US 12,093,221 B2
Synchronizing changes within a collaborative content management system
Evan Tana, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Dropbox, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Dropbox, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/360,738.
Application 17/360,738 is a continuation of application No. 15/859,028, filed on Dec. 29, 2017, granted, now 11,226,939.
Prior Publication US 2021/0326307 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 16/178 (2019.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 16/16 (2019.01); G06F 16/176 (2019.01); G06F 16/182 (2019.01); G06Q 10/10 (2023.01)
CPC G06F 16/178 (2019.01) [G06F 16/164 (2019.01); G06F 16/168 (2019.01); G06F 16/176 (2019.01); G06F 16/183 (2019.01); G06Q 10/103 (2013.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of providing nested contents of multiple subfolders within a single window view, the method comprising:
determining, within a folder of a folder hierarchy maintained by a file management system, a first subfolder storing a first set of content items and a second subfolder storing a second set of content items;
based on determining the first subfolder and the second subfolder within the folder of the folder hierarchy, generating, for display on a client device, a collaborative content management interface comprising a single window presenting nested contents of respective subfolders within the folder by depicting a first header that corresponds to the first subfolder and a second header that corresponds to the second subfolder, wherein the single window of the collaborative content management interface further presents manipulable data elements in a metadata layer that adds functionality to the file management system; and
arranging, within the single window of the collaborative content management interface;
a first set of graphical elements below the first header and a second set of graphical elements below the second header, wherein the first set of graphical elements represent the first set of content items stored in the first subfolder and the second set of graphical elements represent the second set of content items stored in the second subfolder; and
one or more manipulable data elements that are moveable and editable within the single window of the collaborative content management interface and that do not correspond to content items stored within the folder of the file management system.