US 11,991,129 B2
Content-item relationship messaging system
Ramsey Homsany, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Dropbox, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Dropbox, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/900,440.
Application 16/257,129 is a division of application No. 13/906,204, filed on May 30, 2013, granted, now 10,243,899, issued on Mar. 26, 2019.
Application 17/900,440 is a continuation of application No. 16/257,129, filed on Jan. 25, 2019, granted, now 11,502,980.
Prior Publication US 2022/0417191 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 51/08 (2022.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 51/08 (2013.01) [H04L 12/1831 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a content management system, a first request from a first client device for access to a shared content item in the content management system;
receiving, by the content management system, a second request from a second client device for access to the shared content item in the content management system, the shared content item accessible to a plurality of users, including a first user of the first client device and a second user of the second client device;
accessing, by the content management system, a record of interactions of the plurality of users with the shared content item;
determining, by the content management system, a first user relationship of the first user to the shared content item based at least in part on the record of interactions;
determining, by the content management system, a second user relationship of the first user to the shared content item based at least in part on the record of interactions;
producing, by the content management system for the first user, a first altered version of the shared content item in accordance with the first user relationship; and
producing, by the content management system for the second user, a second altered version of the shared content item in accordance with the second user relationship.