User notifications for interaction information
A content management system creates and modifies user notification queues for shared content items synchronized between a content management system and multiple devices. A user notification queue includes interactions with a shared content item that may be presented to a user to indicate recent interactions with the shared content item by other sharing users. The content management system sends the user notification queue corresponding to a user to the user's device when the user accesses the content item. The client device displays a content item in a window associated with a process on the device. A client application displays an interaction indicator that presents user notification queue content to the user.
1. A method comprising:
receiving a notification of an interaction event indicating an interaction with a content item by a first user of a plurality of users, the content item synchronized between a content management system and a plurality of devices, each device associated with one of the plurality of users with which the content item is shared;
determining a type of the interaction and a priority of the interaction; and
for a second user of the plurality of users:
adding the interaction to a notification queue corresponding to the second user;
removing one or more interactions each associated with a lower priority than the priority of the added interaction from the notification queue; and
sending the notification queue associated with the second user to a device associated with the second user in response to determining that the second user is not collaborating in the content item.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising clearing the notification queue associated with the second user in response to determining that the second user is collaborating in the content item.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the content item is displayed by a native application corresponding to a first operating system process of the device, and wherein a second application corresponding to a second operating system process of the device is configured to display the notification queue within an interface element controlled by the second application.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the interaction event indicates that the first user viewed the content item.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the interaction event indicates that the first user edited the content item.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the interaction event indicates that the first user made a comment on the content item.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the interaction event indicates that the first user requested a collaboration on the content item with the second user.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the interaction event includes an indication by the first user that the first user intends to edit the content item.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the interaction event indicates that the first user has modified metadata corresponding to the content item.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the interaction event indicates a request for versioning information corresponding to the content item.
11. A system comprising:
a processor configured to execute instructions;
a non-transitory, non-volatile storage medium containing instructions, which when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform the steps of:
receiving a notification of an interaction event indicating an interaction with a content item by a first user of a plurality of users, the content item synchronized between a content management system and a plurality of devices, each device associated with one of the plurality of users with which the content item is shared;
determining a type of the interaction and a priority of the interaction; and
for a second user of the plurality of users:
adding the interaction to a notification queue corresponding to the second user;
removing one or more interactions each associated with a lower priority than the priority of the added interaction from the notification queue; and
sending the notification queue associated with the second user to a device associated with the second user in response to determining that the second user is not collaborating in the content item.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor cause the processor to further perform steps of: clearing the notification queue associated with the second user in response to determining that the second user is collaborating in the content item.
13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the content item is displayed by a native application corresponding to a first operating system process of the device, and wherein a second application corresponding to a second operating system process of the device is configured to display the notification queue within an interface element controlled by the second application.
14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the content item is displayed within a second interface element controlled by the native application, and wherein the interface element is not included within the second interface element.
15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the interaction event indicates one or more of: that the first user viewed the content item, that the first user edited the content item, and that the first user made a comment on the content item.
16. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing computer program code configured to cause a processor to perform steps comprising:
receiving a notification of an interaction event indicating an interaction with a content item by a first user of a plurality of users, the content item synchronized between a content management system and a plurality of devices, each device associated with one of the plurality of users with which the content item is shared;
determining a type of the interaction and a priority of the interaction; and
for a second user of the plurality of users:
adding the interaction to a notification queue corresponding to the second user;
removing one or more interactions each associated with a lower priority than the priority of the added interaction from the notification queue; and
sending the notification queue associated with the second user to a device associated with the second user in response to determining that the second user is not collaborating in the content item.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the computer program code is configured to cause a processor to further perform steps comprising: clearing the notification queue associated with the second user in response to determining that the second user is collaborating in the content item.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the content item is displayed by a native application corresponding to a first operating system process of the device, and wherein a second application corresponding to a second operating system process of the device is configured to display the notification queue within an interface element controlled by the second application.
19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the content item is displayed within a second interface element controlled by the native application, and wherein the interface element is not included within the second interface element.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the interaction event indicates one or more of: that the first user viewed the content item, that the first user edited the content item, and that the first user made a comment on the content item.