Patents by Inventor Akshay Gandhi

Akshay Gandhi 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).

  • Publication number: 20180322032
    Abstract: A machine may be configured to test an application based on an in-app impersonating of an audience profile. For example, the machine receives a selection of an audience identifier via a user interface. The machine maps the audience identifier to a configuration file that includes identifiers of features of the application available for use by the audience. The machine, based on the audience identifier and the configuration file, causes a display, in the user interface, of the identifiers of the features. The machine receives, via the user interface, a request to modify an operational state of a feature of the application in the software context associated with the audience. The machine configures, at run-time, the application based on the audience identifier, the configuration file, and the request to modify the operational state of the feature. The configuring results in the application including the feature in a modified operational state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Krishnan Thazhathekalam, Khalid Mahmood, Sebastin Kohlmeier, Anjali Muralidhar, Yun Lu, Krish Ramineni, Akshay Gandhi
  • Publication number: 20180322037
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the disclosed subject matter involves a system and method relating to automation test runs of a software build, where the test runs effect impersonating an audience and selecting optional features to test with the impersonated audience. The impersonated audience is associated with a software build having static features, and the test runs include optional features, where each optional feature may have more than one associated treatment. Each feature/treatment combination may be tested in a test scenario associated with the feature/treatment combination. New features may be dynamically exposed to a selected audience to assist in verification and test of the new features. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Krishnan Thazhathekalam, Khalid Mahmood, Sebastian Kohlmeier, Anjali Muralidhar, James S. Luke, Akshay Gandhi
  • Patent number: 10067863
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the disclosed subject matter involves a system and method relating to automation test runs of a software build, where the test runs effect impersonating an automation audience and selecting optional features to test with the automation audience. The automation audience is associated with a software build having static features, and the test runs include optional features, where each optional feature may have more than one associated treatment. Each feature/treatment combination may be tested in a test scenario associated with the feature/treatment combination. New features that are exposed in other audiences may be enabled for the automation audience to assist in verification and test of the new features. Dynamic selection of the optional features is effected using an application program interface (API) in the source code for the features, where the API accesses feature configuration information during runtime. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Akshay Gandhi, James S. Luke, Khalid Mahmood, Anjali Muralidhar, Sebastian Kohlmeier, Krishnan Thazhathekalam