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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2022
Applicant:
Dropbox, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventor:
Ivan Kirigin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Dropbox, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2013.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); G06F 16/176 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 16/176 (2019.01); H04L 12/1813 (2013.01); H04L 12/1831 (2013.01);
Abstract
Computer systems and methods, according to various embodiments, allow users with shared access to a shared file or folder to communicate with one another via online chat. In particular embodiments, the system is configured to facilitate a chat session among all users that have shared access to a particular file or folder in response to a particular user selecting a 'chat' button (or other suitable chat initiation element) associated with the shared file or folder. After a chat session is complete, the system may archive the chat session for later viewing and use.