Patents by Inventor Billy Ma
Billy Ma 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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Publication number: 20230266947Abstract: Methods, computer readable media, and devices for rapid prototyping of both user experience and technical features in a combined approach. One method may include creating a set of known user experience (UX) components including a user interface element representing at least one of a data element and a data interaction, creating a UX screen including a set of UX elements within a UX prototyping tool, translating the UX screen into a set of standardized UX components, publishing the set of standardized UX components by mapping the set of standardized UX components to synthetic data, and validating a technical aspect of the published set of standardized UX components based on user interaction with the published set of standardized UX components.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Inventors: Billy MA, Brian TRUONG
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Patent number: 11704093Abstract: Methods, computer readable media, and devices for rapid prototyping of both user experience and technical features in a combined approach. One method may include creating a set of known user experience (UX) components including a user interface element representing at least one of a data element and a data interaction, creating a UX screen including a set of UX elements within a UX prototyping tool, translating the UX screen into a set of standardized UX components, publishing the set of standardized UX components by mapping the set of standardized UX components to synthetic data, and validating a technical aspect of the published set of standardized UX components based on user interaction with the published set of standardized UX components.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.Inventors: Billy Ma, Brian Truong
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Publication number: 20230108375Abstract: Methods, computer readable media, and devices for rapid prototyping of both user experience and technical features in a combined approach. One method may include creating a set of known user experience (UX) components including a user interface element representing at least one of a data element and a data interaction, creating a UX screen including a set of UX elements within a UX prototyping tool, translating the UX screen into a set of standardized UX components, publishing the set of standardized UX components by mapping the set of standardized UX components to synthetic data, and validating a technical aspect of the published set of standardized UX components based on user interaction with the published set of standardized UX components.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2021Publication date: April 6, 2023Inventors: Billy MA, Brian TRUONG
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Patent number: 11573880Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for facilitating performance simulation for selected platforms for web products in database systems according to one embodiment. In one embodiment and by way of example, a method includes evaluating metadata associated with contents relating to a web product to be delivered through one or more platforms, where the metadata identifies the one or more platforms, and analyzing the one or more platforms to host the web product to deliver the contents. The method may further include identifying one or more performance factors associated with the web product and the one or more platforms, where the one or more performance factors are identified based one or more parameters associated with the one or more platforms to enhance performance associated with the web product when delivering the contents, and facilitating adjustments to one or more virtual dials to facilitate one or more modifications to the one or more parameters.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2020Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.Inventors: Billy Ma, Jiten Oswal
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Patent number: 11537503Abstract: A system for conducting user interface (UI) software component testing has been developed. The test of the UI software component is initiated and a display of the test results are shown to a user in a browser used in the testing. A code editor used for debugging by the user receives the test results from the browser and presents the test results to the user for debugging. The browser webview and the code editor are simultaneously displayed to the user in a dual screencast window during the UI software testing.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.Inventors: Xiaoyi Chen, Billy Ma, William Braden Hays
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Patent number: 11494286Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for facilitating dynamic adjustment of web product-based performance factors in database systems according to one embodiment. In one embodiment and by way of example, a method includes identifying a web product and metadata associated with the web product, where the metadata reveals one or more performance factors capable of impacting performance of the web product. The method may further include generating one or more virtual toggles representing the one or more factors, and facilitating adjustment to the one or more virtual toggles to facilitate one or more changes to one or more metrics corresponding to the one or more performance factors, where the one or more changes to the one or more metrics reflect variations in the performance of the web product.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.Inventors: Billy Ma, Jiten Oswal
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Patent number: 11436005Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for facilitating offering generic integrated development environments (IDE) extension in an on-demand services environment according to one embodiment. In one embodiment and by way of example, a method includes identifying a plurality of design systems and a plurality of components associated with the plurality of design systems, where at least one component of the plurality of components is identified for each of the plurality of design systems; integrating the plurality of components into a single structure of components. The method further includes generating a set of protocols based on the single structure of components, and associating the set of protocols to one or more IDEs such that set of protocols serves as a generic IDE extension to the one or more IDEs and is compatible with the plurality of design systems.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2019Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.Inventors: Billy Ma, James Matt Holland
