Patents by Inventor Nils Peter Welinder

Nils Peter Welinder 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).

  • Publication number: 20160042249
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention analyze and score each image associated with a group to determine representative image or images for the group. Such analysis can include detecting objects shown in the images, determining the quality of the images, and/or contextually analyzing the images as a group. In some embodiments, each image in a group (e.g., an event) of images can be analyzed by one or more image analysis modules that calculate a score for the image based on a different image characteristic. A composite image score can then be calculated based on the various image characteristic scores to identify the image or images to be used as to represent the group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Boris Babenko, Nils Peter Welinder
  • Publication number: 20150358224
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Stephen Poletto, Thomas Wright, Nils Peter Welinder, Thomas Kleinpeter, Andrew Haven
  • Publication number: 20150244836
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Poletto, Thomas Wright, Nils Peter Welinder, Thomas Kleinpeter, Andrew Haven
  • Patent number: 9112936
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: DROPBOX, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen Poletto, Thomas Wright, Nils Peter Welinder, Thomas Kleinpeter, Andrew Haven
  • Publication number: 20150180914
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for creating shared virtual spaces (“rooms”). A room may be created when a user first shares images with another user. A user may send a request to a content management system to share one or more images with various contacts. In response, a room is created by the content management system in which a copy of each image is stored. Images added to a room are copied to a separate “rooms” database, and “locked,” being saved in the room for a period of time, which may be indefinitely. Changes made by the user to a room via a user device may be displayed as soon as indicated, without waiting for the information to be sent to a system server or its state to be made consistent with that of the user device. Room activity notifications may be sent to members in various ways.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Nils Peter Welinder, Thomas Kleinpeter, Thomas Wright, Ramesh Balakrishnan, Tina Wen, Rajeev Nayak
  • Publication number: 20150180984
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media are provided for maintaining local virtual states pending server-side storage across multiple devices and users and intermittent network connections. In exemplary embodiments, content added by a user to his or her account locally on a user device may be displayed, and all interactivity therewith may be facilitated, as if the content had already been created on the content management system. In content management system applications that support shared virtual spaces, changes made by the user from his or her user device to the shared virtual space (including creation of a new shared virtual space) may be displayed locally as soon as the change has been made, not waiting for the information to be transmitted to the server or its state to be made consistent with that of the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Poletto, Nils Peter Welinder, Anthony Grue
  • Publication number: 20150180980
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for creating shared virtual spaces (“rooms”). In some embodiments, a share request to share a content item from a sharer to at least one sharee may be received. In response, a first virtual space may be created on the sharer's user account and each of the at least one sharee's user accounts on the content management system. A first identifier may be assigned to the content item, where the first identifier associates the sharer and each sharee as a member of the first virtual space. The first shared virtual space may then be preserved in a second shared virtual space stored on the content management system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Nils Peter Welinder, Thomas Kleinpeter, Thomas Wright, Ramesh Balakrishnan, Tina Wen, Rajeev Nayak
  • Publication number: 20150161466
    Abstract: Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention automatically crop images based upon the location of one or more regions of interest (ROIs) identified within the cropped image. In one embodiment, an image cropping application configures a processor to utilize at least one object detector to identify at least one region of interest within an image. A plurality of candidate cropped images within the image are selected and for each candidate cropped image, an output is generated by weighting each of the at least one region of interest contained within the candidate cropped image as a function of its position within the candidate cropped image. A crop location can then be selected based upon the candidate cropped image having the largest output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Nils Peter Welinder, Szu-Po Wang
  • Publication number: 20150134808
    Abstract: Shareable links can be created to share content items and information pertaining to activity on those shareable links can be monitored and stored in an online content management service. Based on this activity information, predetermined actions can be executed. These actions can include sending notifications regarding link activity, disabling shareable links, and/or updating sharing limitations related to the shareable links. Using the activity information, popular shared content items can be identified and recommendations for sharing unshared content items can be provided to the user. Additionally, advertisements can be tailored to the relative popularity of the shared content items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Ilya Fushman, Nils Peter Welinder
  • Publication number: 20150135337
    Abstract: Shareable links can be created to share content items and information pertaining to activity on those shareable links can be monitored and stored in an online content management service. Based on this activity information, actions can be executed. These actions can include sending notifications regarding link activity, disabling shareable links, and/or updating activity thresholds related to the shareable links. Using the activity information, popular shared content items can be identified and recommendations for sharing unshared content items can be provided to the user. Additionally, advertisements can be tailored to the relative popularity of the shared content items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Ilya Fushman, Nils Peter Welinder