Digital Content Sharing Link Without Duplication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems face difficulties in efficiently sending and storing large amounts of digital content, particularly in content management systems, as they are time-consuming and cumbersome for users to share and receive digital files or folders.
Innovation Solution
A computer system and method that generates a sharing link for digital content within a content management system, allowing users to associate shared content with another user's account by activating the link, which adds the content to their account without creating a new copy, using a server-side file journal to provide access to the existing storage location.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If digital content is shared by creating and sending sharing links, then ease of operation is improved, but the system complexity increases due to link generation and activation mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a sharing link as an intermediary mechanism that mediates between the content owner and the recipient. The link serves as a simplified interface that abstracts the complex backend operations of content association and account linking, allowing users to share content through simple link activation without exposing system complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements self-service through automatic account association. When a recipient activates a sharing link, the system automatically associates the digital content with the recipient's account without requiring manual intervention or complex configuration from the user, thereby improving ease of operation while managing system complexity through automation
2Ease of operation
If digital content is copied and stored in the recipient's account, then accessibility is improved, but storage efficiency deteriorates due to duplication
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a virtual copying mechanism where the digital content is associated with the recipient's account without creating physical duplicates. The system creates reference links or pointers to the original content stored in the content owner's account, allowing the recipient to access and interact with the content as if it were locally stored, while avoiding actual data duplication and preserving storage efficiency
Solution Approach 2:
The shared digital content serves multiple functions simultaneously: it remains stored in the original owner's account for their access and management, while also being accessible to the recipient through account association. This multi-functionality allows a single copy of the content to serve multiple users, eliminating the need for duplication while maintaining accessibility for all parties
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AI summary
Systems and methods for adding digital content associated with a first user account within a content management system to a second user account within the content management system. In various embodiments, the system may be configured to allow a user to add digital content to an account within a content management system associated with the user when the user receives a shared link to access digital content associated with an account within the content management system belonging to another user. The system may be configured to add the digital content to the user account by associating the digital content with the user's account. In various embodiments, the system may be configured to add the digital content to the user's account by creating an entry in a server-side file journal associated with the user's account, where the entry includes one or more file reference strings associated with the digital content.