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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2013
Box, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Peter Lai, Los Altos, CA (US);
Anurag Pandit, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ryan Damico, Los Altos, CA (US);
Nick Rolph, Los Altos, CA (US);
Sean Rose, San Francisco, CA (US);
Joseph Chung, Los Altos, CA (US);
Jonathan Matthew Long, San Francisco, CA (US);
Bennett Lee Rogers, San Francisco, CA (US);
Box, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for render documents that are in proprietary formats in a browser or mobile device. In one embodiment, a method comprises converting a plurality of resources in a document file into a plurality of files that are native to a browser. The method further comprises creating a style sheet based on the document file, wherein an aggregate of the plurality of files together with the style sheet are configured to cause the browser to render an appearance of the document file. The method further comprises generating, based on the document file, an invisible layer to be laid on the appearance, wherein the invisible layer enables actions to be performed on the document file. Among other advantages, embodiments disclosed herein provide the convenience of viewing and accessing documents regardless of whether a software or plug-in therefor is installed.