Patents by Inventor Igor Kofman

Igor Kofman 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).

  • Publication number: 20240028995
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for managing project tasks using content items. A user can create tasks within a content item. The tasks can be assigned to users and/or be assigned due dates. The content item can be shared with other users such that updates to the content item (e.g., updates to the tasks) can cause sending notifications to users associated with the content item. When a task in the content item is updated, all members of the project can be notified of the updated status of the task. A task list for a project can be created that aggregates tasks from multiple content items associated with the project. Tasks can be organized in the task list according to the content item the task was created in. Updates to tasks in the task list can cause corresponding updates to the tasks in the content items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Ben Newhouse, Kavitha Radhakrishnan, AJ Palkovic, David Stinnette, Jacob Hurwitz, Jennifer Lee, John R. Grace, JR., Susan Wang, Leona Dondi, Igor Kofman, Kenneth Choi, Tsung-Hsiang Chang
  • Patent number: 11816615
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for managing project tasks using content items. A user can create tasks within a content item. The tasks can be assigned to users and/or be assigned due dates. The content item can be shared with other users such that updates to the content item (e.g., updates to the tasks) can cause sending notifications to users associated with the content item. When a task in the content item is updated, all members of the project can be notified of the updated status of the task. A task list for a project can be created that aggregates tasks from multiple content items associated with the project. Tasks can be organized in the task list according to the content item the task was created in. Updates to tasks in the task list can cause corresponding updates to the tasks in the content items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Ben Newhouse, Kavitha Radhakrishnan, Aj Palkovic, David Stinnette, Jacob Hurwitz, Jennifer Lee, John R. Grace, Jr., Susan Wang, Leona Dondi, Igor Kofman, Kenneth Choi, Tsung-Hsiang Chang
  • Publication number: 20230195997
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for managing content item collections. For example, in embodiment, a client device may receive first user input selecting a content item collection. The client device may generate a graphical user interface for presenting the content item collection. The content item collection may include one or more tiles. Each tile may correspond to a content item embedded into the content item collection and stored by a content management system. The client device may present the content item collection including the one or more tiles. The client device may present, within each of the one or more tiles, an image representing the corresponding content item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Sunny Rochiramani, Vinod Valloppillil, Jacob Hurwitz, Katherine R. Rudolph, Francesco Paduano, Eric Sprauve, Igor Kofman, Aaron Staley
  • Publication number: 20230177464
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for managing reminders in a content management system. For example, a user can select content (e.g., a content item, content within a content item, metadata for a content item, etc.) and provide input to cause the content management system to generate a reminder related to the content. The reminder data can be generated automatically. The reminder can be generated based on user input defining attributes of the reminder. Based on a due date associated with the reminder, the content management system can cause a notification to be presented to the user so that the user can be reminded to perform a task related to the selected item of content. The user can select a representation of the reminder to cause the content management system to present the item of content associated with the reminder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Kavitha Radhakrishnan, AJ Palkovic, John R. Grace, JR., Igor Kofman, David Stinnette
  • Patent number: 11630909
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to managing content item collections. A collection management system receives a request for collection item metadata associated with a collection item. Collection management system obtains a content item identifier corresponding to the collection item identifier. Collection management system requests content item metadata from a content management system. Collection management system receives from the content management system content item metadata corresponding to the content item identifier. Collection management system filters the content item metadata to remove a portion of the content item metadata comprising privileged information. Collection management system retrieves collection item metadata using the collection item identifier. Collection management system adds the filtered content item metadata to the collection item metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Broussard, Igor Kofman, Ian Lesperance, Yoeun Pen, Vinod Valloppillil, Sunny Rochiramani
  • Patent number: 11625686
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for managing reminders in a content management system. For example, a user can select content (e.g., a content item, content within a content item, metadata for a content item, etc.) and provide input to cause the content management system to generate a reminder related to the content. The reminder data can be generated automatically. The reminder can be generated based on user input defining attributes of the reminder. Based on a due date associated with the reminder, the content management system can cause a notification to be presented to the user so that the user can be reminded to perform a task related to the selected item of content. The user can select a representation of the reminder to cause the content management system to present the item of content associated with the reminder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Kavitha Radhakrishnan, A J Palkovic, John R. Grace, Jr., Igor Kofman, David Stinnette
  • Patent number: 11593549
