US 12,235,923 B2
Intelligently generating and managing third-party sources within a contextual hub
Hudson Arnold, San Francisco, CA (US); Thomas Kleinpeter, Kirkland, WA (US); Terrence McArdle, New York, NY (US); and Kristoffer Mendoza, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Dropbox, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Dropbox, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 23, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/937,208.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/036,402, filed on Jun. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0382951 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 16/957 (2019.01); G06F 3/0481 (2022.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.01); G06F 16/954 (2019.01); G06F 16/955 (2019.01); G06F 16/958 (2019.01); G06N 5/04 (2023.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); H04L 67/125 (2022.01); H04L 67/50 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 16/957 (2019.01) [G06F 9/451 (2018.02); G06F 16/954 (2019.01); G06F 16/9558 (2019.01); G06F 16/9562 (2019.01); G06F 16/958 (2019.01); G06N 5/04 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); H04L 67/125 (2013.01); H04L 67/535 (2022.05); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
at least one processor; and
a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:
generate a contextual hub comprising a digital space that provides access for a plurality of user accounts to web-accessible content;
provide, for display on a client device associated with a user account from among the plurality of user accounts associated with the contextual hub, a user-account-specific version of the contextual hub comprising:
a group space including selectable elements for content items within a group web index indicating a collective history of web-accessible content accessed by the plurality of user accounts;
a private space including selectable elements for content items accessed privately by the user account;
a first presence icon placed relative to a first selectable element of a first content item within the group web index, the first presence icon indicating that a first co-user account from among the plurality of user accounts is currently viewing the first content item; and
a second presence icon placed relative to a second selectable element of a second content item within the group web index, the second presence icon indicating that a second co-user account from among the plurality of user accounts has previously viewed but is not currently viewing the second content item;
provide, to the client device associated with the user account, access to a third-party web page from a plurality of third-party web pages based on receiving an indication of a selection of a link corresponding to the third-party web page from within the contextual hub; and
based on providing access to the third-party web page, modify the contextual hub to include a reference of the third-party web page within the group space to make the reference accessible by the plurality of user accounts via the contextual hub.