Patents by Inventor Francois Alexander Allain

Francois Alexander Allain 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: 11106778
    Abstract: Techniques are described for enabling administrators of teams that use a particular service to specify which sign-on options, of multiple possible sign-on options, are assigned to the members of the teams to which the administrators belong. For example, an administrator may assign a sign-on option, which allows members of the team to use either native authentication or third-party single-sign-on authentication. Upon successful authentication of a member using third party single sign-on authentication, the member is automatically assigned to use only the third party single sign-on authentication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: DROPBOX, INC.
    Inventors: Anand Subramani, Francois Alexander Allain
  • Patent number: 11023424
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for migrating content items from a source user account to a target user account. A user can specify content items in the source user account to be migrated to an existing or new target user account. A new content entry including an account identifier of the target account and a pointer to the content item can be created for each migrated content item. Further, a determination can be made as to whether a sharing link to each content item exists, and if so, the content pointer of the old content entry is modified to forward or redirect to the new content entry. An active flag associated with the old content entry can be set to false or 0 to indicate that the old content entry is no longer active.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris Beckmann, Joshua Jenkins, Francois Alexander Allain, Jeffrey Bartelma
  • Patent number: 10977219
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for migrating content items from a source user account to a target user account. A user can specify content items in the source user account to be migrated to an existing or new target user account. A new content entry including an account identifier of the target account and a pointer to the content item can be created for each migrated content item. Further, a determination can be made as to whether a sharing link to each content item exists, and if so, the content pointer of the old content entry is modified to forward or redirect to the new content entry. An active flag associated with the old content entry can be set to false or 0 to indicate that the old content entry is no longer active.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris Beckmann, Joshua Jenkins, Francois Alexander Allain, Jeffrey Bartelma
  • Publication number: 20200356654
    Abstract: Techniques are described for enabling administrators of teams that use a particular service to specify which sign-on options, of multiple possible sign-on options, are assigned to the members of the teams to which the administrators belong. For example, an administrator may assign a sign-on option, which allows members of the team to use either native authentication or third-party single-sign-on authentication. Upon successful authentication of a member using third party single sign-on authentication, the member is automatically assigned to use only the third party single sign-on authentication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Anand Subramani, Francois Alexander Allain
  • Patent number: 10778763
    Abstract: A content item sharing and synchronization system providing team shared folders is described. Users of the system have access to the team shared folder simply by being a member of a team. A team account manager of the team can grant access to the team shared folder simply by inviting selected users to the team. Similarly, the team account manager can revoke access to the team shared folder simply by removing a user from the team. Unlike typical network file server folders, separate access control list management for the team shared folder apart from user team membership management is not needed to grant and revoke access to the team shared folder, thereby reducing administrative steps necessary to effectively manage access to the team shared folder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Dropbox Inc.
