Patents by Inventor Chris Barton
Chris Barton 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: 20220122380Abstract: Techniques for analysis and deep learning modeling of sensor-based object detection data in bounded aquatic environments are described, including capturing an image from a sensor disposed substantially above a waterline, the sensor being housed in a structure electrically coupled to a light housing, converting the image into data, the data being digitally encoded, evaluating the data to separate background data from foreground data, generating tracking data from the data after the background data is removed, the tracking data being evaluated to determine whether a head or a body are detected by comparing the tracking data to classifier data, tracking the head or the body relative to the waterline if the head or the body are detected in the tracking data, and determining a state associated with the head or the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: Guard, Inc.Inventors: Chris Barton, Srinivasa Narasimhan, Nigel Morris, Nichole Suzanne Rouillac, Robin Nicholas Hubbard, Jonathan Chei-Feung Lau
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Publication number: 20220122431Abstract: Techniques for analysis and deep learning modeling of sensor-based object detection data for organic motion determination in bounded aquatic environments using underwater powered systems are described, including a light disposed substantially within a recess of a boundary wall, the light being disposed substantially underwater and configured to receive power using a conduit, and a spacer ring disposed circumferentially about an opening associated with the recess, the spacer ring being configured to secure the light within the recess and to provide a channel formed in the spacer ring, the channel being configured to receive the conduit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2020Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: Guard, Inc.Inventors: Chris Barton, Srinivasa Narasimhan, Nigel Morris, Edsel P. Hamilton, III, Garrett J. Burkitt, III
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Patent number: 10979527Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to techniques for managing a local cache on a computing device that stores content items for an online content-management system. These techniques generally operate by gathering information that is available on the computing device (such as information about user actions, information about which applications are executing, and information about the location of the computing device) and using this information to identify relevant content items that are likely to be accessed in the near future. This enables the system to perform cache-management operations at the local cache to facilitate rapidly accessing the relevant content items through the local cache.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.Inventor: Chris Barton
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Publication number: 20200394804Abstract: Techniques for analysis and deep learning modeling of sensor-based object detection data in bounded aquatic environments are described, including capturing an image from a sensor disposed substantially above a waterline, the sensor being housed in a structure electrically coupled to a light housing, converting the image into data, the data being digitally encoded, evaluating the data to separate background data from foreground data, generating tracking data from the data after the background data is removed, the tracking data being evaluated to determine whether a head or a body are detected by comparing the tracking data to classifier data, tracking the head or the body relative to the waterline if the head or the body are detected in the tracking data, and determining a state associated with the head or the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2019Publication date: December 17, 2020Applicant: Guard, Inc.Inventors: Chris Barton, Srinivasa Narasimhan, Nigel Morris, Nichole Suzanne Rouillac, Robin Nicholas Hubbard, Jonathan Chei-Feung Lau
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Patent number: 10579642Abstract: Techniques for assisting owners to remotely administer their digital content items stored at non-owners' personal computing devices. The techniques involve identifying owned content items from among content items stored in a synchronization replica that is synchronized with synchronization replicas at the non-owners' personal computing devices. The techniques further involve allowing owners to remotely perform certain administrative actions on owned content items. For example, in response to a command initiated at an owner's personal computing device, a network signal or signals can be sent to a synchronization agent installed on the non-owners' personal computing devices to automatically remove all owned content items from the synchronization replicas at the non-owners' personal computing devices.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2018Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.Inventor: Chris Barton
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Publication number: 20190230187Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to techniques for managing a local cache on a computing device that stores content items for an online content-management system. These techniques generally operate by gathering information that is available on the computing device (such as information about user actions, information about which applications are executing, and information about the location of the computing device) and using this information to identify relevant content items that are likely to be accessed in the near future. This enables the system to perform cache-management operations at the local cache to facilitate rapidly accessing the relevant content items through the local cache.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2019Publication date: July 25, 2019Inventor: Chris Barton
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Patent number: 10334069Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to techniques for managing a local cache on a computing device that stores content items for an online content-management system. These techniques generally operate by gathering information that is available on the computing device (such as information about user actions, information about which applications are executing, and information about the location of the computing device) and using this information to identify relevant content items that are likely to be accessed in the near future. This enables the system to perform cache-management operations at the local cache to facilitate rapidly accessing the relevant content items through the local cache.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2013Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.Inventor: Chris Barton
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Publication number: 20180260464Abstract: Techniques for assisting owners to remotely administer their digital content items stored at non-owners' personal computing devices. The techniques involve identifying owned content items from among content items stored in a synchronization replica that is synchronized with synchronization replicas at the non-owners' personal computing devices. The techniques further involve allowing owners to remotely perform certain administrative actions on owned content items. For example, in response to a command initiated at an owner's personal computing device, a network signal or signals can be sent to a synchronization agent installed on the non-owners' personal computing devices to automatically remove all owned content items from the synchronization replicas at the non-owners' personal computing devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2018Publication date: September 13, 2018Inventor: Chris Barton
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Patent number: 9971824Abstract: Techniques for assisting owners to remotely administer their digital content items stored at non-owners' personal computing devices. The techniques involve identifying owned content items from among content items stored in a synchronization replica that is synchronized with synchronization replicas at the non-owners' personal computing devices. The techniques further involve allowing owners to remotely perform certain administrative actions on owned content items. For example, in response to a command initiated at an owner's personal computing device, a network signal or signals can be sent to a synchronization agent installed on the non-owners' personal computing devices to automatically remove all owned content items from the synchronization replicas at the non-owners' personal computing devices.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2016Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.Inventor: Chris Barton
