Patent ID: 9582545
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: providing, by a processor, to one or more users, access to one or more files, in a shared content management system in an account associated with a particular user of the one or more users, wherein the one or more files are shared with the particular user and the one or more files having one or more attributes; receiving, by a processor at the shared content management system, from a local client application associated with the shared content management system on a device associated with the particular user, a request to display the one or more files; in response to the request, dynamically determining a ranking technique, by a processor at the shared content management system, to rank the one or more files utilizing attributes including, an amount of time that a particular file is accessed by a specific user and an amount of time that the particular file is accessed by all users, and a received user ranking; in response to the determination, automatically ranking the files in a ranked order using the determined ranking technique; and sending the automatic ranking from the shared content management system to the local client application on the device associated with the particular user, wherein the local client application processes the automatic ranking, thereby allowing the particular user to view the one or more files in the ranked order.