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Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026

Filed:

Dec. 27, 2024
Applicant:

Dropbox, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Andrew Warr, San Francisco, CA (US);

Jacob Solomon, Austin, TX (US);

Noorain Noorani, New York, NY (US);

Sabarish Mahadevan, Arrington, TN (US);

Tony Xu, Redmond, WA (US);

Assignee:

Dropbox, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/9538 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/9538 (2019.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for linking third-party applications to a user account on a content management system. In particular, the disclosed systems can receive browsing data related to browsing activity from a user associated with a user account on a content management system via a software extension on a browser application. The disclosed systems can identify a third-party application external to the content management system based on the browsing data. Upon identifying the third-party application, the disclosed systems can provide for display a selectable connector suggestion on a graphical user interface of a client device. In one or more implementations, based on receiving an indication of a selection of the selectable connector suggestion, the disclosed systems can generate a digital connection that communicatively links the third-party application to the user account on the content management system.


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