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Patent number: 11429577Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for facilitating performance simulation and cost-benefit analysis for performance factors for web products in database systems according to one embodiment. In one embodiment and by way of example, a method includes analyzing statistics associated with performance of delivery of contents associated with a web product, where the contents are delivered using one or more delivery platforms and one or more device types over one or more networks, and computing costs and benefits of adjusting one or more performance factors to enhance performance of the web product based on one or more metrics associated with the delivery platforms and the one or more device types.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.Inventors: Billy Ma, Jiten Oswal
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Patent number: 11281563Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for facilitating actionable insights for performance of web products in database systems according to one embodiment. In one embodiment and by way of example, a method includes dynamically running simulation of modifications to performance factors associated with a web product, and collecting actionable insights associated with the performance factors based on one or more of cost-benefit ratings of the performance factors, one or more delivery platforms, one or more device types. The method may further include recommending, based on the actionable insights, one or more adjustments to one or more of the performance factors to enhance performance of the web product, and facilitating, based on the recommendations, the one or more adjustments to one or more virtual knobs corresponding to the one or more performance factors to facilitate one or more modifications to one or more metrics to enhance the performance of the web product.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: salesforce.com, Inc.Inventors: Billy Ma, Jiten Oswal
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Publication number: 20220050732Abstract: An infrastructure management system automatically determines a configuration of infrastructure services for the execution of applications that best satisfies predefined target criteria based on receiving annotated application programming interface (API) schemas associated with the applications. The system extracts information from customized annotations in a received API schema, sets up an API gateway with an existing configuration of infrastructure services, and logs requests received at this existing configuration via the gateway. The system generates a set of alternate configurations based on the extracted information, simulates execution of a set of logged requests to determine a set of valid configurations, and subsequently selects a new configuration that satisfies threshold predefined target criteria. The system may update the existing configuration to the new configuration without interrupting application services.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2021Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventor: Billy Ma
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Patent number: 11237889Abstract: An infrastructure management system automatically determines a configuration of infrastructure services for the execution of applications that best satisfies predefined target criteria based on receiving annotated application programming interface (API) schemas associated with the applications. The system extracts information from customized annotations in a received API schema, sets up an API gateway with an existing configuration of infrastructure services, and logs requests received at this existing configuration via the gateway. The system generates a set of alternate configurations based on the extracted information, simulates execution of a set of logged requests to determine a set of valid configurations, and subsequently selects a new configuration that satisfies threshold predefined target criteria. The system may update the existing configuration to the new configuration without interrupting application services.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2021Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.Inventor: Billy Ma
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Patent number: 11086764Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for facilitating identification of code ownership through test coverage in database systems according to one embodiment. In one embodiment and by way of example, a method includes identifying a code developed by one or more teams, generating code coverage segment data associated with the code, where the code coverage segment data to identify one or more segments of the code associated with one or more teams. The method may further include calculating, based on the code coverage segment data, a percentage of support provided by each of the one or more teams in developing each of the one or more segments, and determining, based on the support percentage, an ownership share of each of the one or more segments associated with each of the one or more teams.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.Inventors: Billy Ma, Ravi Gill
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Publication number: 20210240597Abstract: A system for conducting user interface (UI) software component testing has been developed. The test of the UI software component is initiated and a display of the test results are shown to a user in a browser used in the testing. A code editor used for debugging by the user receives the test results from the browser and presents the test results to the user for debugging. The browser webview and the code editor are simultaneously displayed to the user in a dual screencast window during the UI software testing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2020Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Xiaoyi Chen, Billy Ma, William Braden Hays
