Patent ID: 9628560
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: generating, by a content management server, a first sharing link configured to send a first request to the content management server for a first content item associated with the first sharing link; creating, by the content management server, a first new entry in a sharing index, the sharing index comprising one or more sharing links and respective content paths, and the first new entry identifying the first sharing link, wherein the first sharing link and the first new entry do not include a content path of the first content item, and wherein the content path is not included in the sharing index at the time the first new entry is created; sending, by the content management server via a network to a first client device, a request for the content path of the first content item, the request comprising the first sharing link; based on the request, receiving, by the content management server from the first client device, a first sharing request identifying the first sharing link and providing the content path of the first content item, the content path identifying a location of the content item; and updating, by the content management server, the first new entry in the sharing index to include the content path identifying the location of the first content item.