Patents by Inventor Tim A. Leiter

Tim A. Leiter 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: 20240045840
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for synchronizing read-only folders from a cloud-based server. Users can set permissions when sharing folders with other users. The permissions are enforced by client devices of the users downloading content of the folders from the server. A folder at a user's client from the shared domain may include locally modified content and shared content. Based on an indication of a change by a second user to the folder at the server, the user's client modifies a local folder. To prevent local changes made by the user from being overwritten, the user's client identifies the folder containing locally-modified content as a local content folder not to be synchronized between the plurality of clients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Craig Duval, Tim A. Leiter
  • Patent number: 11822517
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for synchronizing read-only folders from a cloud-based server. Users can set permissions when sharing folders with other users. The permissions are enforced by client devices of the users downloading content of the folders from the server. A folder at a user's client from the shared domain may include locally modified content and shared content. Based on an indication of a change by a second user to the folder at the server, the user's client modifies a local folder. To prevent local changes made by the user from being overwritten, the user's client identifies the folder containing locally-modified content as a local content folder not to be synchronized between the plurality of clients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: OPEN TEXT HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Craig Duval, Tim A. Leiter
  • Publication number: 20230075890
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for synchronizing read-only folders from a cloud-based server. Users can set permissions when sharing folders with other users. The permissions are enforced by client devices of the users downloading content of the folders from the server. A folder at a user's client from the shared domain may include locally modified content and shared content. Based on an indication of a change by a second user to the folder at the server, the user's client modifies a local folder. To prevent local changes made by the user from being overwritten, the user's client identifies the folder containing locally-modified content as a local content folder not to be synchronized between the plurality of clients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Craig Duval, Tim A. Leiter
  • Patent number: 11500820
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for synchronizing read-only folders from a cloud-based server. Users can set permissions when sharing folders with other users. The permissions are enforced by client devices of the users downloading content of the folders from the server. A folder at a user's client from the shared domain may include locally modified content and shared content. Based on first permission assigned to a user for the folder, when an indication of a change by a second user to the folder at the server is received, the user's client propagates the change to shared content below the folder in a folder hierarchy at the user's client. To prevent local changes made by the user from being overwritten, the user's client identifies the folder containing locally-modified content as a local content folder not to be synchronized between the plurality of clients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: OPEN TEXT HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Craig Duval, Tim A. Leiter
  • Publication number: 20200257661
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for synchronizing read-only folders from a cloud-based server. Users can set permissions when sharing folders with other users. The permissions are enforced by client devices of the users downloading content of the folders from the server. A folder at a user's client from the shared domain may include locally modified content and shared content. Based on first permission assigned to a user for the folder, when an indication of a change by a second user to the folder at the server is received, the user's client propagates the change to shared content below the folder in a folder hierarchy at the user's client. To prevent local changes made by the user from being overwritten, the user's client identifies the folder containing locally-modified content as a local content folder not to be synchronized between the plurality of clients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Craig Duval, Tim A. Leiter
  • Patent number: 10691645
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for synchronizing read-only folders from a cloud-based server. Users can set read-only permissions when sharing folders with other users. The read-only permissions are enforced by client devices of the users downloading content of the folders from the server. To prevent local changes made by a user having read-only access to a folder from being overwritten, the user's client identifies modified folders as local content. After identifying a modified folder as local content, the client may retrieve the original folder from the cloud-based server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Open Text Holdlings, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig Duval, Tim A. Leiter
  • Publication number: 20180210894
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for synchronizing read-only folders from a cloud-based server. Users can set read-only permissions when sharing folders with other users. The read-only permissions are enforced by client devices of the users downloading content of the folders from the server. To prevent local changes made by a user having read-only access to a folder from being overwritten, the user's client identifies modified folders as local content. After identifying a modified folder as local content, the client may retrieve the original folder from the cloud-based server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Craig Duval, Tim A. Leiter
  • Patent number: 9934241
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for synchronizing read-only folders from a cloud-based server. Users can set read-only permissions when sharing folders with other users. The read-only permissions are enforced by client devices of the users downloading content of the folders from the server. To prevent local changes made by a user having read-only access to a folder from being overwritten, the user's client identifies modified folders as local content. After identifying a modified folder as local content, the client may retrieve the original folder from the cloud-based server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Hightail, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig Duval, Tim A. Leiter
  • Publication number: 20140258350
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for synchronizing read-only folders from a cloud-based server. Users can set read-only permissions when sharing folders with other users. The read-only permissions are enforced by client devices of the users downloading content of the folders from the server. To prevent local changes made by a user having read-only access to a folder from being overwritten, the user's client identifies modified folders as local content. After identifying a modified folder as local content, the client may retrieve the original folder from the cloud-based server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Craig Duval, Tim A. Leiter