Patent ID: 9288283
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method executable at a server, the method comprising: receiving a request at an online content management service to display one or more content items associated with a user identifier stored in the online content management service; identifying, by the online content management service, content items associated with the user identifier, wherein each of the content items is associated with a sharing content profile that includes sharing-specific metadata for the content item, and wherein the sharing content profile includes a sharing restriction field indicating one or more sharing restrictions associated with the content item; analyzing the sharing content profile associated with each of the content items to determine the sharing-specific metadata stored in the sharing content profile associated with each of the content items; sorting the content items into a default sorted list of content items based on the sharing-specific metadata stored in the sharing content profile associated with each of the content items; and sending the default sorted list of content items to a client device for display.