Patents by Inventor Zach Johnston
Zach Johnston 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).
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Patent number: 11941344Abstract: The present technology pertains to displaying a version of a content item and an indication of differences between that version and another version of the content item. For example, a content management system can iterate through portions of a first version of a content item and attempt to match those portions with portions of a second version of the content item. The content management system can analyze these matches to determine differences between the respective portions and to classify and categorize the differences (e.g., do they represent a significant change or do they change the meaning of the content item). A client device can then represent a clean version of the content item in a first application and the differences and characteristics in a second application in coordination with the first application.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2016Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.Inventors: Amir Baron, Zach Johnston, Anat Danziger, Mark Kaplan, Omer Tamir, Julia Pfeiffenberger, Meir Morgenstern, Adam Fyne
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Publication number: 20230410053Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for implementing discoverable collaboration teams. In some embodiments, a user of a content management system can create a team account within the content management system. The team account can be associated with a domain of the user (now administrator) of the team account. The domain can be an email domain, company name, or some other identifier or characteristic of the user that might be shared with other users. The administrator can specify discoverability settings for the team that allow other content management system users associated with the domain to automatically discover and/or join the team account.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: Dropbox, Inc.Inventors: Pranav Piyush, Zach Johnston, Alexander Shtuchkin, Iolanthe Chronis
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Patent number: 11455278Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 11, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 10789268Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 29, 2017Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.Inventors: Howard Lee, Aaron Staley, Nils Bunger, Rohan Vora, Yosrie Mansour, Zach Johnston
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Publication number: 20200272602Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Inventors: 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
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Patent number: 10706013Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 10649960Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 6, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 10552517Abstract: A computer implemented methods to allow a user to copy content from a rendered document into a target document using a linking command. The target document can be a new document or an existing document, that is not rendered. The copied content can include a link to the document from which the content was copied from. The linking command can be a refer command or a send to file command. A refer command allows a user to copy and paste the content from a rendered document into a target document with text associated with the refer command remaining in the rendered document. A send to file command allows a user to copy and paste the content from a rendered document into a target document with no trace left in the rendered document.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.Inventors: Ran Tene, Zach Johnston
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Publication number: 20190324948Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Inventors: 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
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Patent number: 10380551Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for implementing mixed collaboration teams. In some embodiments, a user of a content management system can create a team account within the content management system. The team account can be allocated resources of the content management system that allow team members to collaborate on content items (e.g., files, documents, etc.) managed by the content management system. The team can be allocated licenses to use the resources and the licenses can be allocated to team members. The team can be a mixed team including licensed and unlicensed members. Licensed members can have a higher level of access to the team resources than unlicensed members. The team administrator can manage licenses allocated to team members. The team administrator can have different privileges with respect to licensed and unlicensed team members.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2015Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.Inventors: Pranav Piyush, Zach Johnston, Pradhdeep Gill, Ian Mendiola, Alexander Shtuchkin, Iolanthe Chronis
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Patent number: 10331623Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 16, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: 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
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Publication number: 20190114287Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2018Publication date: April 18, 2019Inventors: 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
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Publication number: 20190114330Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2017Publication date: April 18, 2019Inventors: 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
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Patent number: 10140467Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 16, 2017Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: 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
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Publication number: 20180189246Abstract: A computer implemented methods to allow a user to copy content from a rendered document into a target document using a linking command. The target document can be a new document or an existing document, that is not rendered. The copied content can include a link to the document from which the content was copied from. The linking command can be a refer command or a send to file command. A refer command allows a user to copy and paste the content from a rendered document into a target document with text associated with the refer command remaining in the rendered document. A send to file command allows a user to copy and paste the content from a rendered document into a target document with no trace left in the rendered document.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2017Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: Ran TENE, Zach JOHNSTON
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Publication number: 20180089155Abstract: The present technology pertains to displaying a version of a content item and an indication of differences between that version and another version of the content item. For example, a content management system can iterate through portions of a first version of a content item and attempt to match those portions with portions of a second version of the content item. The content management system can analyze these matches to determine differences between the respective portions and to classify and categorize the differences (e.g., do they represent a significant change or do they change the meaning of the content item). A client device can then represent a clean version of the content item in a first application and the differences and characteristics in a second application in coordination with the first application.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2016Publication date: March 29, 2018Inventors: Amir Baron, Zach Johnston, Anat Danziger, Mark Kaplan, Omer Tamir, Julia Pfeiffenberger, Meir Morgenstern, Adam Fyne
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Publication number: 20170193448Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for implementing mixed collaboration teams. In some embodiments, a user of a content management system can create a team account within the content management system. The team account can be allocated resources of the content management system that allow team members to collaborate on content items (e.g., files, documents, etc.) managed by the content management system. The team can be allocated licenses to use the resources and the licenses can be allocated to team members. The team can be a mixed team including licensed and unlicensed members. Licensed members can have a higher level of access to the team resources than unlicensed members. The team administrator can manage licenses allocated to team members. The team administrator can have different privileges with respect to licensed and unlicensed team members.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2015Publication date: July 6, 2017Inventors: Pranav Piyush, Zach Johnston, Prabhdeep Gill, Ian Mendiola, Alexander Shtuchkin, Iolanthe Chronis
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Publication number: 20170193447Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for implementing discoverable collaboration teams. In some embodiments, a user of a content management system can create a team account within the content management system. The team account can be associated with a domain of the user (now administrator) of the team account. The domain can be an email domain, company name, or some other identifier or characteristic of the user that might be shared with other users. The administrator can specify discoverability settings for the team that allow other content management system users associated with the domain to automatically discover and/or join the team account.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2015Publication date: July 6, 2017Inventors: Pranav Piyush, Zach Johnston, Alexander Shtuchkin, Iolanthe Chronis