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US 12,339,813 · App. 18/622,390 · Granted Jun 24, 2025

Embedded folder views

Inventors: Roger Tu (San Francisco, CA); Aisha Ferrazares (San Francisco, CA); Jennifer Lee (San Francisco, CA); Sang Tian (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
G06F16/176G06F16/168G06F16/972G06F21/6218H04L63/102
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Patent No.
US 12,339,813
App. No.
18/622,390
Granted
Jun 24, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for providing an embedded web view of a folder in a content management system on a web page. For example, a user can request from a content management system code for embedding a web view of a content item or group of content items (e.g., folder) into a web page. After the code is embedded into the webpage, the web page can present a web view of the content item or group of content items that is dynamically updated when the content item or group of content items is updated. Thus, the user is relieved of the burden of updating the web page with new links to reflect changes in content items stored in the online content management system.

Claims (43)

1. A method comprising:

identifying, by a computing system, that a first user account is logged into a content management system;

requesting, by the computing system via a web browser executing thereon, a web page from a third-party server distinct from the content management system;

receiving, by the computing system, the web page from the third-party server, the web page comprising embed code for presenting an embedded view of a content item within the web page associated with the third-party server, the content item associated with a second user account associated with the content management system;

rendering, by the computing system, the web page including the embedded view of the content item, the embedded view presenting a representation of the content item within the web page;

receiving, by the computing system, a request from the first user account to add the content item to the first user account; and

responsive to receiving the request, causing, by the computing system, the content management system to save a reference to the content item in the first user account, which includes adding a first version of the content item as rendered in the embedded view to the first user account, wherein the first version of the content item is different than a second version of the content item associated with the second user account and wherein a first access level associated with the first version of the content item and a second access level associated with the second version of the content item are the same.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein access controls are placed on the reference to the content item in the first user account.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the access controls prevent the first user account from modifying the content item.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the content item is a folder and causing, by the computing system, the content management system to save the reference to the content item in the first user account comprises:

causing, by the computing system, the content management system to save a plurality of references to a plurality of files stored in the folder in the first user account.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein changes to the folder made by the second user account are reflected in the reference to the content item stored in the first user account.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein rendering, by the computing system, the web page including the embedded view of the content item comprises:

rendering a graphical element in the embedded view for adding the content item to the first user account.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising one or more sequences of instructions, which, when executed by one or more processors, causes a computing system to perform operations comprising:

identifying, by the computing system, that a first user account is logged into a content management system;

requesting, by the computing system via a web browser executing thereon, a web page from a third-party server distinct from the content management system;

receiving, by the computing system, the web page from the third-party server, the web page comprising embed code for presenting an embedded view of a content item within the web page associated with the third-party server, the content item associated with a second user account associated with the content management system;

rendering, by the computing system, the web page including the embedded view of the content item, the embedded view presenting a representation of the content item within the web page;

receiving, by the computing system, a request from the first user account to add the content item to the first user account; and

responsive to receiving the request, causing, by the computing system, the content management system to save a version to the content item in the first user account, which includes adding a first version of the content item as rendered in the embedded view to the first user account, wherein the first version of the content item is different than a second version of the content item associated with the second user account and wherein a first access level associated with the first version of the content item and a second access level associated with the second version of the content item are the same.

8. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , wherein access controls are placed on the version of the content item in the first user account.

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the access controls prevent the first user account from modifying the content item.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the content item is a folder and causing, by the computing system, the content management system to save the version to the content item in the first user account comprises:

causing, by the computing system, the content management system to save a plurality of versions of a plurality of files stored in the folder in the first user account.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein changes to the folder made by the second user account are reflected in the version of the content item stored in the first user account.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , wherein rendering, by the computing system, the web page including the embedded view of the content item comprises:

rendering a graphical element in the embedded view for adding the content item to the first user account.

13. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory having programming instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the system to perform operations comprising:

identifying that a first user account is logged into a content management system;

requesting, via a web browser executing thereon, a web page from a third-party server distinct from the content management system;

receiving the web page from the third-party server, the web page comprising embed code for presenting an embedded view of a content item within the web page associated with the third-party server, the content item associated with a second user account associated with the content management system;

rendering the web page including the embedded view of the content item, the embedded view presenting a representation of the content item within the web page;

receiving a request from the first user account to add the content item to the first user account; and

responsive to receiving the request, causing the content management system to save a reference to the content item in the first user account, which includes adding a first version of the content item as rendered in the embedded view to the first user account, wherein the first version of the content item is different than a second version of the content item associated with the second user account and wherein a first access level associated with the first version of the content item and a second access level associated with the second version of the content item are the same.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein access controls are placed on the reference to the content item in the first user account.

15. The system of claim 13 , wherein the content item is a folder and causing the content management system to save the reference to the content item in the first user account comprises:

causing the content management system to save a plurality of references to a plurality of files stored in the folder in the first user account.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein changes to the folder made by the second user account are reflected in the reference to the content item stored in the first user account.

17. The system of claim 13 , wherein rendering the web page including the embedded view of the content item comprises:

rendering a graphical element in the embedded view for adding the content item to the first user account.

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 Mar 29, 2024
From: TU, ROGER; FERRAZARES, AISHA; LEE, JENNIFER; TIAN, SANG
To: DROPBOX, INC.
Reel/Frame 066955/0892 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 14980939 · Dec 28, 2015
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