Patents by Inventor Brett Alten

Brett Alten 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).

  • Patent number: 10621324
    Abstract: User authentication for a user device can leverage one or more fingerprint sensor regions capable of detecting and/or recognizing a user's fingerprints. The user can define a fingerprint gesture or sequence of fingerprint gestures as a passcode, with access to a protected function being conditional on the user performing the defined fingerprint gesture or sequence of fingerprint gestures. Different fingerprint gestures or fingerprint gesture sequences can invoke or authorize different functions of the device. Fingerprint gestures from two or more users in the same location or in different locations can be used to unlock a protected function of a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventor: Brett Alten
  • Patent number: 10270254
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for controlling an interconnection device may be provided. Sockets of the interconnection device may be configured to electrically couple to respective energy-generation modules. In some examples, the interconnection device may include a connector, memory, and a processor configured to execute instructions for managing the electrical configuration of the sockets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: SolarCity Corporation
    Inventors: Sandeep Narla, Alex Mayer, Brett Alten
  • Publication number: 20190108325
    Abstract: User authentication for a user device can leverage one or more fingerprint sensor regions capable of detecting and/or recognizing a user's fingerprints. The user can define a fingerprint gesture or sequence of fingerprint gestures as a passcode, with access to a protected function being conditional on the user performing the defined fingerprint gesture or sequence of fingerprint gestures. Different fingerprint gestures or fingerprint gesture sequences can invoke or authorize different functions of the device. Fingerprint gestures from two or more users in the same location or in different locations can be used to unlock a protected function of a device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventor: Brett Alten
  • Patent number: 10210166
    Abstract: Content items stored in an online content management service can be organized and shared. Content items can be associated with sharing profiles that include various sharing-specific metadata, such as details of how an item is shared or with whom it is shared. In some embodiments, the metadata stored in the sharing profiles can be used to organize shared content into shared folders automatically and/or to sort a list of content items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventor: Brett Alten
  • Patent number: 10176312
    Abstract: User authentication for a user device can leverage one or more fingerprint sensor regions capable of detecting and/or recognizing a user's fingerprints. The user can define a fingerprint gesture or sequence of fingerprint gestures as a passcode, with access to a protected function being conditional on the user performing the defined fingerprint gesture or sequence of fingerprint gestures. Different fingerprint gestures or fingerprint gesture sequences can invoke or authorize different functions of the device. Fingerprint gestures from two or more users in the same location or in different locations can be used to unlock a protected function of a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventor: Brett Alten
  • Patent number: 10097005
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for controlling an energy-generation device may be provided. Sockets of the device may be configured to electrically couple to respective energy-generation modules. In some examples, the device may include a connector, memory, and a processor configured to execute instructions for managing the electrical configuration of the sockets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: SolarCity Corporation
    Inventors: Sandeep Narla, Alex Mayer, Brett Alten
  • Patent number: 9910973
    Abstract: User authentication for a user device can leverage one or more fingerprint sensor regions capable of detecting and/or recognizing a user's fingerprints. The user can define a fingerprint gesture or sequence of fingerprint gestures as a passcode, with access to a protected function being conditional on the user performing the defined fingerprint gesture or sequence of fingerprint gestures. Different fingerprint gestures or fingerprint gesture sequences can invoke or authorize different functions of the device. Fingerprint gestures from two or more users in the same location or in different locations can be used to unlock a protected function of a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventor: Brett Alten
  • Publication number: 20170300682
    Abstract: User authentication for a user device can leverage one or more fingerprint sensor regions capable of detecting and/or recognizing a user's fingerprints. The user can define a fingerprint gesture or sequence of fingerprint gestures as a passcode, with access to a protected function being conditional on the user performing the defined fingerprint gesture or sequence of fingerprint gestures. Different fingerprint gestures or fingerprint gesture sequences can invoke or authorize different functions of the device. Fingerprint gestures from two or more users in the same location or in different locations can be used to unlock a protected function of a device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: Brett Alten
  • Patent number: 9742865
    Abstract: Content items stored in an online content management service can be organized and shared. Content items can be associated with sharing profiles that include various sharing-specific metadata, such as details of how an item is shared or with whom it is shared. In some embodiments, the metadata stored in the sharing profiles can be used to organize shared content into shared folders automatically and/or to sort a list of content items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventor: Brett Alten
  • Publication number: 20170054297
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for controlling an interconnection device may be provided. Sockets of the interconnection device may be configured to electrically couple to respective energy-generation modules. In some examples, the interconnection device may include a connector, memory, and a processor configured to execute instructions for managing the electrical configuration of the sockets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: SolarCity Corporation
    Inventors: Sandeep Narla, Alex Mayer, Brett Alten
  • Publication number: 20170054406
