Systems and methods for maintaining local virtual states pending server-side storage across multiple devices and users and intermittent network connections

A non-transitory computer readable medium containing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a user device, cause the user device to:

• receive, at a user device from a user of a digital content management system, a request to share a content item with one or more additional users;
• in response to receiving the request to share the content item, send, to the digital content management system, a request for a global ID for a shared virtual space accessible to the user and the one or more additional users;
• prior to receiving the requested global ID:
• assign, to the content item, a local ID associated with a local virtual space corresponding with the shared virtual space;
• allocate a portion of memory on the user device for the requested global ID;
• and
• provide, for display on the user device, a representation of the local virtual space that comprises the content item;
• receive, from the digital content management system, the global ID for the shared virtual space;
• and
• store the received global ID in the allocated portion of memory of the user device associated with the local ID.

A system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:
• receive, at a user device from a user of a digital content management system, a request to share a content item with one or more additional users;
• in response to receiving the request to share the content item, send, to the digital content management system, a request for a global ID for a shared virtual space accessible to the user and the one or more additional users;
• prior to receiving the requested global ID:
• assign, to the content item, a local ID associated with a local virtual space corresponding with the shared virtual space;
• allocate a portion of memory on the user device for the requested global ID;
• and
• provide, for display on the user device, a representation of the local virtual space that comprises the content item;
• receive, from the digital content management system, the global ID for the shared virtual space;
• and
• store the received global ID in the allocated portion of memory of the user device associated with the local ID.