Patents by Inventor Yizhou Shao

Yizhou Shao 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).

  • Moderated collaborative editing in collaborative content items
    Patent number: 10872062
    Abstract: A collaborative content management system allows users to make revisions to a collaborative content item by previewing revision suggestions without applying changes the underlying collaborative content item. The user can select a portion of the collaborative content item for revision, and modify the selected portion via a user interface. When the user interface is selected, revisions are visible to a user in place of the selected text span; when the user interface is not selected, the original text span is once again displayed. This allows a user to toggle between versions of a collaborative content item. If a user approves a suggested revision, the user can select an approval instruction causing a selected text span to be replaced by revisions made via the user interface. If a user rejects a suggested revision, the user can select a rejection instruction and the selected text span remains within the collaborative content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Adrien Quang-Duy Truong, Neil Sethi, Yizhou Shao, Chuan Liu, Chris Lesniewski-Laas
  • Moderated Collaborative Editing in Collaborative Content Items
    Publication number: 20190129973
    Abstract: A collaborative content management system allows users to make revisions to a collaborative content item by previewing revision suggestions without applying changes the underlying collaborative content item. The user can select a portion of the collaborative content item for revision, and modify the selected portion via a user interface. When the user interface is selected, revisions are visible to a user in place of the selected text span; when the user interface is not selected, the original text span is once again displayed. This allows a user to toggle between versions of a collaborative content item. If a user approves a suggested revision, the user can select an approval instruction causing a selected text span to be replaced by revisions made via the user interface. If a user rejects a suggested revision, the user can select a rejection instruction and the selected text span remains within the collaborative content item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Adrien Quang-Duy Truong, Neil Sethi, Yizhou Shao, Chuan Liu, Chris Lesniewski-Laas