Sharing a content item

US10484456B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Dropbox, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Dwayne Litzenberger · San Francisco, US
• Matt Holden · San Francisco, US
• David Euresti · San Francisco, US
• Maxime Larabie-Belanger · San Francisco, US
• Ambrus Csaszar · Mountain View, US
• Peter Welinder · San Diego, US
• Bryan Jadot · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 20, 2017
• Grant date: Nov 19, 2019
• Expiry date: Mar 31, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W4/60
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A content item on a content management system can be shared using a generated sharing link. The sharing link can be a custom network address, such as a uniform resource locator (URL), which allows the content item to be accessed without authentication. The sharing index and a content path of the content items can be listed in a sharing index used to identify the content upon a request initiated by the sharing link. The content management system can generate a content link to a content item upon receiving a sharing input from a user indicating the user wants to share a content item. Alternatively, in some embodiments, sharing links can be pre-generated by the content management system and stored on the client device. The sharing link can stored directly to a data buffer on the client device, such as a clipboard, where it can be accessed by the user.