Patents by Inventor Renuka Apte

Renuka Apte 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: 20220286417
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are techniques for combining content management system functionality with an email or messaging server. A system can associate an email with a content item, through express attachment, direct reference such as a link, indirect reference, or otherwise. The system can store the associated content item within content item storage or identify a stored content item that is identical to the content item that is associated with the email. The system can then enhance email service functionality with the stored content item. For example, the system can present the stored content item or information about the stored content item along with the email. The system can also automatically grant permissions to the stored content item with participants of the email.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Samir Goel, Abhishek Agrawal, Devdatta Akhawe, Renuka Apte, Nikhil Bhargava, Pranav Piyush, Samir Naik, Nicholas Sundin
  • Patent number: 11356396
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are techniques for combining content management system functionality with an email or messaging server. A system can associate an email with a content item, through express attachment, direct reference such as a link, indirect reference, or otherwise. The system can store the associated content item within content item storage or identify a stored content item that is identical to the content item that is associated with the email. The system can then enhance email service functionality with the stored content item. For example, the system can present the stored content item or information about the stored content item along with the email. The system can also automatically grant permissions to the stored content item with participants of the email.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Samir Goel, Abhishek Agrawal, Devdatta Akhawe, Renuka Apte, Nikhil Bhargava, Pranav Piyush, Samir Naik, Nicholas Sundin
  • Patent number: 10380778
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating charts within a document generation application is provided. The method comprises, within a document generation application, tabular data; associating, for each column and each row of the tabular data, the labels and the numerical data contained therein with one of a plurality of data types; determining, without user input, that the tabular data is one of column-oriented or row-oriented; selecting the first column or the first row as corresponding to an x-axis, respectively; applying a heuristic model resulting in a selection of a chart type of a plurality of chart types, the selection made without user input; automatically generating a chart of the selected chart type depicting a graphical representation of the labels and the numerical data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Renuka Apte, Jennifer Lee, Jan Spidlen
  • Publication number: 20180191652
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are techniques for combining content management system functionality with an email or messaging server. A system can associate an email with a content item, through express attachment, direct reference such as a link, indirect reference, or otherwise. The system can store the associated content item within content item storage or identify a stored content item that is identical to the content item that is associated with the email. The system can then enhance email service functionality with the stored content item. For example, the system can present the stored content item or information about the stored content item along with the email. The system can also automatically grant permissions to the stored content item with participants of the email.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Samir Goel, Abhishek Agrawal, Devdatta Akhawe, Renuka Apte, Nikhil Bhargava, Pranav Piyush, Samir Naik, Nicholas Sundin
  • Publication number: 20180165851
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating charts within a document generation application is provided. The method comprises, within a document generation application, tabular data; associating, for each column and each row of the tabular data, the labels and the numerical data contained therein with one of a plurality of data types; determining, without user input, that the tabular data is one of column-oriented or row-oriented; selecting the first column or the first row as corresponding to an x-axis, respectively; applying a heuristic model resulting in a selection of a chart type of a plurality of chart types, the selection made without user input; automatically generating a chart of the selected chart type depicting a graphical representation of the labels and the numerical data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Renuka Apte, Jennifer Lee, Jan Spidlen