Patent ID: 8898593

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for identifying a sharing level of content items in a content library, the method comprising computer-implemented operations for: retrieving a first sharing configuration associated with a first content item in the content library; retrieving a second sharing configuration associated with a second content item in the content library; setting a first sharing state associated with the first content item based on the first sharing configuration, the first sharing state being set from a plurality of sharing states comprising a locked state indicating that a content item is accessible only by the owner, a small semi-locked state indicating that the content item is accessible only by a first number of users less than or equal to a threshold, a large semi-locked state indicating that the content item is accessible only by a second number of users greater than the threshold, an enterprise state indicating that the content item is accessible only by employees within an enterprise, and a global state indicating that the content item is publicly accessible; setting a second sharing state from the plurality of sharing states, the second sharing state associated with the second content item based on the second sharing configuration; and displaying a content list containing a plurality of rows, a plurality of columns, and a plurality of elements, the plurality of rows including a first row corresponding to the first content item and a second row corresponding to the second content item, the plurality of columns including a sharing hint column, the plurality of elements including a first element and a second element, the first element arranged under the sharing hint column on the first row and containing a first sharing icon corresponding to the first sharing state, the second element arranged under the sharing hint column on the second row and containing a second sharing icon corresponding to the second sharing state.