User notifications for interaction information
View Patent ↗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 each user of the plurality of users other than the first user:
determining whether a notification queue associated with the other user and the content item contains a higher priority interaction by the first user;
adding the interaction to the notification queue responsive to determining that the notification queue does not contain a higher priority interaction by the first user; and
removing lower priority interactions by the first user from the notification queue;
wherein determining the type of the interaction and the priority of the interaction occurs responsive to determining that collaboration is not occurring in the content item.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending the notification queue associated with a second user to a device associated with the second user.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the notification queue is sent to the second user responsive to determining that the second user is not collaborating in the content item.
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. 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 a content item access by a first user, the content item synchronized between a content management system and a plurality of devices, each device associated with one of a plurality of users with which the content item is shared;
determining whether the first user is collaborating in the content item;
responsive to determining that the first user is not collaborating in the content item, sending a notification queue stored at the content management system to a device associated with the first user; and
responsive to determining that the first user is collaborating in the content item, clearing the notification queue;
wherein the notification queue includes a plurality of interactions with the content item by users of the plurality of users.
8. The system of claim 7 , wherein one of the plurality of interactions is a view of the content item.
9. The system of claim 7 , wherein one of the plurality of interactions is an edit of the content item.
10. The system of claim 7 , wherein one of the plurality of interactions is a comment on the content item.
11. The system of claim 7 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to perform the steps of:
receiving a notification that the first user viewed the notification queue; and
clearing the notification queue.
12. 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;
for each user of the plurality of users other than the first user:
determining whether a notification queue associated with the other user and the content item contains a higher priority interaction by the first user;
adding the interaction to the notification queue responsive to determining that the notification queue does not contain a higher priority interaction by the first user; and
removing lower priority interactions by the first user from the notification queue;
wherein determining the type of the interaction and the priority of interaction occurs responsive to determining that collaboration is not occurring in the content item.
13. The computer program product of claim 12 , wherein the code is further configured to cause the processor to perform steps comprising:
sending the notification queue associated with a second user to a device associated with the second user.
14. The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the notification queue is sent to the second user responsive to determining that the second user is not collaborating in the content item.
15. The computer program product of claim 12 , wherein the interaction event indicates that the first user viewed the content item.
16. The computer program product of claim 12 , wherein the interaction event indicates that the first user edited the content item.
17. The computer program product of claim 12 , wherein the interaction event indicates that the first user made a comment on the content item.