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Managing message attachments

US11290402B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

Dropbox, Inc. · US

Inventors

Huy Q. Nguyen · San Jose, US
Anvisha Pai · San Francisco, US
Brandon Souba · San Francisco, US
Nikrad Mahdi · San Francisco, US
Rajeev Nayak · San Francisco, US
Anand Prakash · San Jose, US
Yang Zhang · San Francisco, US
Yuyang Guo · Shanghai, CN
Erika DeBenedictis · San Francisco, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 30, 2016
Grant date	Mar 29, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 29, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W4/12
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for managing email attachments in an online content management system. In some implementations, a messaging client can receive input attaching a content item to an electronic message in a message thread. In response to the input, the messaging client can store the content item in a file system managed by an online content management system, generate a link to the content item, and insert the link in the electronic message. The content item can be shared with the recipients of the electronic message such that the content item can be synchronized across recipient devices by the online content management system. The messaging client on each recipient device and/or the sender's device can present representations of the attachments associated with the message thread in a centralized location on a GUI of the messaging client.

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