Patent ID: 11948473
Assignee: DROPBOX, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 12:
13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause a computing device to:
receive, from a requester device, a file request to be distributed to a plurality of submitter devices associated with a corresponding plurality of submitters, the file request comprising file request information;
based on the file request information and prior to receiving electronic file submissions, generate, in response to receiving the file request, a target collection folder in a folder hierarchy within a content management system account associated with the requester device;
generate, for each submitter device of the plurality of submitter devices, a template file for the electronic file submissions;
store the template file within the target collection folder;
store, within the target collection folder, the electronic file submissions received in response to the file request;
provide, to the requester device, a graphical user interface comprising a submission summary that lists the electronic file submissions within a single user interface view without visually referencing the folder hierarchy, wherein the submission summary lists the electronic file submissions received in response to the file request and at least one additional file from an additional file request within the single user interface view, and wherein the at least one additional file is stored in a different target collection folder; and
after storing the electronic file submissions, deactivate the target collection folder to prevent further uploads of electronic files to the target collection folder.