Patents by Inventor Dwayne Litzenberger
Dwayne Litzenberger 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).
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Patent number: 11468013Abstract: Content items queued for synchronization between a client device and a content management system can be automatically prioritized to improve the sharing process. That is, the content items can be prioritized based on whether a share link has been created to the content item. A share link can enable a user to access the shared content item from a content management system. Content items that have been shared using a share link can be given higher priority to be synchronized prior to content items that have not been shared. The queued content items can be synchronized in the synchronization order resulting from the prioritization. Further, multiple shared content items queued for synchronization can be sub-prioritized based on one or more sub-prioritization criteria.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2018Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.Inventor: Dwayne Litzenberger
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Publication number: 20220283992Abstract: Content items queued for synchronization between a client device and a content management system can be automatically prioritized to improve the sharing process. That is, the content items can be prioritized based on whether a share link has been created to the content item. A share link can enable a user to access the shared content item from a content management system. Content items that have been shared using a share link can be given higher priority to be synchronized prior to content items that have not been shared. The queued content items can be synchronized in the synchronization order resulting from the prioritization. Further, multiple shared content items queued for synchronization can be sub-prioritized based on one or more sub-prioritization criteria.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventor: Dwayne Litzenberger
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Advanced security protocol for broadcasting and synchronizing shared folders over local area network
Patent number: 11153290Abstract: Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable media for securely broadcasting shared folders from one client device to other client devices and synchronizing the shared folders over a local area network. A first client device, associated with a content management system, generates a secure identifier for a shared folder, using a shared secret key that is associated with the shared folder. The first client device announces the secure identifier over a local area network to other client devices on the local area network including a second client device. The first client device receives a synchronization request for the shared folder from the second client device. After authenticating, using the shared secret key, that the second client device has authorization to access the shared folder, the first client device synchronizes the shared folder with the second client device over the local area network.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.Inventors: Anton Mityagin, Dwayne Litzenberger -
Patent number: 10484456Abstract: A content item on a content management system can be shared using a generated sharing link. The sharing link can be a custom network address, such as a uniform resource locator (URL), which allows the content item to be accessed without authentication. The sharing index and a content path of the content items can be listed in a sharing index used to identify the content upon a request initiated by the sharing link. The content management system can generate a content link to a content item upon receiving a sharing input from a user indicating the user wants to share a content item. Alternatively, in some embodiments, sharing links can be pre-generated by the content management system and stored on the client device. The sharing link can stored directly to a data buffer on the client device, such as a clipboard, where it can be accessed by the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2017Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: DROPBOX, INC.Inventors: Dwayne Litzenberger, Matt Holden, David Euresti, Maxime Larabie-Belanger, Ambrus Csaszar, Peter Welinder, Bryan Jadot
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ADVANCED SECURITY PROTOCOL FOR BROADCASTING AND SYNCHRONIZING SHARED FOLDERS OVER LOCAL AREA NETWORK
Publication number: 20190334881Abstract: Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable media for securely broadcasting shared folders from one client device to other client devices and synchronizing the shared folders over a local area network. A first client device, associated with a content management system, generates a secure identifier for a shared folder, using a shared secret key that is associated with the shared folder. The first client device announces the secure identifier over a local area network to other client devices on the local area network including a second client device. The first client device receives a synchronization request for the shared folder from the second client device. After authenticating, using the shared secret key, that the second client device has authorization to access the shared folder, the first client device synchronizes the shared folder with the second client device over the local area network.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Inventors: Anton Mityagin, Dwayne Litzenberger -
Advanced security protocol for broadcasting and synchronizing shared folders over local area network
Patent number: 10425391Abstract: A method, system, and manufacture for securely broadcasting shared folders from one client device to other client devices and synchronizing the shared folders over a local area network. A first client device, associated with a content management system, generates a secure identifier for a shared folder, using a shared secret key that is associated with the shared folder. The first client device announces the secure identifier over a local area network to other client devices on the local area network including a second client device. The first client device receives a synchronization request for the shared folder from the second client device. After authenticating, using the shared secret key, that the second client device has authorization to access the shared folder, the first client device synchronizes the shared folder with the second client device over the local area network.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2017Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: DROPBOX, INC.Inventors: Anton Mityagin, Dwayne Litzenberger -