    Inventors: Anand Subramani, Mark Delamere, Emil Ibrishimov, Francois Alexander Allain
  • Publication number: 20200042691
    Abstract: Techniques are described for enabling administrators of teams that use a particular service to specify which sign-on options, of multiple possible sign-on options, are assigned to the members of the teams to which the administrators belong. For example, an administrator may assign a sign-on option, which allows members of the team to use either native authentication or third-party single-sign-on authentication. Upon successful authentication of a member using third party single sign-on authentication, the member is automatically assigned to use only the third party single sign-on authentication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Anand Subramani, Francois Alexander Allain
  • Publication number: 20190230159
    Abstract: A content item sharing and synchronization system providing team shared folders is described. Users of the system have access to the team shared folder simply by being a member of a team. A team account manager of the team can grant access to the team shared folder simply by inviting selected users to the team. Similarly, the team account manager can revoke access to the team shared folder simply by removing a user from the team. Unlike typical network file server folders, separate access control list management for the team shared folder apart from user team membership management is not needed to grant and revoke access to the team shared folder, thereby reducing administrative steps necessary to effectively manage access to the team shared folder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Anand Subramani, Mark Delamere, Emil Ibrishimov, Francois Alexander Allain
  • Patent number: 10264067
    Abstract: A content item sharing and synchronization system providing team shared folders is described. Users of the system have access to the team shared folder simply by being a member of a team. A team account manager of the team can grant access to the team shared folder simply by inviting selected users to the team. Similarly, the team account manager can revoke access to the team shared folder simply by removing a user from the team. Unlike typical network file server folders, separate access control list management for the team shared folder apart from user team membership management is not needed to grant and revoke access to the team shared folder, thereby reducing administrative steps necessary to effectively manage access to the team shared folder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Anand Subramani, Mark Delamere, Emil Ibrishimov, Francois Alexander Allain
  • Patent number: 10212143
    Abstract: A method, system, and manufacture for authorizing an untrusted client device for access on a content management system. The content management system receives a request from an untrusted client device to access content on the content management system. The content management system sends an authentication key to the untrusted client device. The content management system then receives the authentication key from a trusted client device. Based on the matching authentication key, the content management system transmits data to the untrusted client device in accordance with any additional instructions that the trusted client device may have sent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Francois Alexander Allain, Jie Tang
  • Patent number: 10057241
    Abstract: Techniques are described for enabling administrators of teams that use a particular service to specify which sign-on options, of multiple possible sign-on options, are assigned to the members of the teams to which the administrators belong. For example, an administrator may assign a first sign-on option, which only allows users to use native authentication, to one set of members of the team. At the same time, the administrator may assign a second sign-on option, which only allows users to use third-party single-sign-on authentication, to another set of members of the same team.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Anand Subramani, Francois Alexander Allain
  • Patent number: 9977917
    Abstract: A content management system implementing methodologies providing retroactive shared content item links is disclosed. The content management system and methodologies allow a team administrator of a team to configure a team-wide shared link policy that determines whether non-team members can access content items associated with team accounts using shared links generated for the content items by team members. The team shared link policy has two settings. In a first setting, the content management system allows non-team members to use shared links generated by team members to access content items associated with team accounts. In a second setting, the content management system blocks access to the content items by non-team members. Shared links are retroactive in the sense they do not need to be regenerated after the team shared link policy has been changed from the second setting back to the first setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Anand Subramani, Mark Delamere, Jonathan Vincent, Philip Rha, Emil Ibrishimov, Thomas Carriero, Francois Alexander Allain
  • Patent number: 9898480
    Abstract: The disclosed technology can enable files to be stored with a networked environment. The files can be associated with information (e.g., properties) such as a file name, a file type, a date/time at which a respective file was last accessed, a number of times a respective file was accessed, data representing the contents of a respective file, and other information. Based at least in part on analyzing the information, the disclosed technology can select or identify a file and/or a file property (e.g., a file type) that the disclosed technology predicts to be most relevant to the user. The disclosed technology can then recommend applications based at least in part on the selected or identified file and/or file property (e.g., file type).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Ilya Fushman, Thomas Carriero, Francois Alexander Allain
  • Publication number: 20170300710
    Abstract: A content management system implementing methodologies providing retroactive shared content item links is disclosed. The content management system and methodologies allow a team administrator of a team to configure a team-wide shared link policy that determines whether non-team members can access content items associated with team accounts using shared links generated for the content items by team members. The team shared link policy has two settings. In a first setting, the content management system allows non-team members to use shared links generated by team members to access content items associated with team accounts. In a second setting, the content management system blocks access to the content items by non-team members. Shared links are retroactive in the sense they do not need to be regenerated after the team shared link policy has been changed from the second setting back to the first setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Anand Subramani, Mark Delamere, Jonathan Vincent, Philip Rha, Emil Ibrishimov, Thomas Carriero, Francois Alexander Allain
  • Patent number: 9749408
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein for managing unsynchronized content items when the personal computing devices storing the unsynchronized content items are unlinked from a content item synchronization service. The techniques involve treating synchronized content items differently from unsynchronized content items. For example, after a personal computing is unlinked from the service, synchronized content items may be removed or deleted from the personal computing device and unsynchronized content items encrypted and/or moved to another data storage location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: DROPBOX, INC.
