G06F 16/168
Details of user interfaces specifically adapted to file systems
Official title: {Details of user interfaces specifically adapted to file systems, e.g. browsing and visualisation, 2d or 3d GUIs (query results presentation G06F16/156)}
G06F16/168 (Details of user interfaces specifically adapted to file systems) appears on 1,340 US grants and 1,637 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Selective synchronization of content items in a content management system22 Sep 2026US 12,743,397 B2Dropbox, Inc.
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- Graphical user interface for non-hierarchichal file system15 Sep 2026US 12,737,104 B2
- Configuring connectors that enable an application to communicate with computing assets of different types1 Sep 2026US 12,724,746 B1Cisco Technology, Inc.
- System and method for data transfer, including protocols for use in data transfer in a content management environment8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313015 A1Rocket Software Canada, Inc.
- Managed folders1 Oct 2026US 2026/0300228 A1Workstorm.com LLC
- Systems and methods for folder-based content management / data storage system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0300229 A1Cactus Block LLC
- Suggesting content items to be accessed by a user24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288679 A1Dropbox, Inc.
- Matter ledger system17 Sep 2026US 2026/0277857 A1Broughton Partners
Most cited
By later US patents
- Network management system having virtual catalog overview of files distributively stored across network domain1,214US 5,495,607 AConner Peripherals, Inc. · 1996
- Graphical user interface for configuration of a storage system1,085US 6,538,669 B1Dell Products L. P. · 2003
- Method for accessing computer files and data, using linked categories assigned to each data file record on entry of the data file record374US 5,544,360 AParagon Concepts, Inc. · 1996
- Operating system shell having a windowing graphical user interface with a desktop displayed as a hypertext multimedia document320US 6,061,695 AMicrosoft Corporation · 2000
- Document stream operating system319US 6,006,227 AYale University · 1999