Patents by Inventor Dwayne Litzenberger

Dwayne Litzenberger 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: 11468013
    Abstract: Content items queued for synchronization between a client device and a content management system can be automatically prioritized to improve the sharing process. That is, the content items can be prioritized based on whether a share link has been created to the content item. A share link can enable a user to access the shared content item from a content management system. Content items that have been shared using a share link can be given higher priority to be synchronized prior to content items that have not been shared. The queued content items can be synchronized in the synchronization order resulting from the prioritization. Further, multiple shared content items queued for synchronization can be sub-prioritized based on one or more sub-prioritization criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventor: Dwayne Litzenberger
  • Publication number: 20220283992
    Abstract: Content items queued for synchronization between a client device and a content management system can be automatically prioritized to improve the sharing process. That is, the content items can be prioritized based on whether a share link has been created to the content item. A share link can enable a user to access the shared content item from a content management system. Content items that have been shared using a share link can be given higher priority to be synchronized prior to content items that have not been shared. The queued content items can be synchronized in the synchronization order resulting from the prioritization. Further, multiple shared content items queued for synchronization can be sub-prioritized based on one or more sub-prioritization criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventor: Dwayne Litzenberger
  • Patent number: 11153290
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable media for securely broadcasting shared folders from one client device to other client devices and synchronizing the shared folders over a local area network. A first client device, associated with a content management system, generates a secure identifier for a shared folder, using a shared secret key that is associated with the shared folder. The first client device announces the secure identifier over a local area network to other client devices on the local area network including a second client device. The first client device receives a synchronization request for the shared folder from the second client device. After authenticating, using the shared secret key, that the second client device has authorization to access the shared folder, the first client device synchronizes the shared folder with the second client device over the local area network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Anton Mityagin, Dwayne Litzenberger
  • Patent number: 10484456
    Abstract: A content item on a content management system can be shared using a generated sharing link. The sharing link can be a custom network address, such as a uniform resource locator (URL), which allows the content item to be accessed without authentication. The sharing index and a content path of the content items can be listed in a sharing index used to identify the content upon a request initiated by the sharing link. The content management system can generate a content link to a content item upon receiving a sharing input from a user indicating the user wants to share a content item. Alternatively, in some embodiments, sharing links can be pre-generated by the content management system and stored on the client device. The sharing link can stored directly to a data buffer on the client device, such as a clipboard, where it can be accessed by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: DROPBOX, INC.
    Inventors: Dwayne Litzenberger, Matt Holden, David Euresti, Maxime Larabie-Belanger, Ambrus Csaszar, Peter Welinder, Bryan Jadot
  • Publication number: 20190334881
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable media for securely broadcasting shared folders from one client device to other client devices and synchronizing the shared folders over a local area network. A first client device, associated with a content management system, generates a secure identifier for a shared folder, using a shared secret key that is associated with the shared folder. The first client device announces the secure identifier over a local area network to other client devices on the local area network including a second client device. The first client device receives a synchronization request for the shared folder from the second client device. After authenticating, using the shared secret key, that the second client device has authorization to access the shared folder, the first client device synchronizes the shared folder with the second client device over the local area network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Anton Mityagin, Dwayne Litzenberger
  • Patent number: 10425391
    Abstract: A method, system, and manufacture for securely broadcasting shared folders from one client device to other client devices and synchronizing the shared folders over a local area network. A first client device, associated with a content management system, generates a secure identifier for a shared folder, using a shared secret key that is associated with the shared folder. The first client device announces the secure identifier over a local area network to other client devices on the local area network including a second client device. The first client device receives a synchronization request for the shared folder from the second client device. After authenticating, using the shared secret key, that the second client device has authorization to access the shared folder, the first client device synchronizes the shared folder with the second client device over the local area network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: DROPBOX, INC.
