IP Library Granted Patent US 10,594,834
Granted Patent B2
US 10,594,834 · App. 15/690,126 · Granted Mar 17, 2020

Systems and methods for managing content items having multiple resolutions

Inventors: Anthony Grue (San Francisco, CA); Andrew Haven (San Francisco, CA); Andrew Scheff (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
H04L67/322G06F16/50G06F16/5866G06F16/957H04M1/72561H04N1/00132
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Patent No.
US 10,594,834
App. No.
15/690,126
Granted
Mar 17, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for managing content items having multiple resolutions may be provided. In some embodiments, a user device may send a request to access one or more images from a content management system. The one or more images may be categorized on the user device by an expected use that determines that the one or more images be in a first version. A second version of the one or more images may be received while a background download of the first version of the one or more images may be performed. In some embodiments, the first version may correspond to a high-resolution image whereas the second version may correspond to a lower resolution image.

Claims (39)

1. A system comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:

receive, from a client device, a request for a collection of images;

determine a first set of images from the collection of images corresponding to a current window position for the client device and a second set of images from the collection of images corresponding to a non-current window position on the client device;

provide, to the client device, the first set of images in a first resolution and the second set of images in a second resolution;

receive, from the client device, an indication that an updated window position corresponding to one or more images of the second set of images corresponds to the current window position; and

provide, to the client device, the one or more images of the second set of images in the first resolution.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein providing the one or more images of the second set of images in the first resolution causes the client device to replace previous versions of the one or more images of the second set of images in the second resolution with the one or more images of the second set of images in the first resolution.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first resolution is a greater resolution than the second resolution.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the first resolution is a thumbnail resolution and the second resolution is a resolution that is less than the thumbnail resolution.

5. The system of claim 1 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:

receive an indication that an updated window position corresponding to one or more images of the first set of images corresponds to the non-current window position; and

provide, to the client device, the one or more images of the first set of images in the second resolution.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein providing the one or more images of the first set of images in the second resolution causes the client device to replace previous versions of the one or more images of the first set of images in the first resolution with the one or more images of the first set of images in the second resolution.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein receiving the indication that the updated window position corresponding to the one or more images of the second set of images corresponds to the current window position comprises detecting a user interaction with the client device.

8. The system of claim 7 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to determine that the user interaction caused the first set of images to scroll away from the current window position and towards the non-current window position.

9. The system of claim 7 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to determine that the user interaction caused the second set of images to scroll away from the non-current window position and towards the current window position.

10. A method comprising:

receiving, from a client device, a request for a collection of images;

determining a first set of images from the collection of images corresponding to a current window position for the client device and a second set of images from the collection of images corresponding to a non-current window position on the client device;

providing, to the client device, the first set of images in a first resolution and the second set of images in a second resolution;

receiving, from the client device, an indication that an updated window position corresponding to one or more images of the second set of images corresponds to the current window position; and

providing, to the client device, the one or more images of the second set of images in the first resolution.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein providing the one or more images of the second set of images in the first resolution comprises providing all images within the second set of images in the first resolution.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein providing all the images within the second set of images in the first resolution causes the client device to replace previous versions of all the images within the second set of images in the second resolution.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the second set of images includes a block of images comprising a predefined number of images.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the block of images comprises a defined portion of a grid of images.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein receiving the indication that the updated window position corresponding to the one or more images of the second set of images corresponds to the current window position comprises determining a portion of the block of images enters the current window position.

16. The method of claim 10 , wherein receiving the indication that the updated window position corresponding to the one or more images of the second set of images corresponds to the current window position comprises detecting the one or more images are within a proximate distance with respect to the current window position.

17. The method of claim 10 , wherein receiving the indication that the updated window position corresponding to the one or more images of the second set of images corresponds to the current window position comprises detecting the one or more images are within at a position within the current window position.

18. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, cause a computer system to:

receive, from a client device, a request for a collection of images;

determine a first set of images from the collection of images corresponding to a current window position for the client device and a second set of images from the collection of images corresponding to a non-current window position on the client device;

provide, to the client device, the first set of images in a first resolution and the second set of images in a second resolution;

receive, from the client device, an indication that an updated window position corresponding to one or more images of the second set of images corresponds to the current window position; and

provide, to the client device, the one or more images of the second set of images in the first resolution.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18 , wherein receiving the indication that the updated window position corresponding to the one or more images comprises determining that a user interaction caused the first set of images to scroll away from the current window position and towards the non-current window position.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18 , wherein receiving the indication that the updated window position corresponding to the one or more images comprises determining that a user interaction caused the second set of images to scroll away from the non-current window position and towards the current window position.

Assignments (4)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 13, 2024
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: DROPBOX, INC.
Reel/Frame 069635/0332 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2024
From: DROPBOX, INC.
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 069604/0611 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Mar 10, 2021
From: DROPBOX, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 055670/0219 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 29, 2017
From: GRUE, ANTHONY; HAVEN, ANDREW; SCHEFF, ANDREW
To: DROPBOX, INC.
Reel/Frame 043440/0744 →