Adobe Assigned Patent

Adobe Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA, has been assigned a patent (8,838,796) developed by Gary B. Cohen, San Diego, CA, and Matthew A. Wormley, San Luis Obispo, CA, for a “system and method for allocating online storage to computer users.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A system and method of allocating storage space in a computer system is disclosed. In the disclosed system, computer resources are allocated using a quota system that employs quota identifiers. An allocation system creates quota identifiers and each quota identifier is assigned a specific quota value. Computer resources are then assigned to users by assigning quota identifiers to the users. Additional amounts may be allocated to specific users by created extension quota identifiers and associating those quota identifiers with specific users.”

The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2008 (12/339,972).