Patents by Inventor Jeff Scott Harris

Jeff Scott Harris 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: 11321480
    Abstract: A drafting area of a user interface for a sender to compose an electronic communication and a field area of the user interface to receive user input that identifies a recipient of the electronic communication is provided. A user input of a resource locator of a file is received in the user interface. Responsive to receiving the user input of the resource locator of the file in the user interface, a notification area that identifies, for the sender, a plurality of options to modify access rights of the recipient for the file identified in the electronic communication is presented in the user interface. The access rights of the recipient are allowed to be modified by the sender who is not an administrator or an owner of an access control list associated with the file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Victoria Hsiao-tsung Chou Fritz, Jeff Scott Harris, Sarah Shuilen Wu, Phillip Sharp, Steven Joseph Saviano
  • Patent number: 10909256
    Abstract: A method and system is disclosed that provides a drafting area of a user interface for a sender to compose an electronic communication and a field area of the user interface to receive user input that identifies a recipient of the electronic communication. The method and system receive a user input of a resource locator of a file in the user interface. Responsive to receiving the user input of the resource locator of the file in the user interface, the method and system present, in the user interface, a notification area that identifies, for the sender, a plurality of options to modify access rights of the recipient to the file identified in the electronic communication, wherein the access rights of the recipient are allowed to be modified by the sender who is not an administrator or an owner of an access control list associated with the file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Victoria Hsiao-tsung Chou Fritz, Jeff Scott Harris, Sarah Shuilen Wu, Phillip Sharp, Steven Joseph Saviano
  • Patent number: 10025948
    Abstract: A method for modifying access rights to electronically stored files linked in a draft electronic communication stored at a client device includes receiving, at a server from the client device, information relating to a plurality of recipients of the draft electronic communication, information relating to a sender of the draft electronic communication, and a first link, where the first link represents a first file. The method further includes determining, at the server, for the sender and for each recipient in the plurality of recipients, the access rights to the first file. The method further includes generating, at the server, a plurality of options for the sender to modify the access rights for the plurality of recipients, where the plurality of options is based on the access rights to the first file, and sending the plurality of options from the server to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Victoria Hsiao-tsung Chou Fritz, Jeff Scott Harris, Sarah Shuilen Wu, Phillip Sharp, Steven Joseph Saviano
  • Patent number: 9838444
    Abstract: A server dynamically provides fonts to a user device. The user device is provided with access to a document via a network. An update to a language parameter associated with the document is detected. Fonts associated with the update to the language parameter are determined. It is determined at least one of the fonts is not available on the user device. The at least one of the fonts is provided to the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Isabella Ip, Luiz Amaral Franca Pereira Filho, Hironori Bono, Clayton Williams, Jeff Scott Harris
  • Patent number: 9361473
    Abstract: A method for modifying access rights to electronically stored files linked in a draft electronic communication stored at a client device includes receiving, at a server from the client device, information relating to a plurality of recipients of the draft electronic communication, information relating to a sender of the draft electronic communication, and a first link, where the first link represents a first file. The method further includes determining, at the server, for the sender and for each recipient in the plurality of recipients, the access rights to the first file. The method further includes generating, at the server, a plurality of options for the sender to modify the access rights for the plurality of recipients, where the plurality of options is based on the access rights to the first file, and sending the plurality of options from the server to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Victoria Hsiao-tsung Chou Fritz, Jeff Scott Harris, Sarah Shuilen Wu, Phillip Sharp, Steven Joseph Saviano
  • Publication number: 20150199533
    Abstract: A method for modifying access rights to electronically stored tiles linked in a draft electronic communication stored at a client device includes receiving, at a server from the client device, information relating to a plurality of recipients of the draft electronic communication, information relating to a sender of the draft electronic communication, and a first link, where the first link represents a first file. The method further includes determining, at the server, for the sender and for each recipient in the plurality of recipients, the access rights to the first file. The method further includes generating, at the server, a plurality of options for the sender to modify the access rights for the plurality of recipients, where the plurality of options is based on the access rights to the first file, and sending the plurality of options from the server to the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Victoria Hsiao-tsung Chou Fritz, Jeff Scott Harris, Sarah Shuilen Wu, Phillip Sharp, Steven Joseph Saviano
  • Publication number: 20130326348
    Abstract: A server dynamically provides fonts to a user device. The user device is provided with access to a document via a network. An update to a language parameter associated with the document is detected. Fonts associated with the update to the language parameter are determined. It is determined at least one of the fonts is not available on the user device. The at least one of the fonts is provided to the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Isabella Ip, Jeff Scott Harris, Luiz Amaral Franca Pereira Filho, Hironori Bono, Clayton Williams
  • Publication number: 20130325795
    Abstract: In a collaborative online document environment, a first user device is provided access to a document, via a network. A second user device is provided access to the document via the network. A list of fonts available to the second user device is received. The list is transmitted to the first user device. A request is received from the first user device to provide at least one of the fonts identified in the list. The at least one font is provided to the first user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Scott Harris, Luiz Amaral Franca Pereira Filho, Isabella Ip, Clayton Williams