Patent number: 10198449Abstract: The disclosed technology generates unique identifiers for content items in a multi-user network-based content management system. The generated identifiers satisfy at least the properties of, (1) the GUID is unique on the local client device; (2) the GUID is preserved across reboots, moves, renames, and content item modifications; (3) the GUID is not preserved when the content item is copied; and (4) the GUID is not reused after a content item is deleted. The unique identifiers allow the content management system to model each user account as a collection of content item objects and globally unique identifiers instead of as a directory-based hierarchy of content items.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2014Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.Inventor: Dwayne Litzenberger
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Publication number: 20180260410Abstract: Content items queued for synchronization between a client device and a content management system can be automatically prioritized to improve the sharing process. That is, the content items can be prioritized based on whether a share link has been created to the content item. A share link can enable a user to access the shared content item from a content management system. Content items that have been shared using a share link can be given higher priority to be synchronized prior to content items that have not been shared. The queued content items can be synchronized in the synchronization order resulting from the prioritization. Further, multiple shared content items queued for synchronization can be sub-prioritized based on one or more sub-prioritization criteria.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2018Publication date: September 13, 2018Inventor: Dwayne Litzenberger
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Patent number: 9996547Abstract: Content items queued for synchronization between a client device and a content management system can be automatically prioritized to improve the sharing process. That is, the content items can be prioritized based on whether a share link has been created to the content item. A share link can enable a user to access the shared content item from a content management system. Content items that have been shared using a share link can be given higher priority to be synchronized prior to content items that have not been shared. The queued content items can be synchronized in the synchronization order resulting from the prioritization. Further, multiple shared content items queued for synchronization can be sub-prioritized based on one or more sub-prioritization criteria.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2013Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.Inventor: Dwayne Litzenberger
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ADVANCED SECURITY PROTOCOL FOR BROADCASTING AND SYNCHRONIZING SHARED FOLDERS OVER LOCAL AREA NETWORK
Publication number: 20170214668Abstract: A method, system, and manufacture for securely broadcasting shared folders from one client device to other client devices and synchronizing the shared folders over a local area network. A first client device, associated with a content management system, generates a secure identifier for a shared folder, using a shared secret key that is associated with the shared folder. The first client device announces the secure identifier over a local area network to other client devices on the local area network including a second client device. The first client device receives a synchronization request for the shared folder from the second client device. After authenticating, using the shared secret key, that the second client device has authorization to access the shared folder, the first client device synchronizes the shared folder with the second client device over the local area network.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2017Publication date: July 27, 2017Inventors: Anton Mityagin, Dwayne Litzenberger -
Publication number: 20170195402Abstract: A content item on a content management system can be shared using a generated sharing link. The sharing link can be a custom network address, such as a uniform resource locator (URL), which allows the content item to be accessed without authentication. The sharing index and a content path of the content items can be listed in a sharing index used to identify the content upon a request initiated by the sharing link. The content management system can generate a content link to a content item upon receiving a sharing input from a user indicating the user wants to share a content item. Alternatively, in some embodiments, sharing links can be pre-generated by the content management system and stored on the client device. The sharing link can stored directly to a data buffer on the client device, such as a clipboard, where it can be accessed by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2017Publication date: July 6, 2017Inventors: Dwayne LITZENBERGER, Matt HOLDEN, David EURESTI, Maxime LARABIE-BELANGER, Ambrus CSASZAR, Peter WELINDER, Bryan JADOT
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Advanced security protocol for broadcasting and synchronizing shared folders over local area network
Patent number: 9641488Abstract: A method, system, and manufacture for securely broadcasting shared folders from one client device to other client devices and synchronizing the shared folders over a local area network. A first client device, associated with a content management system, generates a secure identifier for a shared folder, using a shared secret key that is associated with the shared folder. The first client device announces the secure identifier over a local area network to other client devices on the local area network including a second client device. The first client device receives a synchronization request for the shared folder from the second client device. After authenticating, using the shared secret key, that the second client device has authorization to access the shared folder, the first client device synchronizes the shared folder with the second client device over the local area network.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2014Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: DROPBOX, INC.Inventors: Anton Mityagin, Dwayne Litzenberger -
Patent number: 9628560Abstract: A content item on a content management system can be shared using a generated sharing link. The sharing link can be a custom network address, such as a uniform resource locator (URL), which allows the content item to be accessed without authentication. The sharing index and a content path of the content items can be listed in a sharing index used to identify the content upon a request initiated by the sharing link. The content management system can generate a content link to a content item upon receiving a sharing input from a user indicating the user wants to share a content item. Alternatively, in some embodiments, sharing links can be pre-generated by the content management system and stored on the client device. The sharing link can stored directly to a data buffer on the client device, such as a clipboard, where it can be accessed by the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2014Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.Inventors: Dwayne Litzenberger, Matt Holden, David Euresti, Maxime Larabie-Belanger, Ambrus Csaszar, Peter Welinder, Bryan Jadot
