System and method for location aware content management system

1 . A location aware system comprising:

a content management system comprising:

a data store storing managed items accessible by a user based on permissions;

a content navigation structure for navigating the managed items, the content navigation structure having a designated entry point for the user;

a location marker for the user;

a content management system processor;

a content management system memory coupled to the content management system processor, the content management system memory storing thereon computer-executable instructions, the computer-executable instructions comprising instructions for:

associating a first client application with the user;

associating, with the user, a second client application that is different from the first client application;

during a first client application session:

identifying a location represented in the content navigation structure to store to the location marker as a marked location for the user, the identified location identified based on a user activity in the first client application with respect to the content navigation structure; and

storing the identified location to the location marker as the marked location for the user;

using the location marker to allow the second client application, during a second client application session, to directly access the marked location without navigating through the content navigation structure to the marked location; and

a client computer system connected to the content management system by a network, the client computer system comprising:

a client computer system processor;

a client computer system memory, storing:

the first client application, wherein the first client application comprises instructions executable for:

presenting a user interface to the user to allow the user to navigate the content navigation structure; and

the second client application, wherein the second client application comprises instructions executable for:

directly accessing the marked location without navigating through the content navigation structure.

2 . The location aware system of claim 1 , wherein the wherein the first client application and the second client application reside on a same client device.

3 . The location aware system of claim 1 , wherein the client computer system comprises a plurality of client devices, and wherein the first client application and the second client application reside at different client devices.

4 . The location aware system of claim 3 , wherein the first client application is a desktop application and the second client application is a mobile application.

5 . The location aware system of claim 1 , wherein the computer-executable instructions of the content management system comprise instructions for associating the first client application and the second client application with the user based the first client application and the second client application authenticating with credentials associated with the user.

6 . The location aware system of claim 1 , wherein the second client application comprises instructions executable for sending an access request to the content management system with an indicator to use the marked location without specifying the marked location and wherein using the location marker to allow the second client application to directly access the marked location without navigating through the content navigation structure to the marked location comprises:

receiving the access request from the second client application with the indicator to use the marked location;

based on the indicator to use the marked location, accessing the marked location from the location marker; and

resolving the access request using the marked location from the location marker.

7 . The location aware system of claim 6 , wherein storing the identified location to the location marker as the marked location for the user comprises updating the location marker with a current location of the user in the content navigation structure as the user navigates the content navigation structure using the first client application.

8 . The location aware system of claim 6 , wherein the identified location is a user selected location explicitly selected by the user to be the marked location.

9 . The location aware system of claim 1 :

wherein directly accessing the marked location in the content navigation structure without navigating through the content navigation structure to the marked location comprises:

requesting the marked location from the content management system;

receiving the marked location from the content management system;

setting a target location of an access request to the marked location; and

sending the access request to the content management system to access the target location;

wherein using the location marker to allow the second client application to directly access the marked location without navigating through the content navigation structure to the marked location comprises:

receiving a request for the marked location from the second client application;

access the marked location from the location marker; and

sending the marked location from the location marker to the first client application.

10 . The location aware system of claim 9 , wherein storing the identified location to the location marker as the marked location for the user comprises updating the location marker with a current location of the user in the content navigation structure as the user navigates the content navigation structure using the first client application.

11 . The location aware system of claim 9 , wherein the identified location is a user selected location explicitly selected by the user to be the marked location.

12 . The location aware system of claim 9 , wherein requesting the marked location from the content management system comprises automatically requesting the marked location from the content management system during a handshake with the content management system.

13 . The location aware system of claim 1 , wherein the second client application is web browser and the second client application is an imaging applicant, wherein the second client application requests the marked location from the content management system based on at least one of: the second client application opening, an image being captured, or the user selecting to upload the image to the content management system.

14 . A device for location aware content access, comprising:

a communications interface;

a processor;

a memory connected to the processor, the memory storing thereon a client application that is executable by the processor, the client application comprising instructions executable for:

logging in, with a credential for a user, to a content management system that comprises a location marker storing a marked location tracked for the user by the content management system based on a user activity with respect to a content navigation structure by the user in another application associated with the user, the marked location being a location represented in the content navigation structure, the content navigation structure having a designated entry point for the user; and

directly accessing the marked location from the location marker without navigating through the content navigation structure to the marked location.

15 . The device of claim 14 , wherein the marked location is a current location of the user in the content navigation structure as navigated using the other application.

16 . The device of claim 14 , wherein the client application comprises instructions executable for:

automatically requesting the marked location from the content management system; and

receiving the marked location from the content management system, wherein directly accessing the marked location from the location marker without navigating through the content navigation structure to the marked location comprises:

setting a target location of an access request to the marked location received from the content management system; and

sending the access request to the content management system to retrieve content from or upload content to the target location.

17 . The device of claim 16 , wherein automatically requesting the marked location from the content management system comprises automatically requesting the marked location from the content management system during a handshake with the content management system.

18 . The device of claim 16 , wherein the client application comprises instructions executable for:

presenting the marked location received from the content management system to the user as an option for the target location; and

receiving an indication from the user to use the marked location as the target location, wherein the target location of the access request is set to the marked location based on the indication from the user to use the marked location as the target location.

19 . The device of claim 15 , further comprising a camera connected to the processor, wherein the client application is an imaging application, wherein the client application requests the marked location from the content management system based on at least on of: the client application opening, an image being captured, or the user selecting to upload the image to the content management system.

20 . A method for location aware content management, the method comprising:

a first client application logging in, with a credential for a user, to a server that provides a content navigation structure accessible by the user over a network and maintains a location marker for that user that specifies a marked location for the user in the content navigation structure based on a user activity by the user with respect to the content navigation structure in another client application associated with the user, the content navigation structure having a designated entry point for the user; and

the first client application directly accessing the marked location in the content navigation structure based on the location marker without navigating through the content navigation structure from the designated entry point for the user to the marked location.

21 . The method of claim 20 , wherein directly accessing the marked location in the content navigation structure based on the location marker without navigating through the content navigation structure from the designated entry point for the user to the marked location comprises the first client application:

requesting the marked location from the server;

receiving from the server, as the marked location, a location identifier that was added to the location marker based on the user activity in the other client application associated with the user, the location identifier identifying a location represented in the content navigation structure; and

sending an access request to the server to retrieve content from or upload content to the marked location, the access request including the location identifier received from the server.

22 . The method of claim 20 , wherein directly accessing the marked location in the content navigation structure based on the location marker without navigating through the content navigation structure to the marked location comprises:

sending an access request with an indicator to use the marked location to the server without specifying the marked location and allowing the server to resolve the access request to the marked location.