Patents by Inventor John Brandon Savage

John Brandon Savage 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: 10713624
    Abstract: System and method for promoting enterprise adoption of a web-based collaboration environment are disclosed. In one aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, which may be implemented on a system, for detecting eligibility of a user having an account in the web-based collaboration environment, for the user to invite additional users to join the web-based collaboration environment, providing the user with a mechanism to invite the additional users to join the web-based collaboration environment to create accounts with enhanced features, and/or sending, to those of the additional users who qualify, an invitation to create new accounts in the web-based collaboration environment, those of the additional users who qualify are affiliated with the enterprise of the user having the account. The new accounts that are created include the enhanced features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Box, Inc.
    Inventors: John Brandon Savage, Thomas Evans-Pratt
  • Patent number: 9965745
    Abstract: System and method for promoting enterprise adoption of a web-based collaboration environment are disclosed. In one aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, which may be implemented on a system, for detecting eligibility of a user having an account in the web-based collaboration environment, for the user to invite additional users to join the web-based collaboration environment, providing the user with a mechanism to invite the additional users to join the web-based collaboration environment to create accounts with enhanced features, and/or sending, to those of the additional users who qualify, an invitation to create new accounts in the web-based collaboration environment, those of the additional users who qualify are affiliated with the enterprise of the user having the account. The new accounts that are created include the enhanced features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Box, Inc.
    Inventors: John Brandon Savage, Thomas Evans-Pratt
  • Publication number: 20180107980
    Abstract: System and method for promoting enterprise adoption of a web-based collaboration environment are disclosed. In one aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, which may be implemented on a system, for detecting eligibility of a user having an account in the web-based collaboration environment, for the user to invite additional users to join the web-based collaboration environment, providing the user with a mechanism to invite the additional users to join the web-based collaboration environment to create accounts with enhanced features, and/or sending, to those of the additional users who qualify, an invitation to create new accounts in the web-based collaboration environment, those of the additional users who qualify are affiliated with the enterprise of the user having the account. The new accounts that are created include the enhanced features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: John Brandon Savage, Thomas Evans-Pratt
  • Patent number: 9904435
    Abstract: System and method for actionable event generation for task delegation and management via a discussion forum in a web-based collaboration environment are disclosed. In one aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, which may be implemented on a system, for creating an actionable event via a discussion forum in a web-based collaboration environment. The method includes, for creating an actionable event via a discussion forum in a web-based collaboration environment, where, through commenting, the user is able to create the actionable event relating to the work item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Box, Inc.
    Inventor: John Brandon Savage
  • Patent number: 9098474
    Abstract: System and methods for determining if a preview of a file uploaded to a web-based collaborative environment is likely to be requested. For a file that is likely to be previewed, the system pre-converts the input format of the file to a target format suitable for providing the preview to minimize the time a user waits to be presented with the preview after making the request. The present disclosure includes a method of determining whether an intermediate format of a file generated during the conversion of an input format to the target format should be stored to be used later or discarded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Box, Inc.
    Inventors: Kimber Lockhart, Jeffrey H. Seibert, Jr., Nicholas Silva, John Brandon Savage, David T. Lee, Arshdeep Mand
  • Publication number: 20130227007
    Abstract: System and method for promoting enterprise adoption of a web-based collaboration environment are disclosed. In one aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, which may be implemented on a system, for detecting eligibility of a user having an account in the web-based collaboration environment, for the user to invite additional users to join the web-based collaboration environment, providing the user with a mechanism to invite the additional users to join the web-based collaboration environment to create accounts with enhanced features, and/or sending, to those of the additional users who qualify, an invitation to create new accounts in the web-based collaboration environment, those of the additional users who qualify are affiliated with the enterprise of the user having the account. The new accounts that are created include the enhanced features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Inventors: John Brandon Savage, Thomas Evans-Pratt
  • Publication number: 20130179799
    Abstract: System and method for actionable event generation for task delegation and management via a discussion forum in a web-based collaboration environment are disclosed. In one aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, which may be implemented on a system, for creating an actionable event via a discussion forum in a web-based collaboration environment. The method includes, for creating an actionable event via a discussion forum in a web-based collaboration environment, where, through commenting, the user is able to create the actionable event relating to the work item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventor: John Brandon Savage
  • Publication number: 20130110854
    Abstract: System and methods for determining if a preview of a file uploaded to a web-based collaborative environment is likely to be requested. For a file that is likely to be previewed, the system pre-converts the input format of the file to a target format suitable for providing the preview to minimize the time a user waits to be presented with the preview after making the request. The present disclosure includes a method of determining whether an intermediate format of a file generated during the conversion of an input format to the target format should be stored to be used later or discarded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Kimber Lockhart, Jeffrey H. Seibert, JR., Nicholas Silva, John Brandon Savage, David T. Lee, Arshdeep Mand