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ADVANCED SECURITY PROTOCOL FOR BROADCASTING AND SYNCHRONIZING SHARED FOLDERS OVER LOCAL AREA NETWORK
Publication number: 20150249647Abstract: A method, system, and manufacture for securely broadcasting shared folders from one client device to other client devices and synchronizing the shared folders over a local area network. A first client device, associated with a content management system, generates a secure identifier for a shared folder, using a shared secret key that is associated with the shared folder. The first client device announces the secure identifier over a local area network to other client devices on the local area network including a second client device. The first client device receives a synchronization request for the shared folder from the second client device. After authenticating, using the shared secret key, that the second client device has authorization to access the shared folder, the first client device synchronizes the shared folder with the second client device over the local area network.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2014Publication date: September 3, 2015Applicant: DROPBOX, INC.Inventors: Anton Mityagin, Dwayne Litzenberger -
Patent number: 9027097Abstract: Some systems allow a user to access content using both a native client application and a web interface. In these systems, the client application authorized to access a user account can assist with automatically logging a user into the web interface through the use of authentication tokens. In response to an authentication request, the client application can select a token and split it into multiple parts. One piece can be embedded in a URL and a second piece can be stored in a file. The file can also contain browser executable instructions that when executed combine the two pieces to re-create the token and send the re-created token to a server to authenticate the user. The client application can forward the URL to the browser, which can direct the browser to the file. The browser can execute the instructions thereby authenticating the user.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2013Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.Inventors: Andrew Bortz, Ambrus Csaszar, David Euresti, Dwayne Litzenberger
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Publication number: 20150032692Abstract: Content items queued for synchronization between a client device and a content management system can be automatically prioritized to improve the sharing process. That is, the content items can be prioritized based on whether a share link has been created to the content item. A share link can enable a user to access the shared content item from a content management system. Content items that have been shared using a share link can be given higher priority to be synchronized prior to content items that have not been shared. The queued content items can be synchronized in the synchronization order resulting from the prioritization. Further, multiple shared content items queued for synchronization can be sub-prioritized based on one or more sub-prioritization criteria.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicant: Dropbox, Inc.Inventor: Dwayne Litzenberger
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Publication number: 20150026222Abstract: The disclosed technology generates unique identifiers for content items in a multi-user network-based content management system. The generated identifiers satisfy at least the properties of, (1) the GUID is unique on the local client device; (2) the GUID is preserved across reboots, moves, renames, and content item modifications; (3) the GUID is not preserved when the content item is copied; and (4) the GUID is not reused after a content item is deleted. The unique identifiers allow the content management system to model each user account as a collection of content item objects and globally unique identifiers instead of as a directory-based hierarchy of content items.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2014Publication date: January 22, 2015Inventor: Dwayne Litzenberger
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Publication number: 20140258473Abstract: A content item on a content management system can be shared using a generated sharing link. The sharing link can be a custom network address, such as a uniform resource locator (URL), which allows the content item to be accessed without authentication. The sharing index and a content path of the content items can be listed in a sharing index used to identify the content upon a request initiated by the sharing link. The content management system can generate a content link to a content item upon receiving a sharing input from a user indicating the user wants to share a content item. Alternatively, in some embodiments, sharing links can be pre-generated by the content management system and stored on the client device. The sharing link can stored directly to a data buffer on the client device, such as a clipboard, where it can be accessed by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2014Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: DROPBOX, INC.Inventors: Dwayne LITZENBERGER, Matt HOLDEN, David EURESTI, Maxime LARABIE-BELANGER, Ambrus CSASZAR, Peter WELINDER, Bryan JADOT
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Publication number: 20140223527Abstract: Some systems allow a user to access content using both a native client application and a web interface. In these systems, the client application authorized to access a user account can assist with automatically logging a user into the web interface through the use of authentication tokens. In response to an authentication request, the client application can select a token and split it into multiple parts. One piece can be embedded in a URL and a second piece can be stored in a file. The file can also contain browser executable instructions that when executed combine the two pieces to re-create the token and send the re-created token to a server to authenticate the user. The client application can forward the URL to the browser, which can direct the browser to the file. The browser can execute the instructions thereby authenticating the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2013Publication date: August 7, 2014Inventors: Andrew Bortz, Ambrus Csaszar, David Euresti, Dwayne Litzenberger