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for managing content item collections. For example, in embodiment, a client device may receive first user input selecting a content item collection. The client device may generate a graphical user interface for presenting the content item collection. The content item collection may include one or more tiles. Each tile may correspond to a content item embedded into the content item collection and stored by a content management system. The client device may present the content item collection including the one or more tiles. The client device may present, within each of the one or more tiles, an image representing the corresponding content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Sunny Rochiramani, Vinod Valloppillil, Jacob Hurwitz, Katherine R. Rudolph, Francesco Paduano, Eric Sprauve, Igor Kofman, Aaron Staley
  • Publication number: 20220121806
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for managing content item collections. For example, in embodiment, a client device may receive first user input selecting a content item collection. The client device may generate a graphical user interface for presenting the content item collection. The content item collection may include one or more tiles. Each tile may correspond to a content item embedded into the content item collection and stored by a content management system. The client device may present the content item collection including the one or more tiles. The client device may present, within each of the one or more tiles, an image representing the corresponding content item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Sunny Rochiramani, Vinod Valloppillil, Jacob Hurwitz, Katherine R. Rudolph, Francesco Paduano, Eric Sprauve, Igor Kofman, Aaron Staley
  • Patent number: 11222162
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for managing content item collections. For example, in embodiment, a client device may receive first user input selecting a content item collection. The client device may generate a graphical user interface for presenting the content item collection. The content item collection may include one or more tiles. Each tile may correspond to a content item embedded into the content item collection and stored by a content management system. The client device may present the content item collection including the one or more tiles. The client device may present, within each of the one or more tiles, an image representing the corresponding content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Sunny Rochiramani, Vinod Valloppillil, Jacob Hurwitz, Katherine R. Rudolph, Francesco Paduano, Eric Sprauve, Igor Kofman, Aaron Staley
  • Patent number: 11170056
    Abstract: A content management system including a document management system provides documents that include comments entered by users. Comments are organized into threads; each thread is associated with a span of text in the document. When a user requests access to a document, the document management system determines which threads are visible to the user based on an audience associated with each thread. the audience comprises the user identifiers of i) the author of the document containing the thread; ii) the authors of comments included in the thread; iii) the authors of any text included in the text span for the thread; iv) any user mentioned in the text span the thread via a user primitive; v) any user mentioned in a comment via user primitive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony DeVincenzi, Matthew Blackshaw, Balabhadra Graveley, Igor Kofman
  • Patent number: 11126792
    Abstract: A collaborative content management system receives, from a client device having access to an account associated with the collaborative content management system, a request for versions of a collaborative document managed by the collaborative content management system. The collaborative content management system accesses a set of versions of the collaborative document. The set of versions includes at least one offline version. The at least one offline version was created on a client device having access to the collaborative document while the client device was disconnected from the collaborative content management system and synchronized to the collaborative content management system when the client device is connected to the collaborative content management system. The collaborative content management system generates a user interface providing the set of versions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Travis Hance, Matthew Broussard, Igor Kofman, Jake Scott, Kevin Tunc, Yi Bian
  • Patent number: 11126669
    Abstract: A content management system including a document management system provides documents that include comments entered by users. Comments are organized into threads; each thread is associated with a span of text in the document. When a user requests access to a document, the document management system determines which threads are visible to the user based on an audience associated with each thread. The audience comprises the user identifiers of i) the author of the document containing the thread; ii) the authors of comments included in the thread; iii) the authors of any text included in the text span for the thread; iv) any user mentioned in the text span the thread via a user primitive; v) any user mentioned in a comment via user primitive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony DeVincenzi, Matthew Blackshaw, Balabhadra Graveley, Igor Kofman
  • Patent number: 11113411
    Abstract: The disclosed technology relates to a system configured to obtain external credentials for a user account external to a content management system, wherein the external credentials are associated with a content item stored on the content management system. The system receives, from a client device, a client request for data associated with the external user account and transmits, to an external source, a proxy-request for the data associated with the external user account, wherein the proxy-request comprises the external credentials. The system further receives the data associated with the external account and transmits the data associated with the external account to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Embiricos, Matt Broussard, Willy Wu, Jennifer Lee, Igor Kofman, Micah Sivitz, AJ Palkovic
  • Patent number: 11023537
