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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
May. 20, 2013
Applicant:
Box, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Michael Smith, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Benjamin Campbell Smith, Mountain View, CA (US);
Simon Tan, Daly City, CA (US);
Rico Yao, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Box, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01); G06F 7/04 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30997 (2013.01); G06F 17/301 (2013.01); H04L 63/0428 (2013.01); H04L 63/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for methods, architectures and security mechanisms for a third-party application to access content in a cloud-based platform. In one embodiment, a method includes, receiving, at the third-party application, metadata that identifies the file. The method further includes transmitting the metadata to a server which is associated with the third-party application. The metadata enables the server to request the file from the cloud-based environment.