IP Library Granted Patent US 10,637,896
Granted Patent B2
US 10,637,896 · App. 16/116,695 · Granted Apr 28, 2020

User notification for interaction information

Inventors: Julian Michael (Seattle, WA); Anvisha Hrishikesh Pai (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
H04L65/4015G06Q10/103H04L51/24H04L67/1095
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Patent No.
US 10,637,896
App. No.
16/116,695
Granted
Apr 28, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

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.

Claims (37)

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; and

for a second user of the plurality of users:

adding the interaction to a notification queue corresponding to the second user;

receiving, from a presence application on a device associated with the second user, an indication that the content item has been opened in a native application of the device, the presence application monitoring interactions with content items by the native application; and

in response to the indication that the content item has been opened, sending the notification queue corresponding to the second user to the presence application.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the presence application is configured to display the notification queue within a first interface element of the presence application.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the native application is configured to display the content item within a second interface element of the native application, and wherein the second interface element is independent of the first interface element.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the presence application is associated with a first operating system process of the device and the native application is associated with a second operating system process of the device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the presence application is not integrated into the native application.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the presence application is configured to monitor interactions with content items by a plurality of different native applications.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the interaction is added to the notification queue at a location within the notification queue based on a priority of the interaction relative to a priority of notifications within the notification queue.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the interaction event indicates that the first user viewed the content item.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the interaction event indicates that the first user edited the content item.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the interaction event indicates that the first user made a comment on the content item.

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the interaction event indicates that the first user has modified metadata corresponding to the content item.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the interaction event indicates a request for versioning information corresponding to the content item.

15. A system comprising:

one or more processors configured to execute instructions; and

a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium storing instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors 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; and

for a second user of the plurality of users:

adding the interaction to a notification queue corresponding to the second user;

receiving, from a presence application on a device associated with the second user, an indication that the content item has been opened in a native application of the device, the presence application monitoring interactions with content items by the native application; and

in response to the indication that the content item has been opened, sending the notification queue corresponding to the second user to the presence application.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the presence application is configured to display the notification queue within a first interface element of the presence application.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the native application is configured to display the content item within a second interface element of the native application, and wherein the second interface element is independent of the first interface element.

18. The system of claim 15 , wherein the presence application is associated with a first operating system process of the device and the native application is associated with a second operating system process of the device.

19. The system of claim 15 , wherein the presence application is not integrated into the native application.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors processor, cause the processor one or more processors 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; and

for a second user of the plurality of users:

adding the interaction to a notification queue corresponding to the second user;

receiving, from a presence application on a device associated with the second user, an indication that the content item has been opened in a native application of the device, the presence application monitoring interactions with content items by the native application; and

in response to the indication that the content item has been opened, sending the notification queue corresponding to the second user to the presence application.

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 Sep 14, 2018
From: PAI, ANVISHA
To: DROPBOX, INC.
Reel/Frame 046873/0414 →