US 10,762,053 B2Granted

Synchronization for cross-context digital item containers and collaboration

AssigneesAtlassian Pty Ltd., Atlassian Inc.

InventorsFlorian Pestoni, Balazs Nagy, Mark Roudebush

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Abstract

Techniques for synchronization for cross-context digital item containers and collaboration are provided, receiving a user command to share a particular digital item from a first portfolio of digital items with a second portfolio of digital items. In response receiving the command to share the digital item, making a digital copy of it and placing it in the second portfolio of digital items. Subsequently, an alteration is made to the digital item and a determination is made with whom to share the alteration among those with whom the digital item had been previously shared. Those alterations can be accepted (or rejected) by the other portfolios. When they are accepted, they are applied to the digital copy.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A computer system for synchronization for cross-context digital item containers and collaboration, comprising a digital portfolio application running on one or more computing devices, and coupled to a communication network for communication with a first application and a second application, the digital portfolio application being configured to execute digital portfolio instructions, which, when executed perform a method of:

receiving a user command, from a first application, associated with a first user account, running on one or more computing devices, to share a particular digital item from a first portfolio of digital items associated with the first user account with a second portfolio of digital items associated with a second user account, wherein the first portfolio of digital items includes one or more digital items that were copied into the first portfolio of digital items based on other received user commands from one or more other applications;
in response receiving the user command to share the digital item in the first portfolio of digital items to the second portfolio of digital items, making a digital copy of the particular digital item and placing that digital copy of the particular digital item in the second portfolio of digital items;
receiving, at a first digital portfolio application associated with the first portfolio of digital items and running on the one or more computing devices, a request to alter the particular digital item in the first portfolio of digital items;
in response to receiving the request to alter the particular digital item in the first portfolio of digital items, altering the particular digital item in the first portfolio of digital items;
in response to altering the particular digital item in the first portfolio of digital items, determining with whom to share the alteration of the particular digital item in the first portfolio of digital items based on with what portfolio of digital items the particular digital item had previously been shared, wherein determining with whom to share the alteration of the particular digital item comprises determining with whom to share the alteration of the particular digital item based at least in part on previous acceptances of alterations;
when it is determined to share the alteration of the particular digital item with the second portfolio of digital items, sharing the alteration of the particular digital item with a second digital portfolio application associated with the second portfolio of digital items;
determining, with respect to the second portfolio of digital items, whether to accept the alteration of the particular digital item;
when it is determined to alter the particular digital item in the second portfolio of digital items, applying the alteration to the particular digital item in the second portfolio of digital items, and storing a confirmation of the acceptance of the alteration in the second portfolio of digital items.

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A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving a user command, from a first application, associated with a first user account, running on one or more computing devices, to share a particular digital item from a first portfolio of digital items associated with the first user account with a second portfolio of digital items associated with a second user account, wherein the first portfolio of digital items includes one or more digital items that were copied into the first portfolio of digital items based on other received user commands from one or more other applications;
in response receiving the user command to share the digital item in the first portfolio of digital items to the second portfolio of digital items, making a digital copy of the particular digital item and placing that digital copy of the particular digital item in the second portfolio of digital items;
receiving, at a first digital portfolio application associated with the first portfolio of digital items and running on the one or more computing devices, a request to alter the particular digital item in the first portfolio of digital items;
in response to receiving the request to alter the particular digital item in the first portfolio of digital items, altering the particular digital item in the first portfolio of digital items;
in response to altering the particular digital item in the first portfolio of digital items, determining with whom to share the alteration of the particular digital item in the first portfolio of digital items based on with what portfolio of digital items the particular digital item had previously been shared;
when it is determined to share the alteration of the particular digital item with the second portfolio of digital items, sharing the alteration of the particular digital item with a second digital portfolio application associated with the second portfolio of digital items;
determining, with respect to the second portfolio of digital items, whether to accept the alteration of the particular digital item, wherein determining whether to accept the alteration of the particular digital item comprises performing one or more tasks from a list consisting of:
always automatically accepting the alteration if the alteration is associated with a particular user account;
and
automatically accepting the alteration regardless of with which account the alteration is associated;
when it is determined to alter the particular digital item in the second portfolio of digital items, applying the alteration to the particular digital item in the second portfolio of digital items;
wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.

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One or more non-transitory storage media storing instructions which, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause performance of a method of:

receiving a user command, from a first application, associated with a first user account, running on one or more computing devices, to share a particular digital item from a first portfolio of digital items associated with the first user account with a second portfolio of digital items associated with a second user account, wherein the first portfolio of digital items includes one or more digital items that were copied into the first portfolio of digital items based on other received user commands from one or more other applications;
in response receiving the user command to share the digital item in the first portfolio of digital items to the second portfolio of digital items, making a digital copy of the particular digital item and placing that digital copy of the particular digital item in the second portfolio of digital items;
receiving, at a first digital portfolio application associated with the first portfolio of digital items and running on the one or more computing devices, a request to alter the particular digital item in the first portfolio of digital items;
in response to receiving the request to alter the particular digital item in the first portfolio of digital items, altering the particular digital item in the first portfolio of digital items;
in response to altering the particular digital item in the first portfolio of digital items, determining with whom to share the alteration of the particular digital item in the first portfolio of digital items based on with what portfolio of digital items the particular digital item had previously been shared;
when it is determined to share the alteration of the particular digital item with the second portfolio of digital items, sharing the alteration of the particular digital item with a second digital portfolio application associated with the second portfolio of digital items;
determining, with respect to the second portfolio of digital items, whether to accept the alteration of the particular digital item, wherein determining whether to accept the alteration of the particular digital item comprises performing one or more tasks from a list consisting of:
always automatically accepting the alteration if the alteration is associated with a particular user account;
and
automatically accepting the alteration regardless of with which account the alteration is associated;
when it is determined to alter the particular digital item in the second portfolio of digital items, applying the alteration to the particular digital item in the second portfolio of digital items;
wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/233,733Filed 27 Dec 2018 · us provisional application
Priority: 27 Sep 2018
Published: US 2020/0104280 A12 Apr 2020
Granted: 1 Sep 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

G06F 16/176
Details of further file system functions: support for shared access to files; File sharing support
G06F 16/178
Details of further file system functions: techniques for file synchronisation in file systems
G06F 16/90335
Querying: query processing
G06F 16/9038
Querying: presentation of query results