Patents by Inventor Saurabh Sahni
Saurabh Sahni 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).
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Patent number: 11936638Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 28, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Salesforce Inc.Inventors: Ankur Oberoi, Abhishek Mahanti, Helen Wei Zeng, Serguei Mourachov, Chirag Gupta, Saurabh Sahni
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Patent number: 11909742Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to managing admin-controlled access of external resources to group-based communication interfaces associated with an organization, via a group-based communication system including APIs for improved external resource permissioning, provisioning, and access handling. Embodiments include methods, computer program products, apparatuses, and systems configured to receive an external resource access request, determine an organization identifier, obtain an admin response indication, set an external resource permission status for the external resource based on the admin response indication, and cause rendering of the requested group-based communication interface based on the admin response indication. Embodiments further relate to provisioning and handling requests for services associated with an external resource by managing one or more single-interface access tokens linked to a multi-interface access token.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.Inventors: Salman Suhail, Saurabh Sahni, Kefan Xie, Emilio Aurea, Shilpi Sanchetee, Nupur Goyal, Carly Robinson
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Publication number: 20230229291Abstract: Configuring subscriptions for receiving notifications associated with objects of a group-based communication platform is described. A user interface element, which can correspond to an object, can be displayed in a user interface of the group-based communication platform. An indication of an interaction with the user interface element can be received and in response to receiving the indication of the interaction with the user interface element, a subscription user interface can be presented via the user interface, wherein the subscription user interface is associated with an option to subscribe to notifications associated with the object. In response to receiving a request to subscribe to notifications associated with the object, a subscription for notifications associated with the object can be generated and, in response to generating the subscription, a subscription user interface element can be presented via the user interface to indicate that the object is associated with a subscription.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Lorilyn McCue, Kimberly Munoz, Zachariah Buechler, Sai Pinapati, Michael Deng, Albert Treat, Ryan Mah, Saurabh Sahni
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Patent number: 11609686Abstract: Configuring subscriptions for receiving notifications associated with objects of a group-based communication platform is described. A user interface element, which can correspond to an object, can be displayed in a user interface of the group-based communication platform. An indication of an interaction with the user interface element can be received and in response to receiving the indication of the interaction with the user interface element, a subscription user interface can be presented via the user interface, wherein the subscription user interface is associated with an option to subscribe to notifications associated with the object. In response to receiving a request to subscribe to notifications associated with the object, a subscription for notifications associated with the object can be generated and, in response to generating the subscription, a subscription user interface element can be presented via the user interface to indicate that the object is associated with a subscription.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.Inventors: Lorilyn McCue, Kimberly Munoz, Zachariah Buechler, Sai Pinapati, Michael Deng, Albert Treat, Ryan Mah, Saurabh Sahni
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Publication number: 20220286463Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to managing admin-controlled access of external resources to group-based communication interfaces associated with an organization, via a group-based communication system including APIs for improved external resource permissioning, provisioning, and access handling. Embodiments include methods, computer program products, apparatuses, and systems configured to receive an external resource access request, determine an organization identifier, obtain an admin response indication, set an external resource permission status for the external resource based on the admin response indication, and cause rendering of the requested group-based communication interface based on the admin response indication. Embodiments further relate to provisioning and handling requests for services associated with an external resource by managing one or more single-interface access tokens linked to a multi-interface access token.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: Salman Suhail, Saurabh Sahni, Kefan Xie, Emilio Aurea, Shilpi Sanchetee, Nupur Goyal, Carly Robinson
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Publication number: 20220244817Abstract: Configuring subscriptions for receiving notifications associated with objects of a group-based communication platform is described. A user interface element, which can correspond to an object, can be displayed in a user interface of the group-based communication platform. An indication of an interaction with the user interface element can be received and in response to receiving the indication of the interaction with the user interface element, a subscription user interface can be presented via the user interface, wherein the subscription user interface is associated with an option to subscribe to notifications associated with the object. In response to receiving a request to subscribe to notifications associated with the object, a subscription for notifications associated with the object can be generated and, in response to generating the subscription, a subscription user interface element can be presented via the user interface to indicate that the object is associated with a subscription.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Lorilyn McCue, Kimberly Munoz, Zachariah Buechler, Sai Pinapati, Michael Deng, Albert Treat, Ryan Mah, Saurabh Sahni
