Shared folder backed integrated workspaces

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12086151-B2
Application number	US-202318353600-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 17, 2023
Priority date	Mar 23, 2015
Publication date	Sep 10, 2024
Grant date	Sep 10, 2024

Abstract

Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for shared folder backed integrated workspaces. In some implementations, a content management system can provide a graphical user interface (GUI) that integrates communications and content management into a single user interface. The user interface can include mechanisms that allow a user to provide input to generate a new workspace. The user interface can provide a mechanism to allow a user to view conversations related to the workspace and/or content items associated with the workspace. The user interface can present representations of content items associated with the workspace and allow the user to provide input to generate, view, edit, and share content items associated with the workspace.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
identifying, by a content management system, a workspace associated with a plurality of user accounts, the workspace comprising a plurality of content items associated therewith;
analyzing, by the content management system, metadata associated with the plurality of content items;
based on an analysis of the metadata, identifying, by the content management system, a first content item to be pinned and a second content item to be pinned;
generating, by the content management system, a graphical user interface representing the workspace, wherein generating the graphical user interface comprises:
generating a plurality of graphical elements corresponding to the plurality of content items, and
pinning a first graphical element corresponding to the first content item and a second graphical element corresponding to the second content item to a location on the graphical user interface separate from remaining graphical elements of the plurality of graphical elements; and

causing, by the content management system, display of the graphical user interface on a user device of a user account of the plurality of user accounts.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein analyzing, by the content management system, the metadata associated with the plurality of content items comprises:
ranking the plurality of content items based on access frequency to each content item.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
determining that the first content item is accessed most frequently.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein analyzing, by the content management system, the metadata associated with the plurality of content items comprises:
determining that the first content item has been designated by the user account as important.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein analyzing, by the content management system, the metadata associated with the plurality of content items comprises:
ranking the plurality of content items based on a recency of access.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
determining that the first content item was accessed most frequently.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein analyzing, by the content management system, the metadata associated with the plurality of content items comprises:
ranking the plurality of content items based on a count of user accounts that accessed each content item.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
determining that the first content item has been accessed by the most user accounts.

9. A method comprising,
receiving, by a content management system, a request to access a workspace associated with a plurality of user accounts, the workspace comprising a plurality of content items associated therewith;
analyzing, by the content management system, metadata associated with the plurality of content items;
based on an analysis of the metadata, identifying, by the content management system, a first content item to be pinned;
generating, by the content management system, a graphical user interface representing the workspace, wherein generating the graphical user interface comprises:
generating a plurality of graphical elements corresponding to the plurality of content items, and
pinning a first graphical element corresponding to the first content item to a location on the graphical user interface separate from remaining graphical elements of the plurality of graphical elements; and

causing, by the content management system, display of the graphical user interface on a user device of a user account of the plurality of user accounts.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein analyzing, by the content management system, the metadata associated with the plurality of content items comprises:
ranking the plurality of content items based on access frequency to each content item.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
determining that the first content item is accessed most frequently.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein analyzing, by the content management system, the metadata associated with the plurality of content items comprises:
determining that the first content item has been designated by the user account as important.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein analyzing, by the content management system, the metadata associated with the plurality of content items comprises:
ranking the plurality of content items based on a recency of access.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
determining that the first content item was accessed most frequently.

15. The method of claim 9 , wherein analyzing, by the content management system, the metadata associated with the plurality of content items comprises:
ranking the plurality of content items based on a count of user accounts that accessed each content item.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
determining that the first content item has been accessed by the most user accounts.

17. A method comprising,
receiving, by a content management system, a request from a user account to access a workspace associated with a plurality of user accounts comprising the user account, the workspace comprising a plurality of content items associated therewith;
analyzing, by the content management system, metadata associated with the plurality of content items and the user account;
based on an analysis of the metadata, identifying, by the content management system, a first content item to be pinned;
generating, by the content management system, a graphical user interface representing the workspace, wherein generating the graphical user interface comprises:
generating a plurality of graphical elements corresponding to the plurality of content items, and
pinning a first graphical element corresponding to the first content item to a location on the graphical user interface separate from remaining graphical elements of the plurality of graphical elements; and

causing, by the content management system, display of the graphical user interface on a user device of a user account of the plurality of user accounts.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein analyzing, by the content management system, the metadata associated with the plurality of content items comprises:
determining that the first content item has been designated by the user account as important.

19. The method of claim 18 , further comprising:
receiving, by the content management system, a second request from a second user account to access the workspace;
analyzing, by the content management system, second metadata associated with the plurality of content items and the second user account;
based on the analysis of the second metadata, identifying a second content item to be pinned;
generating, by the content management system, a second graphical user interface representing the workspace, wherein generating the second graphical user interface comprises:
generating a second plurality of graphical elements corresponding to the plurality of content items, and
pinning a second graphical element corresponding to the second content item to a second location on the second graphical user interface separate from remaining second graphical elements of the plurality of graphical elements, wherein the first graphical element corresponding to the first content item is co-located with the remaining second graphical elements; and

causing, by the content management system, display of the second graphical user interface on a second user device of the second user account.

20. The method of claim 19

Assignees

• Dropbox Inc

Inventors

• Beausoleil Sean
• Pan Matteus
• Greze Jean-Denis
• Devincenzi Anthony
• Johnson Maxwell
• Dubie Jack
• Dunn Colin

Classifications

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