Patent ID: 9569635
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A computer implemented method of sharing files between a link sharer and a link recipient, the method comprising: displaying, by a content management system, a representation of a file set associated with a first account for a link sharer on the content management system along with a display element to send a request to provide modification rights to the file set, the displaying being in response to receiving notification of a link providing a link recipient with read only access to the file set being activated; receiving, by the content management system, an indication that the display element has been activated; granting, by the content management system, the link recipient modification rights to the file set at least partially in response to receiving the indication; associating, by the content management system, the file set with a second account of the link recipient, the association converting the read only access to the file set to modification rights to the file set, at least partially in response to receiving the indication; and synchronizing, by the content management system, the file set with at least one client device authorized on the second account of the link recipient.