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Patent number: 11275572Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to apparatuses, systems, and methods for authorizing within a group-based communication interface a bundled plurality of applications to be collectively installed in a group-based communication workspace enabling communications between client devices via a group-based communication system. Various embodiments are directed to apparatuses, systems, and methods for collectively installing within a group-based communication system a bundled plurality of applications associated with an application bundle. Various embodiments are directed to apparatuses, systems, and methods for generating within a group-based communication interface application bundle data associated with a plurality of applications.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2020Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: Slack Technologies, LLCInventors: Michael Hahn, Salman Suhail, Saurabh Sahni, Maria-Ivmer Real Kalalang, Giacomo DiGrigoli
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Patent number: 11258800Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to managing admin-controlled access of external resources to group-based communication interfaces associated with an organization, via a group-based communication system including APIs for improved external resource permissioning, provisioning, and access handling. Embodiments include methods, computer program products, apparatuses, and systems configured to receive an external resource access request, determine an organization identifier, obtain an admin response indication, set an external resource permission status for the external resource based on the admin response indication, and cause rendering of the requested group-based communication interface based on the admin response indication. Embodiments further relate to provisioning and handling requests for services associated with an external resource by managing one or more single-interface access tokens linked to a multi-interface access token.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Slack Technologies, LLCInventors: Salman Suhail, Saurabh Sahni, Kefan Xie, Emilio Aurea, Shilpi Sanchetee, Nupur Goyal, Carly Robinson
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Patent number: 11175806Abstract: Utilizing message metadata for improving user interface presentation is described. In an example, a first message associated with first metadata and a second message associated with second metadata can be received via a group-based communication platform. Based at least in part on the first metadata and the second metadata, causing the first message and the second message to be presented in a message digest via a first portion of a user interface associated with the group-based communication platform. The message digest can be associated with an actuation mechanism and, in response to receiving an indication of an interaction with the actuation mechanism, the first message and the second message can be presented, separately, via a second portion of the user interface.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Slack Technologies, LLCInventors: Lorilyn McCue, Kimberly Munoz, Zachariah Buechler, Michael Deng, Albert Treat, Ryan Mah, Sai Pinapati, Saurabh Sahni
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Publication number: 20210240460Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to apparatuses, systems, and methods for authorizing within a group-based communication interface a bundled plurality of applications to be collectively installed in a group-based communication workspace enabling communications between client devices via a group-based communication system. Various embodiments are directed to apparatuses, systems, and methods for collectively installing within a group-based communication system a bundled plurality of applications associated with an application bundle. Various embodiments are directed to apparatuses, systems, and methods for generating within a group-based communication interface application bundle data associated with a plurality of applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2020Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Michael Hahn, Salman Suhail, Saurabh Sahni, Maria-Ivmer Real Kalalang, Giacomo DiGrigoli
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Publication number: 20200412708Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Inventors: Ankur Oberoi, Abhishek Mahanti, Helen Wei Zeng, Serguei Mourachov, Chirag Gupta, Saurabh Sahni
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Publication number: 20200412735Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to managing admin-controlled access of external resources to group-based communication interfaces associated with an organization, via a group-based communication system including APIs for improved external resource permissioning, provisioning, and access handling. Embodiments include methods, computer program products, apparatuses, and systems configured to receive an external resource access request, determine an organization identifier, obtain an admin response indication, set an external resource permission status for the external resource based on the admin response indication, and cause rendering of the requested group-based communication interface based on the admin response indication. Embodiments further relate to provisioning and handling requests for services associated with an external resource by managing one or more single-interface access tokens linked to a multi-interface access token.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2019Publication date: December 31, 2020Inventors: Salman SUHAIL, Saurabh SAHNI, Kefan XIE, Emilio AUREA, Shilpi SANCHETEE, Nupur GOYAL, Carly ROBINSON
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Patent number: 9152722Abstract: A method of gathering information relevant to the interests of a user includes receiving activity history associated with the user from a network data source, where the activity history includes a description of a user action initiated by the user, generating a first metadata item based upon the activity history; and storing the first metadata item as user profile information associated with the user in a user profile database. Generating the first metadata item may include extracting text from the activity history and generating the first metadata item based upon the text. The activity history may include a description of a user action.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2008Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: YAHOO! INC.Inventors: Saurabh Sahni, Ian Kennedy, Pankaj Kothari, Todd Sampson, Emanuel Miller, John Sampson, Chris Goffinet, Steve Ho, Raymund Ramos, Mani Kumar
