Dropbox Assigned Two Patents

Shared folder backed integrated workspaces
Dropbox, Inc., San Francisco, CA, has been assigned a patent (9,395,893) developed by Beausoleil, Sean, Mountain View, CA, Pan, Matteus, Greze, Jean-Denis, and DeVincenzi, Anthony, San Francisco, CA, for a “shared folder backed integrated workspaces.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for shared folder backed integrated workspaces. In some implementations, a content management system can provide a graphical user interface, (GUI) that integrates communications and content management into a single user interface. The user interface can include mechanisms that allow a user to provide input to generate a new workspace. The user interface can provide a mechanism to allow a user to view conversations related to the workspace and/or content items associated with the workspace. The user interface can present representations of content items associated with the workspace and allow the user to provide input to generate, view, edit, and share content items associated with the workspace.“

The patent application was filed on May 29, 2015 (14/725,981).

Shared folder backed integrated workspaces
Dropbox, Inc., San Francisco, CA, has been assigned a patent (9,395,892) developed by Beausoleil, Sean, Mountain View, CA, Pan, Matteus, Greze, Jean-Denis, DeVincenzi, Anthony, Johnson, Maxwell, San Francisco, CA, Dubie, Jack, Menlo Park, CA, and Dunn, Colin, San Francisco, CA, for a “shared folder backed integrated workspaces.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for shared folder backed integrated workspaces. In some implementations, a content management system can provide a graphical user interface, (GUI) that integrates communications and content management into a single user interface. The user interface can include mechanisms that allow a user to provide input to generate a new workspace. The user interface can provide a mechanism to allow a user to view conversations related to the workspace and/or content items associated with the workspace. The user interface can present representations of content items associated with the workspace and allow the user to provide input to generate, view, edit, and share content items associated with the workspace.“

The patent application was filed on May 29, 2015 (14/725,927).