Managing project tasks using content items

US10796255B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Dropbox, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Ben Newhouse · San Francisco, US
• Kavitha Radhakrishnan · San Jose, US
• AJ Palkovic · San Francisco, US
• David Stinnette · San Francisco, US
• Jacob Hurwitz · San Francisco, US
• Jennifer Lee · San Francisco, US
• John R. Grace, Jr. · San Francisco, US
• Susan Wang · San Mateo, US
• Leona Dondi · San Francisco, US
• Igor Kofman · San Francisco, US
• Kenneth Choi · Alameda, US
• Tsung-Hsiang Chang · San Bruno, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 31, 2017
• Grant date: Oct 6, 2020
• Expiry date: Mar 24, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/101
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for managing project tasks using content items. A user can create tasks within a content item. The tasks can be assigned to users and/or be assigned due dates. The content item can be shared with other users such that updates to the content item (e.g., updates to the tasks) can cause sending notifications to users associated with the content item. When a task in the content item is updated, all members of the project can be notified of the updated status of the task. A task list for a project can be created that aggregates tasks from multiple content items associated with the project. Tasks can be organized in the task list according to the content item the task was created in. Updates to tasks in the task list can cause corresponding updates to the tasks in the content items.