Python4Fun Assigned Patent

Python4Fun, Inc. (no web site), San Mateo, CA, has been assigned a patent (9,110,908) developed by Srikrishna, Devabhaktuni, San Francisco, CA, Coram, Marc A., Stanford, CA, and Hogan, Christopher, San Mateo, CA, for a “identification of files of a collaborative file storage system having relevance to a first file.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”Methods and systems for providing related files in a collaborative file storage system are disclosed. One method includes identifying a plurality of files within the collaborative file storage system, wherein the plurality of files each have a relationship with the first file, and wherein the collaborative file storage system allows sharing of the plurality of files between multiple users through a network. The method further includes generating, by a system server, a list of inquiries based on the plurality of files, providing, by the system server, the list of inquiries to at least one collaborator of the first file, receiving from the at least one collaborator at least one response to the list of inquiries, selecting a subset of the plurality of files based on the at least one response, and storing information related to the selected subset of the plurality of files for access if the first file is selected.“

The patent application was filed on November 23, 2013 (14/088,353).