US 12,341,856 B2
Communication protocols for an online content management system
Andrew Bortz, San Francisco, CA (US); Sang Tian, San Francisco, CA (US); Joshua Kaplan, San Francisco, CA (US); and Devdatta Akhawe, Berkeley, CA (US)
Assigned to Dropbox, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Dropbox, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/526,017.
Application 18/526,017 is a continuation of application No. 16/896,819, filed on Jun. 9, 2020, granted, now 11,848,994.
Application 16/896,819 is a continuation of application No. 15/867,514, filed on Jan. 10, 2018, granted, now 10,686,888, issued on Jun. 16, 2020.
Application 15/867,514 is a continuation of application No. 14/984,993, filed on Dec. 30, 2015, granted, now 9,894,162, issued on Feb. 13, 2018.
Application 14/984,993 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/469,138, filed on Aug. 26, 2014, granted, now 9,516,107, issued on Dec. 6, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/008,428, filed on Jun. 5, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2024/0106902 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 29/00 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 67/02 (2022.01); H04L 67/1095 (2022.01); H04L 67/141 (2022.01); H04L 67/306 (2022.01); H04L 67/51 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/141 (2013.01) [H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04L 67/02 (2013.01); H04L 67/1095 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); H04L 67/51 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, by a content management system from a client application on a client device, a unique identifier uniquely identifying a browser application on the client device;
mapping, at the content management system, the browser application with the client application based on the unique identifier; and
in response to receiving a message from the browser application identified by the unique identifier, sending to the client application a response message, based on the mapping, that relays the message to the client application.