Patents by Inventor Tony Xu

Tony Xu 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: 20250111148
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for generating composite actions for a user account. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems determine a set of tasks performable by the user account using software tools on a client device. In some embodiments, the disclosed systems generate a task initialization prompt to provide to a large language model. Additionally, in some implementations, the disclosed systems generate a composite action comprising a hybridized combination of the set of tasks performable by the user account along with a set of content items relevant to the set of tasks. Moreover, in some embodiments, the disclosed systems provide access to the composite action and the set of content items via a user interface of the client device. Furthermore, in some implementations, the disclosed systems generate and insert predicted content into a content item without user input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Vasanth Krishna Namasivayam, Devin Mancuso, Geoff Hulten, Shubham Goel, Sateesh Srinivasan, Tony Xu
  • Publication number: 20250111149
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for generating composite actions for a user account. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems determine a set of tasks performable by the user account using software tools on a client device. In some embodiments, the disclosed systems generate a task initialization prompt to provide to a large language model. Additionally, in some implementations, the disclosed systems generate a composite action comprising a hybridized combination of the set of tasks performable by the user account along with a set of content items relevant to the set of tasks. Moreover, in some embodiments, the disclosed systems provide access to the composite action and the set of content items via a user interface of the client device. Furthermore, in some implementations, the disclosed systems generate and insert predicted content into a content item without user input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Vasanth Krishna Namasivayam, Devin Mancuso, Geoff Hulten, Shubham Goel, Sateesh Srinivasan, Tony Xu
  • Publication number: 20250094815
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for generating and providing customized content labels as elements for seamless integration within a graphical interface. For instance, the disclosed systems provide generative options utilizing contextual data to more effectively incorporate a content label (textual and/or visual) based on the surrounding graphical elements, the functionality of the label within the interface, and the purpose of the label or interface. In this way, the disclosed systems generate contextual labels with appropriate textual content and that are appropriately sized, styled, and positioned based on their relevance within the context of the graphical interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Tony Xu, Sean Stephens
  • Patent number: 12242498
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an unstructured data record and parsing the unstructured data record to determine a characterization of the unstructured data record. The characterization includes determination of: a number of fields, a length for the fields, and an order of the fields as stored in the unstructured data record. The method also includes obtaining a first key pair that includes a primary key-name associated with a first key-value and hashing at least the first key-value to obtain a hash value. In addition, the method includes updating the unstructured data record to include the hash value as an indexing key thereby creating a modified data record. Also, the method includes storing the modified data record in a structured database. Moreover, the method includes updating an index of the structured database to include an entry for the modified data record, the entry including the hash value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Debra J. Benjamin-Deckert, Neal E. Bohling, Elaine Lai, Lawrence L. Law, Brian Lee, Terri A. Menendez, Gary Pizl, Roity Prieto Perez, Tony Xu
  • Patent number: 12073174
    Abstract: The present technology provides a browser extension that can recognize downloadable objects on a webpage and provides functionality that makes it easier and more efficient to download the downloadable objects to a location in a content management system. For example the present technology can analyze a document object model of a webpage to find attributes indicating a URL is associated with a downloadable object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Tony Xu, ChokSheak Lau, Yi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240046027
    Abstract: The present technology provides a browser extension that can recognize downloadable objects on a webpage and provides functionality that makes it easier and more efficient to download the downloadable objects to a location in a content management system. For example the present technology can analyze a document object model of a webpage to find attributes indicating a URL is associated with a downloadable object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Tony Xu, ChokSheak Lau, Yi Zhang
  • Patent number: 11880384
    Abstract: The present technology pertains to a organization directory hosted by a synchronized content management system. The corporate directory can provide access to user accounts for all members of the organization to all content items in the organization directory on the respective file systems of the members' client devices. Members can reach any content item at the same path as other members relative to the organization directory root on their respective client device. In some embodiments novel access permissions are granted to maintain path consistency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Kleinpeter, Tony Xu, Alex Sydell, Nils Bunger, Sam Jau, Aaron Staley, Sara Lin
  • Patent number: 11797752
    Abstract: The present technology provides a browser extension that can recognize downloadable objects on a webpage and provides functionality that makes it easier and more efficient to download the downloadable objects to a location in a content management system. For example the present technology can analyze a document object model of a webpage to find attributes indicating a URL is associated with a downloadable object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Tony Xu, ChokSheak Lau, Yi Zhang
  • Patent number: 11755616
    Abstract: The present technology pertains to a organization directory hosted by a synchronized content management system. The corporate directory can provide access to user accounts for all members of the organization to all content items in the organization directory on the respective file systems of the members' client devices. Members can reach any content item at the same path as other members relative to the organization directory root on their respective client device. In some embodiments novel access permissions are granted to maintain path consistency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Kleinpeter, Tony Xu, Akos Albert, Nils Bunger, Sam Jau, Conor Woods, Aaron Staley
  • Patent number: 11687508
    Abstract: The present technology provides an interface and system for generating a previous version of a directory structure that can be useful in the restoration of a directory or file. The system, methods and non-transitory computer-readable storage media include receiving a request for a previous version of a directory structure at an indicated date, querying a content management system for placeholder content items associated with the previous version of the directory structure at the indicated date, receiving the placeholder content items, and generating a read-only copy of at least a portion of the previous version of the directory structure at the indicated date based on the placeholder content items, wherein the read-only copy of the directory structure is separate from the directory structure at a current date.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Shi Cong, Tony Xu
