US 12,436,674 B2
Drag and drop quick actions
Spencer Villars, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to Dropbox, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Dropbox, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/708,282.
Application 17/708,282 is a continuation of application No. 17/343,307, filed on Jun. 9, 2021, granted, now 11,307,754.
Application 17/343,307 is a continuation of application No. 17/135,148, filed on Dec. 28, 2020, granted, now 11,061,553, issued on Jul. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0221969 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 3/04812 (2022.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/0486 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04812 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method performed by a content management system comprising:
detecting a drag operation of an object reported by an operating system of a client device, wherein the drag operation of the object is performed by a pointer displayed on a screen;
after detection of the drag operation of the object, creating an invisible window defining an area, the invisible window persisting for as long as coordinates of the pointer performing the drag operation of the object do not overlap with the area of the invisible window;
determining that the coordinates of the pointer performing the drag operation of the object has transitioned from not overlapping to overlapping the area of the invisible window; and
changing the invisible window to a visible menu in response to the determining that the coordinates of the pointer performing the drag operation of the object overlap the area of the invisible window.