Patents by Inventor Jacob D. Potter

Jacob D. Potter 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).

  • Application programming interfaces for data synchronization with online storage systems
    Patent number: 9298391
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide a system that manages access to data associated with an online storage system. During operation, the system enables synchronization of the data between an electronic device and the online storage system through an application programming interface (API) with an application on the electronic device. Next, the system uses the API to provide a synchronization state of the data to the application, wherein the synchronization state comprises at least one of a download state, an upload state, an idle state, a transfer progress, a cached state, and an error state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: DROPBOX, INC.
    Inventors: Brian E. Smith, Scott Bezek, Jacob D. Potter, Andrew R. Twyman
  • APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES FOR DATA SYNCHRONIZATION WITH ONLINE STORAGE SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20140173230
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide a system that manages access to data associated with an online storage system. During operation, the system enables synchronization of the data between an electronic device and the online storage system through an application programming interface (API) with an application on the electronic device. Next, the system uses the API to provide a synchronization state of the data to the application, wherein the synchronization state comprises at least one of a download state, an upload state, an idle state, a transfer progress, a cached state, and an error state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: DROPBOX, INC.
    Inventors: Brian E. Smith, Scott Bezek, Jacob D. Potter, Andrew R. Twyman