    Inventors: Anand Subramani, Francois Alexander Allain, Emil Ibrishimov, Anton Anastasov
  • Patent number: 9734347
    Abstract: A content management system implementing methodologies providing retroactive shared content item links is disclosed. The content management system and methodologies allow a team administrator of a team to configure a team-wide shared link policy that determines whether non-team members can access content items associated with team accounts using shared links generated for the content items by team members. The team shared link policy has two settings. In a first setting, the content management system allows non-team members to use shared links generated by team members to access content items associated with team accounts. In a second setting, the content management system blocks access to the content items by non-team members. Shared links are retroactive in the sense they do not need to be regenerated after the team shared link policy has been changed from the second setting back to the first setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Anand Subramani, Mark Delamere, Jonathan Vincent, Philip Rha, Emil Ibrishimov, Thomas Carriero, Francois Alexander Allain
  • Publication number: 20170134371
    Abstract: Techniques are described for enabling administrators of teams that use a particular service to specify which sign-on options, of multiple possible sign-on options, are assigned to the members of the teams to which the administrators belong. For example, an administrator may assign a first sign-on option, which only allows users to use native authentication, to one set of members of the team. At the same time, the administrator may assign a second sign-on option, which only allows users to use third-party single-sign-on authentication, to another set of members of the same team.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Anand Subramani, Francois Alexander Allain
  • Publication number: 20170048315
    Abstract: A content item sharing and synchronization system providing team shared folders is described. Users of the system have access to the team shared folder simply by being a member of a team. A team account manager of the team can grant access to the team shared folder simply by inviting selected users to the team. Similarly, the team account manager can revoke access to the team shared folder simply by removing a user from the team. Unlike typical network file server folders, separate access control list management for the team shared folder apart from user team membership management is not needed to grant and revoke access to the team shared folder, thereby reducing administrative steps necessary to effectively manage access to the team shared folder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Anand Subramani, Mark Delamere, Emil Ibrishimov, Francois Alexander Allain
  • Patent number: 9553868
    Abstract: Techniques are described for enabling administrators of teams that use a particular service to specify which sign-on options, of multiple possible sign-on options, are assigned to the members of the teams to which the administrators belong. For example, an administrator may assign a first sign-on option, which only allows users to use native authentication, to one set of members of the team. At the same time, the administrator may assign a second sign-on option, which only allows users to use third-party single-sign-on authentication, to another set of members of the same team.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Anand Subramani, Francois Alexander Allain
  • Patent number: 9426216
    Abstract: A content item sharing and synchronization system providing team shared folders is described. Users of the system have access to the team shared folder simply by being a member of a team. A team account manager of the team can grant access to the team shared folder simply by inviting selected users to the team. Similarly, the team account manager can revoke access to the team shared folder simply by removing a user from the team. Unlike typical network file server folders, separate access control list management for the team shared folder apart from user team membership management is not needed to grant and revoke access to the team shared folder, thereby reducing administrative steps necessary to effectively manage access to the team shared folder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Anand Subramani, Mark Delamere, Emil Ibrishimov, Francois Alexander Allain
  • Patent number: 9294485
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling access to shared content in an online content management system, include receiving a request to access a content item from a requester, wherein the content item is stored in a synchronized online content management system. The example method then includes determining that the requester is in an approved list of requestors and granting access to the content item. In one variation, the request to access the content item includes activation of a shared link. In another variation, the request to access the content item includes access to a shared folder in the synchronized online content management system. In a third variation, determining that the requester is in an approved list of requesters includes determining that the requester is logged into a primary and secondary account, and that the requester is in an approved list for the secondary account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Francois Alexander Allain, Anand Subramani