CONTENT-ITEM LINKING SYSTEM FOR MESSAGING SERVICES

摘要

A client service, such as a plug-in to a browser, can alter a document retrieved from a compatible service to augment the document with services from an online content management service. When an application retrieves a compatible document, the client service can detect a document element within the document and alter the document to provide an activatable reference to the online content management service. For example, a client service can recognize an email composition webpage or an email display webpage and insert activatable references provide services from the online content management service. In email composition webpages, a reference can be a button that allows an email author to insert a link to a content item from the online content management service. In email display webpages, references can be added that allow attachments to be sent to the online content management service for storage.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
accessing, by a browser, a document from a communication server of a messaging service, wherein the document includes an message composition section; detecting, by scanning the message composition section, a document element in the document and a location corresponding to the document element, wherein the document element is associated with the message composition section and the document element is an attachment control that provides file attachment functionality; and inserting an online content management service request element into the document based at least in part on the location of the document element detected in the document, wherein the online content management service request element is different from the document element detected in the document that is accessed from the messaging service.