Content item-centric conversation aggregation in shared folder backed integrated workspaces

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9300609-B1
Application number	US-201514725866-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	May 29, 2015
Priority date	Mar 23, 2015
Publication date	Mar 29, 2016
Grant date	Mar 29, 2016

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:
generating, by an online content management system, a shared-folder backed workspace that provides an integrated environment for manipulating content items in an online shared folder and for communicating with authorized users of the online shared folder;
receiving, by the online content management system, first messages associated with a content item, the first messages conforming to a first message type;
receiving, by the online content management system, second messages associated with a the content item, the second messages conforming to a second message type;
receiving, by the online content management system, a request to view messages associated with the content item;
aggregating, by the online content management system, the first messages and the second messages into a content item-specific message thread for the content item, the content item-specific message thread included in a message stream of the shared-folder backed workspace; and
sending, by the online content management system, to a client device the content item-specific message thread.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving the first messages from a first workspace associated with a first online shared folder of an online content management system; and
receiving the second messages from a second workspace associated with a second online shared folder of an online content management system.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first message type is asynchronous messaging and the second message type is real-time messaging.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein asynchronous messaging includes email.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein asynchronous messaging includes comments embedded in the content item.

6. The method of claim 3 , wherein real-time messaging includes chat messaging.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining that the content item is mentioned in at least one of the first messages; and
determining that the at least one first messages is associated with the content item.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message stream of a shared-folder backed workspace provides an integrated environment for manipulating content items in the shared folder and communicating with the authorized users of the shared folder.

9. 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 shared-folder backed workspace that provides an integrated environment for manipulating content items in an online shared folder and for communicating with authorized users of the online shared folder;
receiving, by the online content management system, first messages associated with a content item stored in the online shared folder, the first messages conforming to a first message type;
receiving, by the online content management system, second messages associated with a the content item, the second messages conforming to a second message type;
receiving, by the online content management system, a request to view messages associated with the content item;
aggregating, by the online content management system, the first messages and the second messages into a content item-specific message thread for the content item, the content item-specific message thread included in a message stream of the shared-folder backed workspace; and
sending, by the online content management system, to a client device of an authorized user of the shared folder the content item-specific message thread.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the instructions cause:
receiving the first messages from a first workspace associated with a first online shared folder of an online content management system; and
receiving the second messages from a second workspace associated with a second online shared folder of an online content management system.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the first message type is asynchronous messaging and the second message type is real-time messaging.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein asynchronous messaging includes email.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein asynchronous messaging includes comments embedded in the content item.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein real-time messaging includes chat messaging.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the instructions cause:
determining that the content item is mentioned in at least one of the first messages; and
determining that the at least one first messages is associated with the content item.

16. An online content management system comprising:
one or more processors; and
a non-transitory computer-readable medium including one or more sequences of instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause:
generating, by the online content management system, a shared-folder backed workspace that provides an integrated environment for manipulating content items in an online shared folder and for communicating with authorized users of the online shared folder;
receiving, by the online content management system, first messages associated with a content item stored in the online shared folder, the first messages conforming to a first message type;
receiving, by the online content management system, second messages associated with a the content item, the second messages conforming to a second message type;
receiving, by the online content management system, a request to view messages associated with the content item; and
aggregating, by the online content management system, the first messages and the second messages into a content item-specific message thread for the content item, the content item-specific message thread included in a message stream of the shared-folder backed workspace.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the instructions cause:
receiving the first messages from a first workspace associated with a first online shared folder of an online content management system; and
receiving the second messages from a second workspace associated with a second online shared folder of an online content management system.

18. The system of claim 16 , wherein the first message type is asynchronous messaging and the second message type is real-time messaging.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein asynchronous messaging includes email.

20. The system of claim 18 , wherein asynchronous messaging includes comments embedded in the content item.

21. The system of claim 18 , wherein real-time messaging includes chat messaging.

22. The system of claim 16 , wherein the instructions cause:
determining that the content item is mentioned in at least one of the first messages; and
determining that the at least one first messages is associated with the content item.

Assignees

• Dropbox Inc

Inventors

• Beausoleil Sean
• Pan Matteus
• Greze Jean-Denis
• Devincenzi Anthony

Classifications

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