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Patent number: 8959148Abstract: First data relating to a first user and second data relating to a second user are retrieved from a plurality of sources. A social connection is identified, by a computing device, between the first user and the second user using the first data and the second data. A label that describes the social connection is identified, by the computing device, using the first data and the second data. A first profile relating to the first user and a second profile relating to the second user is updated by the computing device to reflect the social connection and the label for the social connection.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2011Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Pankaj Kothari, Saurabh Sahni
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Patent number: 8838564Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards ranking candidate pieces of content for publication based on a weighted combination of an “activity score” and a “trending score”. In one embodiment, the activity score measures social activity related to the content, such as how much the content has been shared, viewed, or commented on. In one embodiment, the trending score indicates a measure of trending topics contained in the content. In one embodiment, trending topics are keywords derived from an analysis of social activities across the internet, such as blog posts, wall posts, tweets, comments, ratings, tags, videos, pictures, and the like. In one embodiment, a topic is trending if it surpasses a minimum absolute threshold of social activity as well as a percentage increase in social activity.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2011Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Saurabh Sahni, Pankaj Kothari
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Patent number: 8515908Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards providing related keywords determined to be relevant to a search term using life-streaming data to identify the related keywords. Relevancy is determined by performing the related keyword analysis when life-stream services have been updated. Related keywords may be identified for a given search term using a combination of an aggregated life-stream analysis, a user profile based analysis, and/or a community based life-stream analysis. Each of these mechanisms identify a subset of updated life-streams or profiles to be analyzed to identify keywords that co-occur within each life-steam along with the given search term. The resulting co-occurring keywords may then be ordered based on a frequency of occurrence for the subset of life-streams. A weighted combination of the identified related keywords may be used to display related keywords to a user for use in modifying a search query.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2012Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Mani Kumar, Pankaj Kothari, Saurabh Sahni
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Patent number: 8468158Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards determining frequencies for adaptively crawling user activity feeds, by taking into account user activity patterns, as well as a type or nature of a service to be crawled. A statistical model of activity patterns is generated for each user and user activity source based on various parameters. The activity patterns may be weighted to account for variation in relevancy of user content. Various measures are generated that are adaptive by being updated at a rate determined sufficient to detect user activity pattern changes. The statistical model produces clusters of users for each service. A crawling frequency may be assigned to the various clusters such that different users for a given service may have content crawled at different frequencies.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2008Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Mani Kumar, Pankaj Kothari, Saurabh Sahni
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Publication number: 20130097237Abstract: First data relating to a first user and second data relating to a second user are retrieved from a plurality of sources. A social connection is identified, by a computing device, between the first user and the second user using the first data and the second data. A label that describes the social connection is identified, by the computing device, using the first data and the second data. A first profile relating to the first user and a second profile relating to the second user is updated by the computing device to reflect the social connection and the label for the social connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2011Publication date: April 18, 2013Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Pankaj Kothari, Saurabh Sahni
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Publication number: 20120296920Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards ranking candidate pieces of content for publication based on a weighted combination of an “activity score” and a “trending score”. In one embodiment, the activity score measures social activity related to the content, such as how much the content has been shared, viewed, or commented on. In one embodiment, the trending score indicates a measure of trending topics contained in the content. In one embodiment, trending topics are keywords derived from an analysis of social activities across the internet, such as blog posts, wall posts, tweets, comments, ratings, tags, videos, pictures, and the like. In one embodiment, a topic is trending if it surpasses a minimum absolute threshold of social activity as well as a percentage increase in social activity.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2011Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Saurabh SAHNI, Pankaj Kothari
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Publication number: 20120102058Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards providing related keywords determined to be relevant to a search term using life-streaming data to identify the related keywords. Relevancy is determined by performing the related keyword analysis when life-stream services have been updated. Related keywords may be identified for a given search term using a combination of an aggregated life-stream analysis, a user profile based analysis, and/or a community based life-stream analysis. Each of these mechanisms identify a subset of updated life-streams or profiles to be analyzed to identify keywords that co-occur within each life-steam along with the given search term. The resulting co-occurring keywords may then be ordered based on a frequency of occurrence for the subset of life-streams. A weighted combination of the identified related keywords may be used to display related keywords to a user for use in modifying a search query.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2012Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Mani KUMAR, Pankaj Kothari, Saurabh Sahni