Patents by Inventor Parker Timmerman
Parker Timmerman 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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Publication number: 20230177017Abstract: The present technology pertains to synchronizing contents of a directory external to a synchronized directory by a content management system. The content management system is configured to synchronize only objects in the synchronized directory. Accordingly, the present technology creates an anchor object that represents the directory external to the synchronized directory within the synchronized directory. The anchor object includes special attributes that indicate to the synchronization client that the anchor object represents an external directory, and allows the contents of that directory to be synchronized directly to a server on the content management system without first storing the contents of the external directory on the hard drive of the client device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2023Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Sourabh Yerfule, Parker Timmerman, Adam Arbree, Pranav Vishnu Ramabhadran, Zihao Yang, Lisa Fan, Kelson Reiss, Geoffry Song, Nipunn Koorapati
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Patent number: 11604769Abstract: The present technology pertains to synchronizing contents of a directory external to a synchronized directory by a content management system. The content management system is configured to synchronize only objects in the synchronized directory. Accordingly, the present technology creates an anchor object that represents the directory external to the synchronized directory within the synchronized directory. The anchor object includes special attributes that indicate to the synchronization client that the anchor object represents an external directory, and allows the contents of that directory to be synchronized directly to a server on the content management system without first storing the contents of the external directory on the hard drive of the client device.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2020Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.Inventors: Sourabh Yerfule, Parker Timmerman, Adam Arbree, Pranav Vishnu Ramabhadran, Zihao Yang, Lisa Fan, Kelson Reiss, Geoffry Song, Nipunn Koorapati
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Patent number: 11586590Abstract: The present technology pertains to synchronizing contents of a directory external to a synchronized directory by a content management system. The content management system is configured to synchronize only objects in the synchronized directory. Accordingly, the present technology creates an anchor object that represents the directory external to the synchronized directory within the synchronized directory. The anchor object includes special attributes that indicate to the synchronization client that the anchor object represents an external directory, and allows the contents of that directory to be synchronized directly to a server on the content management system without first storing the contents of the external directory on the hard drive of the client device.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2022Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.Inventors: Sourabh Yerfule, Parker Timmerman, Adam Arbree, Pranav Vishnu Ramabhadran, Zihao Yang, Lisa Fan, Kelson Reiss, Geoffry Song, Nipunn Koorapati
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Publication number: 20220335012Abstract: The present technology pertains to synchronizing contents of a directory external to a synchronized directory by a content management system. The content management system is configured to synchronize only objects in the synchronized directory. Accordingly, the present technology creates an anchor object that represents the directory external to the synchronized directory within the synchronized directory. The anchor object includes special attributes that indicate to the synchronization client that the anchor object represents an external directory, and allows the contents of that directory to be synchronized directly to a server on the content management system without first storing the contents of the external directory on the hard drive of the client device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2022Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Sourabh Yerfule, Parker Timmerman, Adam Arbree, Pranav Vishnu Ramabhadran, Zihao Yang, Lisa Fan, Kelson Reiss, Geoffry Song, Nipunn Koorapati
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Patent number: 11392554Abstract: The present technology pertains to synchronizing contents of a directory external to a synchronized directory by a content management system. The content management system is configured to synchronize only objects in the synchronized directory. Accordingly, the present technology creates an anchor object that represents the directory external to the synchronized directory within the synchronized directory. The anchor object includes special attributes that indicate to the synchronization client that the anchor object represents an external directory, and allows the contents of that directory to be synchronized directly to a server on the content management system without first storing the contents of the external directory on the hard drive of the client device.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2020Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.Inventors: Sourabh Yerfule, Parker Timmerman, Adam Arbree, Pranav Vishnu Ramabhadran, Zihao Yang, Lisa Fan, Kelson Reiss, Geoffry Song, Nipunn Koorapati
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Publication number: 20220197867Abstract: Techniques and systems are provided for utilizing an ignore file in a content management system. For example, a process can detect an ignore file stored in a synchronized directory of a client device. The process can access the ignore file and interpret rules stored therein that prohibit any objects matching the rule from being synchronized with a content management server. During indexing of a synchronized directory, the process can apply the rules from the ignore file and mark objects that match a rule in the ignore file by writing an attribute to the object that identifies it as an ignored object that is exempt from synchronization with the content management server.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2020Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Parker Timmerman, Benjamin Blum, Tate Song, Hongyi Shen, Yannis Liapis
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Publication number: 20220188273Abstract: Technologies for implementing customized behaviors for content items are provided. An example method can include receiving, from a user account registered with a content management system, a request to access a content item managed by the content management system for the user account, the content item having one or more behaviors configured for an attribute associated with the content item and/or the content item associated with the attribute; obtaining, from a representation of a remote state of content items associated with the user account, metadata defining the attribute associated with the content item; based on the metadata, determining the one or more behaviors configured for the attribute and/or the content item associated with the attribute; and applying the one or more behaviors to the content item.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2020Publication date: June 16, 2022Inventors: Nipunn Koorapati, Pranav Vishnu Ramabhadran, Gautam Gupta, Adam Arbree, Michael Nilsson, Parker Timmerman, Stanimir Pehlivanov, Sourabh Yerfule, Yuyang Guo, Bryan Guillemette, Zihao Yang, Rishabh Jain, Jonathan Chien, Royce Ausburn, David Aeschlimann
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Publication number: 20220121624Abstract: The present technology pertains to synchronizing contents of a directory external to a synchronized directory by a content management system. The content management system is configured to synchronize only objects in the synchronized directory. Accordingly, the present technology creates an anchor object that represents the directory external to the synchronized directory within the synchronized directory. The anchor object includes special attributes that indicate to the synchronization client that the anchor object represents an external directory, and allows the contents of that directory to be synchronized directly to a server on the content management system without first storing the contents of the external directory on the hard drive of the client device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2020Publication date: April 21, 2022Inventors: Sourabh Yerfule, Parker Timmerman, Adam Arbree, Pranav Vishnu Ramabhadran, Zihao Yang, Lisa Fan, Kelson Reiss, Geoffry Song, Nipunn Koorapati
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Publication number: 20220121680Abstract: The present technology pertains to synchronizing contents of a directory external to a synchronized directory by a content management system. The content management system is configured to synchronize only objects in the synchronized directory. Accordingly, the present technology creates an anchor object that represents the directory external to the synchronized directory within the synchronized directory. The anchor object includes special attributes that indicate to the synchronization client that the anchor object represents an external directory, and allows the contents of that directory to be synchronized directly to a server on the content management system without first storing the contents of the external directory on the hard drive of the client device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2020Publication date: April 21, 2022Inventors: Sourabh Yerfule, Parker Timmerman, Adam Arbree, Pranav Vishnu Ramabhadran, Zihao Yang, Lisa Fan, Kelson Reiss, Geoffry Song, Nipunn Koorapati