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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2014
Dropbox, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Nils Peter Welinder, San Francisco, CA (US);
Thomas Kleinpeter, San Francisco, CA (US);
Thomas Wright, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ramesh Balakrishnan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Tina Wen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Rajeev Nayak, San Francisco, CA (US);
DROPBOX, INC., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for creating shared virtual spaces ('rooms'). A room may be created when a user first shares images with another user. A user may send a request to a content management system to share one or more images with various contacts. In response, a room is created by the content management system in which a copy of each image is stored. Images added to a room are copied to a separate 'rooms' database, and “locked,” being saved in the room for a period of time, which may be indefinitely. Changes made by the user to a room via a user device may be displayed as soon as indicated, without waiting for the information to be sent to a system server or its state to be made consistent with that of the user device. Room activity notifications may be sent to members in various ways.