Dropsite for shared content

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12287765-B2
Application number	US-202418586226-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 23, 2024
Priority date	Jun 10, 2013
Publication date	Apr 29, 2025
Grant date	Apr 29, 2025

Abstract

Embodiments are provided for a dropsite. In some embodiments, information is received on a creation location and a date and time of creation of a content item, and a determination is made if (i) the date and time of creation is within a predefined span of time, and (ii) the creation location is within a predefined geographical area to permit association of the content item with a shared folder whose inclusion criteria match said date and time and geographic location.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for adding content items to a collection of content items in a content management system, the method comprising:
associating, by a client application associated with the content management system, a predefined timestamp range and a predefined geographical area with the collection of content items;
detecting, by the client application associated with content management system, a location of a device within the predefined geographical area;
based on the location, sending by the client application associated with the content management system, a notification that the collection of content items is available on the device;
receiving, by the client application associated with the content management system, a request to upload the content items to the collection of content items;
determining that a timestamp associated with a creation of the content items is within the predefined timestamp range; and
based on determining that the timestamp is within the predefined timestamp range, permitting the client application associated with the content management system to upload the content items to the collection of content items.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a request for the content items from an additional client application associated with the content management system; and
providing the content items to the additional client application associated with the content management system.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the predefined geographical area is associated with an additional collection of content items, the method further comprising:
receiving, by the content management system, a location associated with an additional device-, wherein the location associated with the additional device is within the predefined geographical area;
sending a notification for display on the additional device, the notification including a message indicating that the additional collection of content items can be discovered by an additional client application associated with the additional device; and
receiving, from the additional client application by the content management system, an additional content item to be stored in the additional collection of content items.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, from an additional client application associated with the content management system at the content management system, an additional content item to be stored in the collection of content items; and
stitching the content items and additional content item together.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the predefined geographical area is associated with an additional collection of content items, the method further comprising:
receiving, by the content management system from an additional client application associated with the content management system, a request to upload an additional content item from the additional client application to the additional collection of content items;
determining, by the content management system, that an additional device associated with the additional client application is not within the predefined geographical area based on a location of the additional device; and
responsive to determining that the additional device is not within the predefined geographical area, denying the request to upload the additional content item.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the predefined geographical area is associated with an additional collection of content items, the method further comprising:
receiving, by the content management system from an additional client application associated with the content management system, a request to upload an additional content item from the additional client application to the additional collection of content items; and
responsive to determining that a location associated with the creation of the additional content item is not within the predefined geographical area, denying the request to upload the additional content item.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the device is associated with a first user account identifier, and wherein the method further comprises:
receiving, by the content management system from an additional client application associated with a second user account identifier, a request to synchronize contents of the collection of content items with the additional client application; and
responsive to determining that the additional client application associated with the second user account identifier is authorized to access the collection of content items, synchronizing the contents of the collection of content items with the additional client application.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the collection of content items is accessible only to authorized users of the content management system.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the content items comprises:
receiving, by the client application associated with the content management system, a request to upload the content items to the collection of content items;
responsive to determining that a location associated with the creation of the content items being within the predefined geographical area, permitting the requested upload; and
after receiving the content items, storing, by the content management system, the content items in the collection of content items.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to execute operations for adding content items to a collection of content items in a content management system, the operations comprising:
detecting, by a client application associated with the content management system, a location of a device within a predefined geographical area, the predefined geographical area associated with the collection of content items stored on the content management system;
based on the location, sending by the client application associated with the content management system, a notification that the collection of content items is available on the device;
receiving, by the client application associated with the content management system a request to upload the content items to the collection of content items;
determining that a timestamp associated with the content items is within a predefined timestamp range; and
based on determining that the timestamp is within the predefined timestamp range, permitting the client application associated with the content management system to upload the content items to the collection of content items.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , the operations further comprising:
receiving a request for the content items from an additional client application associated with the content management system; and
providing the content items to the additional client application.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the predefined geographical area is associated with an additional collection of content items, the operations further comprising:
receiving, by the content management system, a location of an additional device within the predefined geographical area;
sending a notification for display by an additional client application associated with the content management system, the notification including a message indicating that the additional collection of content items can be discovered; and
receiving, from the additional client-application by the content management system, an additional content item to be stored in the additional collection of content items.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , th

Assignees

• Dropbox Inc

Inventors

• Jain Tushar
• Wei Yi
• Dwan Michael

Classifications

• G06F16/489

  using time information · CPC title

• G06F16/487

  using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location · CPC title

• G06F16/178

  Techniques for file synchronisation in file systems · CPC title

• G06F16/48

  Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually · CPC title

• G06F16/13

  File access structures, e.g. distributed indices (arrangements of input from, or output to, record carriers G06F3/06) · CPC title