Patents by Inventor Daniel Phan

Daniel Phan 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).

  • Truncated search results that preserve the most relevant portions
    Patent number: 11550865
    Abstract: The present technology addresses the need in the art for an improved technology to display search query results in a space constrained area. The technology pertains to truncating search results in a way that a set of characters used in a search string remains displayed in the search results while other aspects of the search results are truncated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Phan, Jason Perez, Amy Sung
  • Contact cards with dynamic interaction information
    Patent number: 11500518
    Abstract: The present technology can provide a contact card specific to a particular user on one service, showing a plurality of the other interaction points with that user in other, third-party services. A viewing user can interact with the contact card to cause an interaction with the particular user at the third-party service. In some embodiments, the present technology can provide a contact card listing points of contact for multiple team members at one or more third-party services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Phan, Flora Ellis, Henry Liu, Constance Wellman
  • CONTACT CARDS WITH DYNAMIC INTERACTION INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20210294467
    Abstract: The present technology can provide a contact card specific to a particular user on one service, showing a plurality of the other interaction points with that user in other, third-party services. A viewing user can interact with the contact card to cause an interaction with the particular user at the third-party service. In some embodiments, the present technology can provide a contact card listing points of contact for multiple team members at one or more third-party services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel Phan, Flora Ellis, Henry Liu, Constance Wellman
  • Third-party integration in activity feeds
    Patent number: 11070500
    Abstract: The present technology can provide a mechanism for viewing activities occurring in third-party services with respect to shared content items managed by the content management system. The activities occurring in the third-party services are visible in an activity feed associated with the content management system based on user permissions at the third-party services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Phan, Flora Ellis, Nandan Sawant, Maxim Wittek, Jason Perez, Amy Sung
  • Contact cards with dynamic interaction information
    Patent number: 11048383
    Abstract: The present technology can provide a contact card specific to a particular user on one service, showing a plurality of the other interaction points with that user in other, third-party services. A viewing user can interact with the contact card to cause an interaction with the particular user at the third-party service. In some embodiments, the present technology can provide a contact card listing points of contact for multiple team members at one or more third-party services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Phan, Flora Ellis, Henry Liu, Constance Wellman
  • THIRD-PARTY INTEGRATION IN ACTIVITY FEEDS
    Publication number: 20210160201
    Abstract: The present technology can provide a mechanism for viewing activities occurring in third-party services with respect to shared content items managed by the content management system. The activities occurring in the third-party services are visible in an activity feed associated with the content management system based on user permissions at the third-party services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel Phan, Flora Ellis, Nandan Sawant, Maxim Wittek, Jason Perez, Amy Sung
  • TRUNCATED SEARCH RESULTS THAT PRESERVE THE MOST RELEVANT PORTIONS
    Publication number: 20210056155
    Abstract: The present technology addresses the need in the art for an improved technology to display search query results in a space constrained area. The technology pertains to truncating search results in a way that a set of characters used in a search string remains displayed in the search results while other aspects of the search results are truncated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel Phan, Jason Perez, Amy Sung
  • CONTACT CARDS WITH DYNAMIC INTERACTION INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20210048928
    Abstract: The present technology can provide a contact card specific to a particular user on one service, showing a plurality of the other interaction points with that user in other, third-party services. A viewing user can interact with the contact card to cause an interaction with the particular user at the third-party service. In some embodiments, the present technology can provide a contact card listing points of contact for multiple team members at one or more third-party services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel Phan, Flora Ellis, Henry Liu, Constance Wellman