IP Library Granted Patent US 12,200,023
Granted Patent B2
US 12,200,023 · App. 18/500,747 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Accessing content items for meetings through a desktop tray

Inventors: Andrea Kimball (Oakland, CA); Carola Pescio Canale (San Francisco, CA); Angela Gong (San Mateo, CA)
Assignee: Dropbox Inc.
H04L65/4015G06F3/0482G06Q10/1095H04L12/1813
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Patent No.
US 12,200,023
App. No.
18/500,747
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods for creating and accessing content items are provided. In some examples, a method can include receiving a user selection of an interface element located in a persistent user interface of an operating system desktop of a client device associated with a user account, identifying, based on a query to a meeting service, a meeting associated with the user account, displaying, in response to the user selection of the interface element, a set of user options for the meeting, the set of user options comprising an option to access a content item for the meeting, receiving a user selection of the option to access the content item for the meeting, and accessing, in response to the user selection, the content item.

Claims (43)

1. A method comprising:

receiving a user selection of an interface element located in a persistent user interface to launch an application linked to a user account of a content management system;

identifying, based on a query to a third-party meeting service, a meeting event associated with the user account;

in response to the user selection of the interface element, causing display of the application including a user interface pertaining to the meeting event, the user interface comprising an identification of at least one suggested content item from the content management system for the meeting event, wherein the content item is configured to be shared with at least one other participant of the meeting event;

receiving a user selection of the at least one suggested content item; and

displaying, on the persistent user interface, the at least one suggested content item, wherein the suggested content item is configurable to be edited by the at least one other participant.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identification of the at least one suggested content item is based on information accessible to the content management system.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the information accessible to the content management system includes meeting event information.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the meeting event information includes at least one of a meeting title, a meeting agenda, meeting notes, or meeting attendees.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the information includes at least one of a user account information and user activity information.

6. The method of claim 2 , wherein the information includes a user selected content item or a user selection of one of the at least one suggested content item.

7. The method of claim 2 , wherein the information is based on permissions associated with the at least one suggested content item.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the third-party meeting service, meeting event information; and

identifying the at least one suggested content item based on the meeting event information received from the third-party meeting service.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

providing, in response to the user selection, a user interface for sharing the at least one suggested content item on the content management system with each meeting participant.

10. A computing device comprising:

one or more processors; and

at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored therein instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to:

receive a user selection of an interface element located in a persistent user interface to launch an application linked to a user account of a content management system;

identify, based on a query to a third-party meeting service, a meeting event associated with the user account;

in response to the user selection of the interface element, cause display of the application including a user interface pertaining to the meeting event, the user interface comprising an identification of at least one suggested content item from the content management system for the meeting event, wherein the content item is configured to be shared with at least one other participant of the meeting event;

receive a user selection of the at least one suggested content item; and

display, on the persistent user interface, the at least one suggested content item, wherein the suggested content item is configurable to be edited by the at least one other participant.

11. The computing device of claim 10 , wherein the identification of the at least one suggested content item is based on information accessible to the content management system.

12. The computing device of claim 11 , wherein the information accessible to the content management system includes meeting event information.

13. The computing device of claim 12 , wherein the meeting event information includes at least one of a meeting title, a meeting agenda, meeting notes, or meeting attendees.

14. The computing device of claim 11 , wherein the information includes at least one of a user account information and user activity information.

15. The computing device of claim 11 , wherein the information includes a user selected content item or a user selection of one of the at least one suggested content item.

16. The computing device of claim 11 , wherein the information is based on permissions associated with the at least one suggested content item.

17. The computing device of claim 10 , wherein the instructions further cause the computing device to:

receive, from the third-party meeting service, meeting event information; and

identify the at least one suggested content item based on the meeting event information received from the third-party meeting service.

18. The computing device of claim 10 , wherein the instructions further cause the computing device to:

provide, in response to the user selection, a user interface for sharing the at least one suggested content item on the content management system with each meeting participant.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause a computing device to:

receive a user selection of an interface element located in a persistent user interface to launch an application linked to a user account of a content management system;

identify, based on a query to a third-party meeting service, a meeting event associated with the user account;

in response to the user selection of the interface element, cause display of the application including a user interface pertaining to the meeting event, the user interface comprising an identification of at least one suggested content item from the content management system for the meeting event, wherein the content item is configured to be shared with at least one other participant of the meeting event;

receive a user selection of the at least one suggested content item; and

display, on the persistent user interface, the at least one suggested content item, wherein the suggested content item is configurable to be edited by the at least one other participant.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the identification of the at least one suggested content item is based on meeting event information accessible to the content management system.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2024
From: DROPBOX, INC.
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 069604/0611 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 2, 2023
From: KIMBALL, ANDREA; CANALE, CAROLA PESCIO; GONG, ANGELA
To: DROPBOX, INC.
Reel/Frame 065439/0518 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17846728 · Jun 22, 2022
Continuation 16505120 · Jul 8, 2019
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