    Inventors: Anton Mityagin, Dwayne Litzenberger
  • Patent number: 10198449
    Abstract: The disclosed technology generates unique identifiers for content items in a multi-user network-based content management system. The generated identifiers satisfy at least the properties of, (1) the GUID is unique on the local client device; (2) the GUID is preserved across reboots, moves, renames, and content item modifications; (3) the GUID is not preserved when the content item is copied; and (4) the GUID is not reused after a content item is deleted. The unique identifiers allow the content management system to model each user account as a collection of content item objects and globally unique identifiers instead of as a directory-based hierarchy of content items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventor: Dwayne Litzenberger
  • Publication number: 20180260410
    Abstract: Content items queued for synchronization between a client device and a content management system can be automatically prioritized to improve the sharing process. That is, the content items can be prioritized based on whether a share link has been created to the content item. A share link can enable a user to access the shared content item from a content management system. Content items that have been shared using a share link can be given higher priority to be synchronized prior to content items that have not been shared. The queued content items can be synchronized in the synchronization order resulting from the prioritization. Further, multiple shared content items queued for synchronization can be sub-prioritized based on one or more sub-prioritization criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventor: Dwayne Litzenberger
  • Patent number: 9996547
    Abstract: Content items queued for synchronization between a client device and a content management system can be automatically prioritized to improve the sharing process. That is, the content items can be prioritized based on whether a share link has been created to the content item. A share link can enable a user to access the shared content item from a content management system. Content items that have been shared using a share link can be given higher priority to be synchronized prior to content items that have not been shared. The queued content items can be synchronized in the synchronization order resulting from the prioritization. Further, multiple shared content items queued for synchronization can be sub-prioritized based on one or more sub-prioritization criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventor: Dwayne Litzenberger
  • Publication number: 20170214668
    Abstract: A method, system, and manufacture for securely broadcasting shared folders from one client device to other client devices and synchronizing the shared folders over a local area network. A first client device, associated with a content management system, generates a secure identifier for a shared folder, using a shared secret key that is associated with the shared folder. The first client device announces the secure identifier over a local area network to other client devices on the local area network including a second client device. The first client device receives a synchronization request for the shared folder from the second client device. After authenticating, using the shared secret key, that the second client device has authorization to access the shared folder, the first client device synchronizes the shared folder with the second client device over the local area network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Anton Mityagin, Dwayne Litzenberger
  • Publication number: 20170195402
    Abstract: A content item on a content management system can be shared using a generated sharing link. The sharing link can be a custom network address, such as a uniform resource locator (URL), which allows the content item to be accessed without authentication. The sharing index and a content path of the content items can be listed in a sharing index used to identify the content upon a request initiated by the sharing link. The content management system can generate a content link to a content item upon receiving a sharing input from a user indicating the user wants to share a content item. Alternatively, in some embodiments, sharing links can be pre-generated by the content management system and stored on the client device. The sharing link can stored directly to a data buffer on the client device, such as a clipboard, where it can be accessed by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Dwayne LITZENBERGER, Matt HOLDEN, David EURESTI, Maxime LARABIE-BELANGER, Ambrus CSASZAR, Peter WELINDER, Bryan JADOT
  • Patent number: 9641488
    Abstract: A method, system, and manufacture for securely broadcasting shared folders from one client device to other client devices and synchronizing the shared folders over a local area network. A first client device, associated with a content management system, generates a secure identifier for a shared folder, using a shared secret key that is associated with the shared folder. The first client device announces the secure identifier over a local area network to other client devices on the local area network including a second client device. The first client device receives a synchronization request for the shared folder from the second client device. After authenticating, using the shared secret key, that the second client device has authorization to access the shared folder, the first client device synchronizes the shared folder with the second client device over the local area network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: DROPBOX, INC.
