US 11,748,366 B2
Shared folder backed integrated workspaces
Sean Beausoleil, Mountain View, CA (US); Matteus Pan, San Francisco, CA (US); Jean-Denis Greze, San Francisco, CA (US); Anthony DeVincenzi, San Francisco, CA (US); Maxwell Johnson, San Francisco, CA (US); Jack Dubie, Menlo Park, CA (US); and Colin Dunn, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Dropbox, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Dropbox, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/805,361.
Application 17/805,361 is a continuation of application No. 17/220,369, filed on Apr. 1, 2021, granted, now 11,354,328.
Application 17/220,369 is a continuation of application No. 16/858,120, filed on Apr. 24, 2020, granted, now 11,016,987, issued on May 25, 2021.
Application 16/858,120 is a continuation of application No. 15/624,615, filed on Jun. 15, 2017, granted, now 10,635,684, issued on Apr. 28, 2020.
Application 15/624,615 is a continuation of application No. 14/726,030, filed on May 29, 2015, granted, now 9,715,534, issued on Jul. 25, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/136,871, filed on Mar. 23, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0292088 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 16/248 (2019.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06Q 10/10 (2023.01); G06F 16/16 (2019.01); G06F 16/178 (2019.01); G06F 16/25 (2019.01); G06F 16/28 (2019.01); G06F 16/958 (2019.01); G06F 16/957 (2019.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); G06F 40/123 (2020.01); G06F 40/134 (2020.01); G06F 40/166 (2020.01); G06F 40/186 (2020.01); H04L 51/42 (2022.01); H04L 51/48 (2022.01); H04L 51/52 (2022.01); H04L 51/56 (2022.01); H04L 51/216 (2022.01); G06F 16/93 (2019.01); G06Q 10/101 (2023.01); H04L 51/046 (2022.01); G06Q 10/107 (2023.01); H04L 51/08 (2022.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06F 3/0481 (2022.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); H04L 41/22 (2022.01); H04L 67/306 (2022.01); H04L 67/1097 (2022.01); G06F 3/04847 (2022.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); H04L 51/10 (2022.01); H04L 51/224 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 16/248 (2019.01) [G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); G06F 16/168 (2019.01); G06F 16/178 (2019.01); G06F 16/252 (2019.01); G06F 16/285 (2019.01); G06F 16/93 (2019.01); G06F 16/958 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/9574 (2019.01); G06F 40/123 (2020.01); G06F 40/134 (2020.01); G06F 40/166 (2020.01); G06F 40/186 (2020.01); G06Q 10/10 (2013.01); G06Q 10/101 (2013.01); G06Q 10/107 (2013.01); H04L 12/1822 (2013.01); H04L 12/1827 (2013.01); H04L 41/22 (2013.01); H04L 51/046 (2013.01); H04L 51/08 (2013.01); H04L 51/216 (2022.05); H04L 51/42 (2022.05); H04L 51/48 (2022.05); H04L 51/52 (2022.05); H04L 51/56 (2022.05); H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04L 63/10 (2013.01); H04L 63/108 (2013.01); H04L 67/1097 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04803 (2013.01); H04L 51/10 (2013.01); H04L 51/224 (2022.05)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a content management system, from a web browser extension associated with the content management system and executing within a web browser application executing on a client device authorized to access a user account of the content management system, a request to add a new content item to a shared folder of a workspace associated with the user account, the shared folder accessible to the user account and at least one second user account;
responsive to the request, saving, by the content management system the new content item in the shared folder;
receiving, by the content management system, a comment associated with the new content item via the web browser extension;
responsive to the receiving, associating the comment with the new content item in the shared folder; and
automatically triggering a synchronization process between the shared folder and a first local shared folder on the client device associated with the user account and a second local shared folder on a second client device associated with the at least one second user account, wherein the synchronization process updates the first local shared folder and the second local shared folder with a copy of the new content item and the comment associated with the new content item.