Patent ID: 11892978
Assignee: DROPBOX, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 15:
16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, cause a computing device to:
monitor user activity within a client application associated with a first system that is separate from a content management system, wherein the user activity comprises a user input to be used within the first system;
send, from the client application to the content management system during the user activity within the client application, an application programming interface (API) call, the API call based on the user activity within the client application and comprising content item search criteria based on the user input to be used within the first system, wherein the API call comprising the content item search criteria causes the content management system to perform a search in a user-specific content item index to identify a content item associated with a user account, wherein the user-specific content item index references content items associated with the user account;
receive, at the client application, an indication of the content item based on the content item satisfying the content item search criteria; and
provide, by the client application, a suggestion to access the content item from the content management system using the client application associated with the first system.