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Patent number: 9947038Abstract: An online content management system determines a new account configuration to offer to a user, including the price and/or size of a user's quota of storage space in an account on the online content management system, based on usage characteristics of the account. An account management module tracks account usage. The account management module analyzes the account usage and applies a model to predict the willingness of the user to pay for a new account configuration. Responsive to the results of the prediction, the new account configuration is offered to the user. The user's feedback on the offered new account configuration is tracked. If the user accepts the offer, the user's account details are updated accordingly. If the user rejects the offer, this feedback may be added as input into future predictions of that user's willingness to pay for a new account configuration.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2017Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.Inventor: Chris Barton
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Publication number: 20170206586Abstract: An online content management system determines a new account configuration to offer to a user, including the price and/or size of a user's quota of storage space in an account on the online content management system, based on usage characteristics of the account. An account management module tracks account usage. The account management module analyzes the account usage and applies a model to predict the willingness of the user to pay for a new account configuration. Responsive to the results of the prediction, the new account configuration is offered to the user. The user's feedback on the offered new account configuration is tracked. If the user accepts the offer, the user's account details are updated accordingly. If the user rejects the offer, this feedback may be added as input into future predictions of that user's willingness to pay for a new account configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2017Publication date: July 20, 2017Inventor: Chris Barton
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Patent number: 9697258Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to techniques for supporting enhanced content-item searches in an online content-management system. These techniques generally operate by gathering information that is available in the online content-management system (such as how often each content item has been updated, how many users have accessed the content item, and how many identical copies of the content item are stored in the online content-management system) and using this information to identify relevant content items that are likely to be important to a user. This enables the online content-management system to perform searching operations that return relevant content items to the user.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2013Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.Inventor: Chris Barton
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Patent number: 9652780Abstract: An online content management system determines a new account configuration to offer to a user, including the price and/or size of a user's quota of storage space in an account on the online content management system, based on usage characteristics of the account. An account management module tracks account usage. The account management module analyzes the account usage and applies a model to predict the willingness of the user to pay for a new account configuration. Responsive to the results of the prediction, the new account configuration is offered to the user. The user's feedback on the offered new account configuration is tracked. If the user accepts the offer, the user's account details are updated accordingly. If the user rejects the offer, this feedback may be added as input into future predictions of that user's willingness to pay for a new account configuration.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2013Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: DROPBOX, INC.Inventor: Chris Barton
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Publication number: 20170046415Abstract: Techniques for assisting owners to remotely administer their digital content items stored at non-owners' personal computing devices. The techniques involve identifying owned content items from among content items stored in a synchronization replica that is synchronized with synchronization replicas at the non-owners' personal computing devices. The techniques further involve allowing owners to remotely perform certain administrative actions on owned content items. For example, in response to a command initiated at an owner's personal computing device, a network signal or signals can be sent to a synchronization agent installed on the non-owners' personal computing devices to automatically remove all owned content items from the synchronization replicas at the non-owners' personal computing devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2016Publication date: February 16, 2017Inventor: Chris Barton
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Patent number: 9424328Abstract: Techniques for assisting owners to remotely administer their digital content items stored at non-owners' personal computing devices. The techniques involve identifying owned content items from among content items stored in a synchronization replica that is synchronized with synchronization replicas at the non-owners' personal computing devices. The techniques further involve allowing owners to remotely perform certain administrative actions on owned content items. For example, in response to a command initiated at an owner's personal computing device, a network signal or signals can be sent to a synchronization agent installed on the non-owners' personal computing devices to automatically remove all owned content items from the synchronization replicas at the non-owners' personal computing devices.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2015Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.Inventor: Chris Barton
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Patent number: 9374326Abstract: Various embodiments can enable a content item associated with a sharer account of a content management system to be shared with a recipient account of the content management system. The content item can be analyzed to determine at least some information about the content item, which can include one or more properties associated with the content item, one or more representations of one or more content portions present in the content item, or any combination thereof. A communication can notify the recipient account that the sharer account has shared the content item with the recipient account. The communication can further comprise the determined information about the content item, which can include the one or more properties and/or the one or more representations of the content portions. This information can enable the recipient to make a better decision regarding whether or not to accept the share invitation.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2013Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.Inventor: Chris Barton
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Patent number: 9342531Abstract: Various embodiments provide a method of managing and preventing conflicted copies of a content item. For example, as changes are made to a content item, either by multiple users simultaneously or by a single user utilizing multiple devices, conflicted copies can be inadvertently created. These conflicted copes are multiple copies of the same content item where each copy may separately contain unique changes. Heuristics can be used to help users more easily avoid or manage these conflicted copies. In one example, a user could be notified and shown the difference between copies to either accept or reject changes. Further, users could also be notified when modifying a content item on a device that has not been synchronized in a determined period of time, or when the content item is known to be modified but the changes have yet to be synchronized to the device.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2013Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.Inventor: Chris Barton
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Patent number: 9159086Abstract: Systems and methods for Desktop-To-Mobile (D2M) application installation that allows a publisher to extend their relationship with a consumer from the Desktop PC (PC) to a mobile device. In accordance with some implementations, a mobile application store may be used to offer apps on a user's mobile device as a result of a user acceptance of an offer(s) for the apps. The user may install a personal computer (PC)-based application that runs in the background. The PC-based application receives offers to install mobile applications and may use the mobile app store or a PC to install the mobile applications to the user's mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2014Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: Adknowledge, Inc.Inventors: Chris Barton, Rudis Muiznieks
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Patent number: D939980Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Guard, Inc.Inventors: Chris Barton, Nichole Suzanne Rouillac, Robin Nicholas Hubbard, Jonathan Chei-Feung Lau
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Patent number: D957966Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2019Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Guard, Inc.Inventors: Chris Barton, Nichole Suzanne Rouillac, Robin Nicholas Hubbard, Jonathan Chei-Feung Lau