Patents by Inventor Andrea Kimball

Andrea Kimball has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • ACCESSING CONTENT ITEMS FOR MEETINGS THROUGH A DESKTOP TRAY
    Publication number: 20240064182
    Abstract: Systems and methods for creating and accessing content items are provided. In some examples, a method can include receiving a user selection of an interface element located in a persistent user interface of an operating system desktop of a client device associated with a user account, identifying, based on a query to a meeting service, a meeting associated with the user account, displaying, in response to the user selection of the interface element, a set of user options for the meeting, the set of user options comprising an option to access a content item for the meeting, receiving a user selection of the option to access the content item for the meeting, and accessing, in response to the user selection, the content item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Dropbox Inc.
    Inventors: Andrea Kimball, Carola Pescio Canale, Angela Gong
  • Accessing content items for meetings through a desktop tray
    Patent number: 11855769
    Abstract: Systems and methods for creating and accessing content items are provided. In some examples, a method can include receiving a user selection of an interface element located in a persistent user interface of an operating system desktop of a client device associated with a user account, identifying, based on a query to a meeting service, a meeting associated with the user account, displaying, in response to the user selection of the interface element, a set of user options for the meeting, the set of user options comprising an option to access a content item for the meeting, receiving a user selection of the option to access the content item for the meeting, and accessing, in response to the user selection, the content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrea Kimball, Carola Pescio Canale, Angela Gong
  • ACCESSING CONTENT ITEMS FOR MEETINGS THROUGH A DESKTOP TRAY
    Publication number: 20220321621
    Abstract: Systems and methods for creating and accessing content items are provided. In some examples, a method can include receiving a user selection of an interface element located in a persistent user interface of an operating system desktop of a client device associated with a user account, identifying, based on a query to a meeting service, a meeting associated with the user account, displaying, in response to the user selection of the interface element, a set of user options for the meeting, the set of user options comprising an option to access a content item for the meeting, receiving a user selection of the option to access the content item for the meeting, and accessing, in response to the user selection, the content item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Andrea Kimball, Carola Pescio Canale, Angela Gong
  • Accessing content items for meetings through a desktop tray
    Patent number: 11381613
    Abstract: Systems and methods for creating and accessing content items are provided. In some examples, a method can include receiving a user selection of an interface element located in a persistent user interface of an operating system desktop of a client device associated with a user account, identifying, based on a query to a meeting service, a meeting associated with the user account, displaying, in response to the user selection of the interface element, a set of user options for the meeting, the set of user options comprising an option to access a content item for the meeting, receiving a user selection of the option to access the content item for the meeting, and accessing, in response to the user selection, the content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrea Kimball, Carola Pescio Canale, Angela Gong
  • ACCESSING CONTENT ITEMS FOR MEETINGS THROUGH A DESKTOP TRAY
    Publication number: 20210014287
    Abstract: Systems and methods for creating and accessing content items are provided. In some examples, a method can include receiving a user selection of an interface element located in a persistent user interface of an operating system desktop of a client device associated with a user account, identifying, based on a query to a meeting service, a meeting associated with the user account, displaying, in response to the user selection of the interface element, a set of user options for the meeting, the set of user options comprising an option to access a content item for the meeting, receiving a user selection of the option to access the content item for the meeting, and accessing, in response to the user selection, the content item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Andrea Kimball, Carola Pescio Canale, Angela Gong