ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,698, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Dropbox Inc. (San Francisco).
"Time travel search using digital content snapshots" was invented by Mike Eastes (Lakeville, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for capturing snapshots of digital content displayed on a client device and searching through the captured content. The disclosed systems provide a search function for effectively traveling back in time to identify digital content previously displayed on a client device. The disclosed systems provide options for capturing snapshots of content d...