input gesture corresponding to a deleting action that deletes the first content item from its storage location, wherein the deleting action is the first action taken by the user on the first content item.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying, at the content management service, the first content item for the first account of the user comprises:
detecting, via a user interface presenting the first content item, an input gesture corresponding to a sharing action that shares the first content item with another user, wherein the sharing action is the first action taken by the user on the first content item.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, by the content management service, a user input accepting the suggested rule;
generating, by the content management service, a rule corresponding to the suggested rule;
identifying, by the content management service, a third content item associated with the first account or the second account;
determining, by the content management service, that the third content item is associated with the rule; and
based on the determining, applying, by the content management service, the first action or the second action to the third content item.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein analyzing, by the content management service, the event records corresponding to the content items associated with the first account and the second account comprises:
correlating the first set of content item features with the second set of content item features with the first action and the second action.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium including one or more sequences of instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, causes a content management service to perform operations comprising:
accessing, by the content management service, a first content item for a first account of a user and a second content item for a second account of the user;
for the first content item, generating, by the content management service, a first event record, wherein the first event record comprises a first set of content item features associated with the first content item and first event information indicating a first action taken by the user on the first content item;
for the second content item, generating, by the content management service, a second event record, wherein the second event record comprises a second set of content item features associated with the second content item and second event information indicating a second action taken by the user on the second content item;
analyzing, by the content management service, event records corresponding to content items associated with the first account and the second account, the event records comprising the first event record and the second event record;
detecting, by the content management service, a triggering condition based at least in part on the first set of content item features, the second set of content item features, the first action, and the second action;
identifying, by the content management service, a new content item to be associated with the first account or the second account;
determining, by the content management service, that the triggering condition is present in the new content item;
based on the determining, generating, by the content management service, a suggested rule to automatically perform the first action or the second action on the new content item; and
causing, by the content management service, display of the new content item and a prompt to accept the suggested rule to automatically perform the first action or the second action on the new content item and future content items satisfying the triggering condition.

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein identifying, at the content management service, the first content item for the first account of the user comprises:
detecting, via a user interface presenting the first content item, an input gesture corresponding to an archiving action, wherein the archiving action is the first action taken by the user on the first content item.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein identifying, at the content management service, the first content item for the first account of the user comprises:
detecting, via a user interface presenting the first content item, an input gesture corresponding to a moving action that moves the first content item from a first storage location to a second storage location, wherein the moving action is the first action taken by the user on the first content item.

Assignees

• Dropbox Inc

Inventors

• Cue Adam
• Underwood Iv George Milton
• Van Damme Tim

Classifications

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