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for controlling an energy-generation device may be provided. Sockets of the device may be configured to electrically couple to respective energy-generation modules. In some examples, the device may include a connector, memory, and a processor configured to execute instructions for managing the electrical configuration of the sockets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: SOLARCITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sandeep Narla, Alex Mayer, Brett Alten
  • Publication number: 20160378966
    Abstract: User authentication for a user device can leverage one or more fingerprint sensor regions capable of detecting and/or recognizing a user's fingerprints. The user can define a fingerprint gesture or sequence of fingerprint gestures as a passcode, with access to a protected function being conditional on the user performing the defined fingerprint gesture or sequence of fingerprint gestures. Different fingerprint gestures or fingerprint gesture sequences can invoke or authorize different functions of the device. Fingerprint gestures from two or more users in the same location or in different locations can be used to unlock a protected function of a device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Brett Alten
  • Patent number: 9465930
    Abstract: User authentication for a user device can leverage one or more fingerprint sensor regions installed in the device capable of detecting and/or recognizing a user's fingerprints. The user can define a fingerprint gesture or sequence of fingerprint gestures as a passcode, with access to a protected function being conditional on the user performing the defined fingerprint gesture or sequence of fingerprint gestures. In some instances, different fingerprint gestures or fingerprint gesture sequences can invoke or authorize different functions of the device. In some instances, fingerprint gestures from two or more users in the same location or in different locations can be used to unlock a protected function of a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventor: Brett Alten
  • Publication number: 20160203150
    Abstract: Content items stored in an online content management service can be organized and shared. Content items can be associated with sharing profiles that include various sharing-specific metadata, such as details of how an item is shared or with whom it is shared. In some embodiments, the metadata stored in the sharing profiles can be used to organize shared content into shared folders automatically and/or to sort a list of content items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventor: Brett Alten
  • Publication number: 20160198017
    Abstract: Content items stored in an online content management service can be organized and shared. Content items can be associated with sharing profiles that include various sharing-specific metadata, such as details of how an item is shared or with whom it is shared. In some embodiments, the metadata stored in the sharing profiles can be used to organize shared content into shared folders automatically and/or to sort a list of content items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventor: Brett Alten
  • Patent number: 9288283
    Abstract: Content items stored in an online content management service can be organized and shared. Content items can be associated with sharing profiles that include various sharing-specific metadata, such as details of how an item is shared or with whom it is shared. In some embodiments, the metadata stored in the sharing profiles can be used to organize shared content into shared folders automatically and/or to sort a list of content items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventor: Brett Alten
  • Publication number: 20160063230
    Abstract: User authentication for a user device can leverage one or more fingerprint sensor regions installed in the device capable of detecting and/or recognizing a user's fingerprints. The user can define a fingerprint gesture or sequence of fingerprint gestures as a passcode, with access to a protected function being conditional on the user performing the defined fingerprint gesture or sequence of fingerprint gestures. In some instances, different fingerprint gestures or fingerprint gesture sequences can invoke or authorize different functions of the device. In some instances, fingerprint gestures from two or more users in the same location or in different locations can be used to unlock a protected function of a device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventor: Brett Alten
  • Publication number: 20150156274
    Abstract: Content items stored in an online content management service can be organized and shared. Content items can be associated with sharing profiles that include various sharing-specific metadata, such as details of how an item is shared or with whom it is shared. In some embodiments, the metadata stored in the sharing profiles can be used to organize shared content into shared folders automatically and/or to sort a list of content items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventor: Brett Alten
  • Publication number: 20150142897
    Abstract: Message management services for text messages can include converting, modifying, or copying a text message so as to create an email that a corresponds to the text message; adding a subject line to a corresponding email to facilitate grouping, threading, and searching; linking a corresponding email to the original text message to enable a text-message reply to a corresponding email; email-address-lookup services to enable an email reply to a corresponding email; and so on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Brett Alten, Adam Cue
  • Patent number: 8731225
    Abstract: A wireless communication headset having both wired and wireless modes is provided. The wireless headset can include a headset connector assembly that can be coupled to a cable connector of a cable, which can in turn be connected to a telephone. When the wireless headset is coupled to the telephone, it can advantageously be operable to exchange audio information with the telephone through the cable, receive electrical power from the telephone through the cable, or both. In addition, the cable connector can advantageously be coupled to the wireless headset without obstructing airflow to a microphone that is located in the headset connector assembly, through use of apparatus of the invention located on the cable connector, such as an acoustic tunnel, a microphone-speaker pair, or a microphone that is coupled to control circuitry operable to disable the microphone of the headset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: John Tang, Brett Alten