Shared folder backed integrated workspaces

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016285818-A1
Application number	US-201514726030-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 29, 2015
Priority date	Mar 23, 2015
Publication date	Sep 29, 2016
Grant date	—

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

1 . A method comprising:
generating, by an online content management system, a workspace graphical user interface representing a shared folder backed workspace that provides an integrated environment for manipulating content items in the shared folder and communicating with the authorized users of the shared folder, the workspace interface including representations of content items stored in the online shared folder and a message stream that includes messages generated by the authorized users of the shared folder; assigning a workspace email address to the shared folder;
obtaining, by the online content management system, an email message addressed to the workspace email address from an email service of an authorized user of the workspace; and
posting at least a portion of the email message as a new workspace message in the message stream.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the message stream is a chat message stream.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a second workspace message; and in response to receiving the second workspace message, generating a second email message containing at least a portion of the second workspace message; and sending the second email to the authorized users of the online shared folder.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the workspace email address is a mailing list email address and wherein each of the authorized users are subscribers to the mailing list email address.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
obtaining a plurality of email messages corresponding to an email thread associated with the workspace email address; and generating a workspace message thread in the message stream corresponding to the email thread.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein each of the plurality of email messages are addressed to the workspace email address or addressed from the workspace email address.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining an email message addressed to the workspace email address includes obtaining an email message that was generated prior to assigning the workspace email address to the shared folder.

8 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium including one or more sequences of instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause:
generating, by an online content management system, a workspace graphical user interface representing a shared folder backed workspace that provides an integrated environment for manipulating content items in the shared folder and communicating with the authorized users of the shared folder, the workspace interface including representations of content items stored in the online shared folder and a message stream that includes messages generated by the authorized users of the shared folder; obtaining, by the online content management system, an email message from an email service of an authorized user of the workspace, the email message associated with a workspace email address corresponding to the online shared folder; and posting at least a portion of the email message as a new workspace message in the message stream.

9 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the message stream is a chat message stream.

10 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the instructions cause:
receiving a second workspace message; and in response to receiving the second workspace message, generating a second email message containing at least a portion of the second workspace message; and
sending the second email to the authorized users of the online shared folder.

11 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the workspace email address is a mailing list email address and wherein each of the authorized users are subscribers to the mailing list email address.

12 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the instructions cause:
obtaining a plurality of email messages corresponding to an email thread associated with the workspace email address; and generating a workspace message thread in the message stream corresponding to the email thread.

13 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein each of the plurality of email messages are addressed to the workspace email address or addressed from the workspace email address.

14 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the instructions that cause obtaining an email message addressed to the workspace email address include instructions that cause obtaining an email message that was generated prior to associating the workspace email address to the shared folder.

15 . An online content management system comprising:
one or more processors; and a computer-readable medium including one or more sequences of instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause:
generating, by an online content management system, a workspace graphical user interface representing a shared folder backed workspace that provides an integrated environment for manipulating content items in the shared folder and communicating with the authorized users of the shared folder, the workspace interface including representations of content items stored in the online shared folder and a message stream that includes messages generated by the authorized users of the shared folder;
obtaining, by the online content management system, an email message from an email service of an authorized user of the workspace, the email message associated with a workspace email address corresponding to the online shared folder; and
posting at least a portion of the email message as a new workspace message in the message stream.

16 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the message stream is a chat message stream.

17 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the instructions cause:
receiving a second workspace message; and in response to receiving the second workspace message, generating a second email message containing at least a portion of the second workspace message; and sending the second email to the authorized users of the online shared folder.

18 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the workspace email address is a mailing list email address and wherein each of the authorized users are subscribers to the mailing list email address.

19 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the instructions cause:
obtaining a plurality of email messages corresponding to an email thread associated with the workspace email address; and generating a workspace message thread in the message stream corresponding to the email thread.

20 . The system of claim 19 , wherein each of the plurality of email messages are addressed to the workspace email address or addressed from the workspace email address.

21 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the instructions that cause obtaining an email message addressed to the workspace email address include instructions that cause obtaining an email message that was generated prior to associating the workspace email address to the shared folder.

Assignees

• Dropbox Inc

Inventors

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

Classifications

• G06F40/186

  Templates · CPC title

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  Storage facilities · CPC title

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  Hyperlinking · CPC title

• G06F40/166

  Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting · CPC title

• G06F16/285

  Clustering or classification · CPC title