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Shared workspaces with selective content item synchronization

US10963430B2 · kind B2 · utility

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11Claims

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Assignee

Dropbox, Inc. · US

Inventors

Marcio von Muhlen · San Francisco, US
George Milton Underwood, IV · Palo Alto, US
Anthony DeVincenzi · San Francisco, US
Nils Bunger · Stanford, US
Colin Dunn · Dalry, GB
Adam Polselli · San Francisco, US
Sam Jau · San Francisco, US
Nathan Borror · Palo Alto, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 21, 2018
Grant date	Mar 30, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 11, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L67/06
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Shared workspaces with selective content item synchronization. In one embodiment, for example, a personal computing device is configured to send a request to a server of a cloud-based content management system to join a shared workspace. The personal computing device then receives content item metadata about content items associated with the shared workspace. The content item metadata allows a user of the personal computing device to browse a content item-folder hierarchy for the content items even if only some but not all of the content items have been downloaded and stored at the personal computing device.

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