Patents by Inventor Kimberly Watkins

Kimberly Watkins 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).

  • Version history management
    Patent number: 11526533
    Abstract: A first client device associated with a first account of a content management system can receive a first or latest version of a synchronized content item. The first client device can determine differences or the “diff” between the first version and a second or next-to-latest version of the content item and upload the first version and the diff to the content management system. Upon receiving the first version and the diff, the content management system can store the first version and the diff and download them to the second client device. The second client device can generate a notification when the download finishes and present the notification with an interface element for requesting presentation of the diff. When the second client device detects a selection of the interface element, the second client device can present the diff.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Jongmin Baek, Daniel Wagner, Yuyang Guo, Kimberly Watkins
  • Presence, access, and seen state for local copies of shared content items
    Patent number: 11249632
    Abstract: The present technology displays an access list, seen state information, and presence information for content items stored and managed by a content management system. Advantageously, the present technology does not require users to view or work on content items within the content management system—they can work on content items natively on their own computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Erika Ji, Eric Shen, Matt Hiller, Matt Kim, Peter Hua, Matthew Spitz, Kimberly Watkins
  • PRESENCE, ACCESS, AND SEEN STATE FOR LOCAL COPIES OF SHARED CONTENT ITEMS
    Publication number: 20200042165
    Abstract: The present technology displays an access list, seen state information, and presence information for content items stored and managed by a content management system. Advantageously, the present technology does not require users to view or work on content items within the content management system—they can work on content items natively on their own computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Erika Ji, Eric Shen, Matt Hiller, Matt Kim, Peter Hua, Matthew Spitz, Kimberly Watkins
  • Presence, access, and seen state for local copies of shared content items
    Patent number: 10481781
    Abstract: The present technology displays an access list, seen state information, and presence information for content items stored and managed by a content management system. Advantageously, the present technology does not require users to view or work on content items within the content management system—they can work on content items natively on their own computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: DROPBOX, INC.
    Inventors: Erika Ji, Eric Shen, Matt Hiller, Matt Kim, Peter Hua, Matthew Spitz, Kimberly Watkins
  • VERSION HISTORY MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20180189369
    Abstract: A first client device associated with a first account of a content management system can receive a first or latest version of a synchronized content item. The first client device can determine differences or the “diff” between the first version and a second or next-to-latest version of the content item and upload the first version and the diff to the content management system. Upon receiving the first version and the diff, the content management system can store the first version and the diff and download them to the second client device. The second client device can generate a notification when the download finishes and present the notification with an interface element for requesting presentation of the diff.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Jongmin Baek, Daniel Wagner, Yuyang Guo, Kimberly Watkins
  • PRESENCE, ACCESS, AND SEEN STATE FOR LOCAL COPIES OF SHARED CONTENT ITEMS
    Publication number: 20180188930
    Abstract: The present technology displays an access list, seen state information, and presence information for content items stored and managed by a content management system. Advantageously, the present technology does not require users to view or work on content items within the content management system—they can work on content items natively on their own computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Erika Ji, Eric Shen, Matt Hiller, Matt Kim, Peter Hua, Matthew Spitz, Kimberly Watkins