Patents by Inventor Helen Wei Zeng

Helen Wei Zeng has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11936638
    Abstract: Methods, media, and systems for facilitating inter-application communications between a web platform and a remote application computing device are disclosed such that a link protocol agent associated with the web platform processes an authentication request based on which a temporary connection resource locator is provided. A connection is then established at the resource locator and maintained for a period of time. Payloads and acknowledgements are exchanged in the established connection. The connection is capable of being established across a firewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Salesforce Inc.
    Inventors: Ankur Oberoi, Abhishek Mahanti, Helen Wei Zeng, Serguei Mourachov, Chirag Gupta, Saurabh Sahni
  • Patent number: 11599353
    Abstract: Media, methods, and systems are disclosed for hosting an event-based application. Application instructions corresponding to processing steps to be performed in response to particular events are received from a development environment. The events are associated with a group-based communication channel. An application comprising computer-executable instructions is generated based on the application instructions and metadata associated with the events. In response to detecting one or more of the events, execution of the computer-executable instructions is triggered. A response is received corresponding to output from applying the processing steps to the events. A message is posted into the respective communication channel corresponding to the response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Slack Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Brevoort, Angela Kirchhof, Helen Wei Zeng, Curtis Neil Allen, Jr., Stephen Wood
  • Publication number: 20220413842
    Abstract: Media, methods, and systems are disclosed for hosting an event-based application. Application instructions corresponding to processing steps to be performed in response to particular events are received from a development environment. The events are associated with a group-based communication channel. An application comprising computer-executable instructions is generated based on the application instructions and metadata associated with the events. In response to detecting one or more of the events, execution of the computer-executable instructions is triggered. A response is received corresponding to output from applying the processing steps to the events. A message is posted into the respective communication channel corresponding to the response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Brevoort, Angela Kirchhof, Helen Wei Zeng, Curtis Neil Allen, JR., Stephen Wood
  • Patent number: 11455166
    Abstract: Media, methods, and systems are disclosed for hosting an event-based application. Application instructions corresponding to processing steps to be performed in response to particular events are received from a development environment. The events are associated with a group-based communication channel. An application comprising computer-executable instructions is generated based on the application instructions and metadata associated with the events. In response to detecting one or more of the events, execution of the computer-executable instructions is triggered. A response is received corresponding to output from applying the processing steps to the events. A message is posted into the respective communication channel corresponding to the response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Slack Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Brevoort, Angela Kirchhof, Helen Wei Zeng, Curtis Neil Allen, Jr., Stephen Wood
  • Publication number: 20220276859
    Abstract: Media, methods, and systems are disclosed for hosting an event-based application. Application instructions corresponding to processing steps to be performed in response to particular events are received from a development environment. The events are associated with a group-based communication channel. An application comprising computer-executable instructions is generated based on the application instructions and metadata associated with the events. In response to detecting one or more of the events, execution of the computer-executable instructions is triggered. A response is received corresponding to output from applying the processing steps to the events. A message is posted into the respective communication channel corresponding to the response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Brevoort, Angela Kirchhof, Helen Wei Zeng, Curtis Neil Allen, JR., Stephen Wood
  • Publication number: 20200412708
    Abstract: Methods, media, and systems for facilitating inter-application communications between a web platform and a remote application computing device are disclosed such that a link protocol agent associated with the web platform processes an authentication request based on which a temporary connection resource locator is provided. A connection is then established at the resource locator and maintained for a period of time. Payloads and acknowledgements are exchanged in the established connection. The connection is capable of being established across a firewall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Ankur Oberoi, Abhishek Mahanti, Helen Wei Zeng, Serguei Mourachov, Chirag Gupta, Saurabh Sahni