  • Patent number: 11630841
    Abstract: The present technology pertains to a organization directory hosted by a synchronized content management system. The corporate directory can provide access to user accounts for all members of the organization to all content items in the organization directory on the respective file systems of the members' client devices. Members can reach any content item at the same path as other members relative to the organization directory root on their respective client device. In some embodiments novel access permissions are granted to maintain path consistency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Kleinpeter, Tony Xu, Alex Sydell, Nils Bunger, Sam Jau, Aaron Staley, Sara Lin
  • Patent number: 11455278
    Abstract: The disclosed technology addresses the need in the art for providing workflow controls to shared content items stored on client devices, and enforcing content item check outs or content item locks for shared content items stored and accessed on client devices. The present technology further includes automatically locking a shared content item that is edited on a client device so that other team members cannot modify the content item. Accordingly, the present technology improves upon existing systems that provide workflow controls such as file check-in and checkout functionality by permitting users to access content items directly from the file system of their client device, and by providing automatic checkout and check-in functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Tony Xu, Kevin Grey, Sergei Vorobev, Haichen Liu, Stephen Eisner, Alexandra Harris, Blake Lucchesi, Waqas Sheikh, Royce Ausburn, Panagiotis Athanasiou, Zach Johnston, Narmada Jayasankar, Vinod Valloppillil
  • Publication number: 20220284036
    Abstract: The present technology pertains to a organization directory hosted by a synchronized content management system. The corporate directory can provide access to user accounts for all members of the organization to all content items in the organization directory on the respective file systems of the members' client devices. Members can reach any content item at the same path as other members relative to the organization directory root on their respective client device. In some embodiments novel access permissions are granted to maintain path consistency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Kleinpeter, Tony Xu, Akos Albert, Nils Bunger, Sam Jau, Conor Woods, Aaron Staley
  • Patent number: 11386116
    Abstract: The present technology pertains to a organization directory hosted by a synchronized content management system. The corporate directory can provide access to user accounts for all members of the organization to all content items in the organization directory on the respective file systems of the members' client devices. Members can reach any content item at the same path as other members relative to the organization directory root on their respective client device. In some embodiments novel access permissions are granted to maintain path consistency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Kleinpeter, Tony Xu, Akos Albert, Nils Bunger, Sam Jau, Conor Woods, Aaron Staley
  • Publication number: 20220067066
    Abstract: The present technology pertains to a organization directory hosted by a synchronized content management system. The corporate directory can provide access to user accounts for all members of the organization to all content items in the organization directory on the respective file systems of the members' client devices. Members can reach any content item at the same path as other members relative to the organization directory root on their respective client device. In some embodiments novel access permissions are granted to maintain path consistency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Kleinpeter, Tony Xu, Akos Albert, Nils Bunger, Sam Jau, Conor Woods, Aaron Staley
  • Patent number: 11176164
    Abstract: The present technology pertains to a organization directory hosted by a synchronized content management system. The corporate directory can provide access to user accounts for all members of the organization to all content items in the organization directory on the respective file systems of the members' client devices. Members can reach any content item at the same path as other members relative to the organization directory root on their respective client device. In some embodiments novel access permissions are granted to maintain path consistency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Kleinpeter, Tony Xu, Akos Albert, Nils Bunger, Sam Jau, Conor Woods, Aaron Staley
  • Publication number: 20210240732
    Abstract: The present technology pertains to a organization directory hosted by a synchronized content management system. The corporate directory can provide access to user accounts for all members of the organization to all content items in the organization directory on the respective file systems of the members' client devices. Members can reach any content item at the same path as other members relative to the organization directory root on their respective client device. In some embodiments novel access permissions are granted to maintain path consistency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Kleinpeter, Tony Xu, Akos Albert, Nils Bunger, Sam Jau, Conor Woods, Aaron Staley
  • Publication number: 20210173820
    Abstract: The present technology provides an interface and system for generating a previous version of a directory structure that can be useful in the restoration of a directory or file. The system, methods and non-transitory computer-readable storage media include receiving a request for a previous version of a directory structure at an indicated date, querying a content management system for placeholder content items associated with the previous version of the directory structure at the indicated date, receiving the placeholder content items, and generating a read-only copy of at least a portion of the previous version of the directory structure at the indicated date based on the placeholder content items, wherein the read-only copy of the directory structure is separate from the directory structure at a current date.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Shi Cong, Tony Xu
  • Publication number: 20210149913
    Abstract: The present technology pertains to a organization directory hosted by a synchronized content management system. The corporate directory can provide access to user accounts for all members of the organization to all content items in the organization directory on the respective file systems of the members' client devices. Members can reach any content item at the same path as other members relative to the organization directory root on their respective client device. In some embodiments novel access permissions are granted to maintain path consistency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Kleinpeter, Tony Xu, Alex Sydell, Nils Bunger, Sam Jau, Aaron Staley, Sara Lin
  • Patent number: 10997200
    Abstract: The present technology pertains to a organization directory hosted by a synchronized content management system. The corporate directory can provide access to user accounts for all members of the organization to all content items in the organization directory on the respective file systems of the members' client devices. Members can reach any content item at the same path as other members relative to the organization directory root on their respective client device. In some embodiments novel access permissions are granted to maintain path consistency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Kleinpeter, Tony Xu, Akos Albert, Nils Bunger, Sam Jau, Conor Woods, Aaron Staley