Systems and methods for notifying users of changes to files in cloud-based file-storage systems

• Main Authors: Procopio, Michael Jeffrey, Herndon, John
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 09.07.2024
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; PHYSICS; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

A method to provide a service to facilitate notifications of changes to a plurality of files located in a plurality of folders in a cloud-based storage system includes exposing an application programming interface (API) to obtain subscription data for a plurality of users of a plurality of client devices, receiving, via the API, subscription data from a first client device of the plurality of client devices, the subscription data associated with a user account of a first user of the plurality of users and identifying a folder subscribed by the first user to receive notifications of changes to one or more files located in the folder; storing, in a data store, the subscription data associated with the user account of the first user, the subscription data comprising an identifier of the folder to be monitored for changes to the one or more files for the user account of the first user of the first client device, and providing, to the first client device, updates pertaining to the changes to the one or more files to cause the first user to be notified about the changes to the one or more files, wherein the updates are provided in accordance with the subscription data associated with the user account of the first user, and wherein the changes comprise changes made to the one or more file by users other than the first user.