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Preserving content item collection data across interfaces

US8856161B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Dropbox, Inc. · US

Inventors

Ramesh Balakrishnan · Stanford, US
Rajeev Nayak · San Francisco, US
Brian E. Smith · Rochester, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 20, 2013
Grant date	Oct 7, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 20, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/904
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for preserving collection data across interfaces are disclosed. The system can generate, for a collection of content items stored in multiple user accounts in a synced online content management system, an index of the content items in the collection. The index can store, a content item identifier and a file location, for each content item. Upon detecting that a content item in the collection is moved to a new file location, the system can retrieve a collection identifier from metadata associated with the content item. The system can then locate the index for the collection associated with the collection identifier based on the collection identifier retrieved from the metadata associated with the content item. The system can then update the file location stored at the index for the content item to identify the new file location.

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