Systems and methods for ephemeral eventing

摘要

Embodiments are provided for ephemeral eventing. Ephemeral eventing may involve sending metadata portions associated with content items from a user device to a content management system prior to uploading the content portions of the content items. The content management system may then assign the content items to one or more events. The event assignments may then be sent back to the user device, allowing the content items to be locally displayed according to their events as if the content items had already been uploaded to the content management system.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
identifying a content item on a user device connected to a content management system over a data network, the content item comprising a content portion and a metadata portion; providing, in a first upload and during a first time period, the metadata portion of the content item to the content management system; receiving, from the content management system after the first time period and prior to completion of a second time period, event assignment metadata that associates the content item with an event; and providing, in a second upload and during the second time period, the content portion of the content item to the content management system, wherein the second time period expires after the first time period.