    Abstract: A content management system including a document management system provides documents that include comments entered by users. Comments are organized into threads; each thread is associated with a span of text in the document. When a user requests access to a document, the document management system determines which threads are visible to the user based on an audience associated with each thread. The audience comprises the user identifiers of i) the author of the document containing the thread; ii) the authors of comments included in the thread; iii) the authors of any text included in the text span for the thread; iv) any user mentioned in the text span the thread via a user primitive; v) any user mentioned in a comment via user primitive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony DeVincenzi, Matthew Blackshaw, Balabhadra Graveley, Igor Kofman
  • Patent number: 10979235
    Abstract: The disclosed technology relates to a system configured to retrieve a content item from a first domain of a content management system, analyze the content item to identify a portion of the content item that references third-party code, retrieve the third-party code from a second domain of the content management system, and execute the third-party code in the portion of the content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Embiricos, Matt Broussard, Willy Wu, Jennifer Lee, Igor Kofman, Aj Palkovic
  • Patent number: 10970679
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for managing projects using references between the project and project items. Project items can be, for example, synchronized content items, collaborative content items, other projects, folders, tasks, user accounts, etc. The content management system can create a project identifier for managing data and/or people associated with a project. In various implementations, the content management system can store references between the project and project items in one or more folders associated with the project, in a database, in content item metadata, etc. In some implementations, the storage location of a content item does not affect whether it is associated with the project. When a project is selected by a user, the content management system can generate project view that presents various project items associated with the project in a convenient and easy to access graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Ben Newhouse, Kavitha Radhakrishnan, A J Palkovic, David Stinnette, Jacob Hurwitz, Jennifer Lee, John R. Grace, Jr., Susan Wang, Leona Dondi, Igor Kofman, Kenneth Choi, Tsung-Hsiang Chang
  • Patent number: 10970656
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for managing projects using references between the project and project items. Project items can be, for example, synchronized content items, collaborative content items, other projects, folders, tasks, user accounts, etc. The content management system can create a project identifier for managing data and/or people associated with a project. In various implementations, the content management system can store references between the project and project items in one or more folders associated with the project, in a database, in content item metadata, etc. In some implementations, the storage location of a content item does not affect whether it is associated with the project. When a project is selected by a user, the content management system can generate project view that presents various project items associated with the project in a convenient and easy to access graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Ben Newhouse, Kavitha Radhakrishnan, AJ Palkovic, David Stinnette, Jacob Hurwitz, Jennifer Lee, John R. Grace, Jr., Susan Wang, Leona Dondi, Igor Kofman, Kenneth Choi, Tsung-Hsiang Chang
  • Publication number: 20210064773
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to managing content item collections. A collection management system receives a request for collection item metadata associated with a collection item. Collection management system obtains a content item identifier corresponding to the collection item identifier. Collection management system requests content item metadata from a content management system. Collection management system receives from the content management system content item metadata corresponding to the content item identifier. Collection management system filters the content item metadata to remove a portion of the content item metadata comprising privileged information. Collection management system retrieves collection item metadata using the collection item identifier. Collection management system adds the filtered content item metadata to the collection item metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Broussard, Igor Kofman, Ian Lesperance, Yoeun Pen, Vinod Valloppillil, Sunny Rochiramani
  • Patent number: 10922426
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to managing content item collections. A collection management system receives a request for collection item metadata associated with a collection item. Collection management system obtains a content item identifier corresponding to the collection item identifier. Collection management system requests content item metadata from a content management system. Collection management system receives from the content management system content item metadata corresponding to the content item identifier. Collection management system filters the content item metadata to remove a portion of the content item metadata comprising privileged information. Collection management system retrieves collection item metadata using the collection item identifier. Collection management system adds the filtered content item metadata to the collection item metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Broussard, Igor Kofman, Ian Lesperance, Yoeun Pen, Vinod Valloppillil, Sunny Rochiramani
  • Patent number: 10878019
    Abstract: The disclosed technology relates to a system configured to receive, from a first client device, application data generated from the execution, by the first client device, of third-party application code embedded within a content item managed by a content management system, wherein the first client device is associated with a first user account of the content management system. The system is further configured to store, at the content management system, the application data as metadata associated with the content item and transmit, based on the received application data, a notification to a second client device associated with a second user account of the content management system with access to the content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Embiricos, Matt Broussard, Willy Wu, Jennifer Lee, Igor Kofman, AJ Palkovic