Patents by Inventor Ryan Morlok

Ryan Morlok 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: 12719875
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for generating a synthesized connector that defines a single data ingestion path with shared access control for multiple users within a group or organization. In particular, the disclosed systems can identify a set of content items retrieved through individual user connectors associated with user accounts belonging to the same group. Based on the identified content items, the disclosed systems can generate a synthesized connector that unifies the individual connectors in a single, group-scoped ingestion path that governs access control for all associated users. Additionally, the disclosed systems can deduplicate shared content data across the synthesized connectors to generate a synthesized content item. The disclosed systems can update a data repository (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2025
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Cunningham, Aniruddh Rao, Brian T. Schroeder, Marius Bunescu, Ryan Morlok, Sabarish Mahadevan, Dmitriy Meyerzon, Sean-Michael Lewis
  • Publication number: 20260111442
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for ingesting a dataset from a computer application that is external to a content management system. In particular, the disclosed systems can perform an ingestion process comprising a plurality of transfer runs by linking a content management system to the computer application with a connector. The disclosed systems can utilize a coordinator with computer logic to control the connector to determine a cursor location within a page of data at a failure point during a first transfer run. Moreover, the disclosed systems can store a subset of data from the page that comes after the cursor location and ingest the subset of data from the object queue by continuing the ingestion process according to the cursor location at the failure point of the first transfer run.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2025
    Publication date: April 23, 2026
    Inventors: Aniruddh Rao, Ryan Morlok, Jason Terk
  • Publication number: 20260023757
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for ingesting a dataset from a computer application that is external to a content management system. In particular, the disclosed systems can perform an ingestion process comprising a plurality of transfer runs by linking a content management system to the computer application with a connector. The disclosed systems can utilize a coordinator with computer logic to control the connector to determine a cursor location within a page of data at a failure point during a first transfer run. Moreover, the disclosed systems can store a subset of data from the page that comes after the cursor location and ingest the subset of data from the object queue by continuing the ingestion process according to the cursor location at the failure point of the first transfer run.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2024
    Publication date: January 22, 2026
    Inventors: Aniruddh Rao, Ryan Morlok, Jason Terk
  • Patent number: 12530371
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for ingesting a dataset from a computer application that is external to a content management system. In particular, the disclosed systems can perform an ingestion process comprising a plurality of transfer runs by linking a content management system to the computer application with a connector. The disclosed systems can utilize a coordinator with computer logic to control the connector to determine a cursor location within a page of data at a failure point during a first transfer run. Moreover, the disclosed systems can store a subset of data from the page that comes after the cursor location and ingest the subset of data from the object queue by continuing the ingestion process according to the cursor location at the failure point of the first transfer run.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2026
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Aniruddh Rao, Ryan Morlok, Jason Terk