Patents by Inventor Darius Contractor

Darius Contractor 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).

  • Automated application installation
    Patent number: 10209976
    Abstract: An example computer implemented method to automatically download and install a second application can include a first application detecting that a condition has occurred. This first application can be preinstalled by the original equipment manufacturer. The first application can then present an interface for signing in to or signing up for a service. The first application can then download and install the second application. This downloading and installation can occur in the background without requiring user interaction. The second application can be a client application for the service and the first application can pass a token with login credentials to the second application. This can allow the second application to be authenticated with the service without requiring a user to reenter the user's credentials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Stefano Cayre, Jacob Hurwitz, Darius Contractor, Yuran Lu, James Harvey, Aadil Sarfani, Huy Nguyen, Alexander Embiricos, Genevieve Sheehan
  • Import content items from email
    Patent number: 10200320
    Abstract: An example computer-implemented method to download and organize attachments from messages includes downloading a message attachment and related message metadata from a messaging database such as an email attachment. The example computer-implemented method can then include indexing the message attachment using the message metadata. The example method can then include identifying a year of receipt and a sender of the message and present the attachment in a collection organized by year of receipt and sender.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Darius Contractor, Yuran Lu, Karl Rieb
  • AUTOMATED APPLICATION INSTALLATION
    Publication number: 20170192764
    Abstract: An example computer implemented method to automatically download and install a second application can include a first application detecting that a condition has occurred. This first application can be preinstalled by the original equipment manufacturer. The first application can then present an interface for signing in to or signing up for a service. The first application can then download and install the second application. This downloading and installation can occur in the background without requiring user interaction. The second application can be a client application for the service and the first application can pass a token with login credentials to the second application. This can allow the second application to be authenticated with the service without requiring a user to reenter the user's credentials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Stefano Cayre, Jacob Hurwitz, Darius Contractor, Yuran Lu, James Harvey, Aadil Sarfani, Huy Nguyen, Alexander Embiricos, Genevieve Sheehan
  • IMPORT CONTENT ITEMS FROM EMAIL
    Publication number: 20170180285
    Abstract: An example computer-implemented method to download and organize attachments from messages includes downloading a message attachment and related message metadata from a messaging database such as an email attachment. The example computer-implemented method can then include indexing the message attachment using the message metadata. The example method can then include identifying a year of receipt and a sender of the message and present the attachment in a collection organized by year of receipt and sender.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Darius Contractor, Yuran Lu, Karl Rieb