Patents by Inventor Mike Eastes

Mike Eastes 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: 20260072983
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for capturing snapshots of digital content displayed on a client device and searching through the captured content. The disclosed systems provide a search function for effectively traveling back in time to identify digital content previously displayed on a client device. The disclosed systems provide options for capturing snapshots of content displayed on a display screen, extracting data from the snapshots, and storing the snapshots for use when populating search results. The disclosed systems utilize machine learning models to extract text and/or to generate text versions of snapshots including extracted text, descriptions of images, transcripts of videos, and/or textual summaries from displayed documents or webpages. In response to a search query, the disclosed systems can produce search results that include digital videos including captured snapshots of content displayed by a client device over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2025
    Publication date: March 12, 2026
    Inventor: Mike Eastes
  • Patent number: 12481698
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for capturing snapshots of digital content displayed on a client device and searching through the captured content. The disclosed systems provide a search function for effectively traveling back in time to identify digital content previously displayed on a client device. The disclosed systems provide options for capturing snapshots of content displayed on a display screen, extracting data from the snapshots, and storing the snapshots for use when populating search results. The disclosed systems utilize machine learning models to extract text and/or to generate text versions of snapshots including extracted text, descriptions of images, transcripts of videos, and/or textual summaries from displayed documents or webpages. In response to a search query, the disclosed systems can produce search results that include digital videos including captured snapshots of content displayed by a client device over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2025
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventor: Mike Eastes
  • Publication number: 20250238465
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for capturing snapshots of digital content displayed on a client device and searching through the captured content. The disclosed systems provide a search function for effectively traveling back in time to identify digital content previously displayed on a client device. The disclosed systems provide options for capturing snapshots of content displayed on a display screen, extracting data from the snapshots, and storing the snapshots for use when populating search results. The disclosed systems utilize machine learning models to extract text and/or to generate text versions of snapshots including extracted text, descriptions of images, transcripts of videos, and/or textual summaries from displayed documents or webpages. In response to a search query, the disclosed systems can produce search results that include digital videos including captured snapshots of content displayed by a client device over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventor: Mike Eastes