    Inventors: Anton Mityagin, Dwayne Litzenberger
  • Patent number: 9628560
    Abstract: A content item on a content management system can be shared using a generated sharing link. The sharing link can be a custom network address, such as a uniform resource locator (URL), which allows the content item to be accessed without authentication. The sharing index and a content path of the content items can be listed in a sharing index used to identify the content upon a request initiated by the sharing link. The content management system can generate a content link to a content item upon receiving a sharing input from a user indicating the user wants to share a content item. Alternatively, in some embodiments, sharing links can be pre-generated by the content management system and stored on the client device. The sharing link can stored directly to a data buffer on the client device, such as a clipboard, where it can be accessed by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Dwayne Litzenberger, Matt Holden, David Euresti, Maxime Larabie-Belanger, Ambrus Csaszar, Peter Welinder, Bryan Jadot
  • Publication number: 20150249647
    Abstract: A method, system, and manufacture for securely broadcasting shared folders from one client device to other client devices and synchronizing the shared folders over a local area network. A first client device, associated with a content management system, generates a secure identifier for a shared folder, using a shared secret key that is associated with the shared folder. The first client device announces the secure identifier over a local area network to other client devices on the local area network including a second client device. The first client device receives a synchronization request for the shared folder from the second client device. After authenticating, using the shared secret key, that the second client device has authorization to access the shared folder, the first client device synchronizes the shared folder with the second client device over the local area network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: DROPBOX, INC.
    Inventors: Anton Mityagin, Dwayne Litzenberger
  • Patent number: 9027097
    Abstract: Some systems allow a user to access content using both a native client application and a web interface. In these systems, the client application authorized to access a user account can assist with automatically logging a user into the web interface through the use of authentication tokens. In response to an authentication request, the client application can select a token and split it into multiple parts. One piece can be embedded in a URL and a second piece can be stored in a file. The file can also contain browser executable instructions that when executed combine the two pieces to re-create the token and send the re-created token to a server to authenticate the user. The client application can forward the URL to the browser, which can direct the browser to the file. The browser can execute the instructions thereby authenticating the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Bortz, Ambrus Csaszar, David Euresti, Dwayne Litzenberger
  • Publication number: 20150032692
    Abstract: Content items queued for synchronization between a client device and a content management system can be automatically prioritized to improve the sharing process. That is, the content items can be prioritized based on whether a share link has been created to the content item. A share link can enable a user to access the shared content item from a content management system. Content items that have been shared using a share link can be given higher priority to be synchronized prior to content items that have not been shared. The queued content items can be synchronized in the synchronization order resulting from the prioritization. Further, multiple shared content items queued for synchronization can be sub-prioritized based on one or more sub-prioritization criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventor: Dwayne Litzenberger
  • Publication number: 20150026222
    Abstract: The disclosed technology generates unique identifiers for content items in a multi-user network-based content management system. The generated identifiers satisfy at least the properties of, (1) the GUID is unique on the local client device; (2) the GUID is preserved across reboots, moves, renames, and content item modifications; (3) the GUID is not preserved when the content item is copied; and (4) the GUID is not reused after a content item is deleted. The unique identifiers allow the content management system to model each user account as a collection of content item objects and globally unique identifiers instead of as a directory-based hierarchy of content items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventor: Dwayne Litzenberger
  • Publication number: 20140258473
    Abstract: A content item on a content management system can be shared using a generated sharing link. The sharing link can be a custom network address, such as a uniform resource locator (URL), which allows the content item to be accessed without authentication. The sharing index and a content path of the content items can be listed in a sharing index used to identify the content upon a request initiated by the sharing link. The content management system can generate a content link to a content item upon receiving a sharing input from a user indicating the user wants to share a content item. Alternatively, in some embodiments, sharing links can be pre-generated by the content management system and stored on the client device. The sharing link can stored directly to a data buffer on the client device, such as a clipboard, where it can be accessed by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: DROPBOX, INC.
    Inventors: Dwayne LITZENBERGER, Matt HOLDEN, David EURESTI, Maxime LARABIE-BELANGER, Ambrus CSASZAR, Peter WELINDER, Bryan JADOT
  • Publication number: 20140223527
    Abstract: Some systems allow a user to access content using both a native client application and a web interface. In these systems, the client application authorized to access a user account can assist with automatically logging a user into the web interface through the use of authentication tokens. In response to an authentication request, the client application can select a token and split it into multiple parts. One piece can be embedded in a URL and a second piece can be stored in a file. The file can also contain browser executable instructions that when executed combine the two pieces to re-create the token and send the re-created token to a server to authenticate the user. The client application can forward the URL to the browser, which can direct the browser to the file. The browser can execute the instructions thereby authenticating the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventors: Andrew Bortz, Ambrus Csaszar, David Euresti, Dwayne Litzenberger