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Publication number: 20210240599Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for facilitating dynamic adjustment of web product-based performance factors in database systems according to one embodiment. In one embodiment and by way of example, a method includes identifying a web product and metadata associated with the web product, where the metadata reveals one or more performance factors capable of impacting performance of the web product. The method may further include generating one or more virtual toggles representing the one or more factors, and facilitating adjustment to the one or more virtual toggles to facilitate one or more changes to one or more metrics corresponding to the one or more performance factors, where the one or more changes to the one or more metrics reflect variations in the performance of the web product.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2020Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Billy Ma, Jiten Oswal
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Publication number: 20210232552Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for facilitating performance simulation and cost-benefit analysis for performance factors for web products in database systems according to one embodiment. In one embodiment and by way of example, a method includes analyzing statistics associated with performance of delivery of contents associated with a web product, where the contents are delivered using one or more delivery platforms and one or more device types over one or more networks, and computing costs and benefits of adjusting one or more performance factors to enhance performance of the web product based on one or more metrics associated with the delivery platforms and the one or more device types.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2020Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventors: Billy Ma, JITEN OSWAL
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Publication number: 20210232487Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for facilitating actionable insights for performance of web products in database systems according to one embodiment. In one embodiment and by way of example, a method includes dynamically running simulation of modifications to performance factors associated with a web product, and collecting actionable insights associated with the performance factors based on one or more of cost-benefit ratings of the performance factors, one or more delivery platforms, one or more device types. The method may further include recommending, based on the actionable insights, one or more adjustments to one or more of the performance factors to enhance performance of the web product, and facilitating, based on the recommendations, the one or more adjustments to one or more virtual knobs corresponding to the one or more performance factors to facilitate one or more modifications to one or more metrics to enhance the performance of the web product.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2020Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventors: Billy Ma, Jiten Oswal
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Publication number: 20210232480Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for facilitating performance simulation for selected platforms for web products in database systems according to one embodiment. In one embodiment and by way of example, a method includes evaluating metadata associated with contents relating to a web product to be delivered through one or more platforms, where the metadata identifies the one or more platforms, and analyzing the one or more platforms to host the web product to deliver the contents. The method may further include identifying one or more performance factors associated with the web product and the one or more platforms, where the one or more performance factors are identified based one or more parameters associated with the one or more platforms to enhance performance associated with the web product when delivering the contents, and facilitating adjustments to one or more virtual dials to facilitate one or more modifications to the one or more parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2020Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventors: Billy Ma, JITEN OSWAL
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Patent number: 11030082Abstract: An application programming interface (API) simulator generates synthetic responses for use during development and testing of subsystems. The API simulator receives an API schema including annotations that specify constraints on the synthetic responses. The API simulator generates synthetic responses as results of APIs that conform to the constraints specified using the annotations. The use of API simulator allows testing of subsystems using realistic synthetic responses that satisfy specific constraints as specified using annotations of the API schema.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2020Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.Inventors: Billy Ma, Jules Wada, Vandit Garg
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Publication number: 20210133083Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for facilitating identification of code ownership through test coverage in database systems according to one embodiment. In one embodiment and by way of example, a method includes identifying a code developed by one or more teams, generating code coverage segment data associated with the code, where the code coverage segment data to identify one or more segments of the code associated with one or more teams. The method may further include calculating, based on the code coverage segment data, a percentage of support provided by each of the one or more teams in developing each of the one or more segments, and determining, based on the support percentage, an ownership share of each of the one or more segments associated with each of the one or more teams.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2019Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventors: Billy Ma, Ravi Gill
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Patent number: 10860296Abstract: Techniques and architectures for managing streamlining validation operations. Tokens to represent at least one of a style characteristic, a script component and a layout element are provided. An update bundle having two or more tokens representing changes from previous versions of corresponding tokens to specify current versions of the tokens, is provided. User interface code is analyzed to determine if the code utilizes the two or more tokens in a manner consistent with the current versions of the tokens. An activity list for tokens in the UI not being used in the manner consistent with the current versions of the tokens is generated.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.Inventor: Billy Ma