Patents by Inventor Hugh Cockburn

Hugh Cockburn 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: 11916918
    Abstract: Disclosed are some implementations of systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for executing process flows. A request to initiate execution of a flow is processed, where the request is received from a first user. The flow includes a plurality of flow elements, where each of the flow elements represents a corresponding set of computer-readable instructions. Execution of the flow is initiated and an operation mode assigned to one of the flow elements is determined. A set of computer-readable instructions corresponding to the flow element is executed according to the operation mode such that an identity of the first user is recorded in association with an operation on a database record, wherein permissions allocated in a user profile to the first user do not provide the first user permission to cause the operation on the database record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Yucheng Wang, Saravanan Adaikkalavan, Hao Wu, Hugh Cockburn, Colin Frank, Kaysha Chandran, William Charles Eidson, Timothy Peng
  • Patent number: 11620124
    Abstract: Described is a method in a cloud-based system for implementing changes to flow engine software that executes user-specific flows for a plurality of users. The method includes: receiving a request to load and execute a user-specific flow; identifying an API version identifier for the user-specific flow; loading the user-specific flow; determining whether a software change to the flow engine software should be applied when executing the user-specific flow based on the API version identifier; and executing the user-specific flow using the flow engine software with the software change when it is determined, based on the API version identifier, that the software change to the flow engine software should be applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Saravanan Adaikkalavan, Samuel William Bailey, William C. Eidson, Hugh Cockburn, Krishna Kumar, Hao Wu, Tim Peng
  • Publication number: 20220342658
    Abstract: A method in a cloud-based system for implementing behavioral changes to flow engine software that executes user-specific flows for a plurality of users with little or no disruption to the performance of the user-specific flows is provided. The method comprises: receiving a request to load and execute a user-specific flow; identifying an API version identifier for the user-specific flow; loading the user-specific flow; determining whether a software change to the flow engine software should be applied when executing the user-specific flow based on the API version identifier; and executing the user-specific flow using the flow engine software with the software change when it is determined, based on the API version identifier, that the software change to the flow engine software should be applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Saravanan Adaikkalavan, Samuel William Bailey, William C. Eidson, Hugh Cockburn, Krishna Kumar, Hao Wu, Tim Peng
  • Publication number: 20210320927
    Abstract: Disclosed are some implementations of systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for executing process flows. A request to initiate execution of a flow is processed, where the request is received from a first user. The flow includes a plurality of flow elements, where each of the flow elements represents a corresponding set of computer-readable instructions. Execution of the flow is initiated and an operation mode assigned to one of the flow elements is determined. A set of computer-readable instructions corresponding to the flow element is executed according to the operation mode such that an identity of the first user is recorded in association with an operation on a database record, wherein permissions allocated in a user profile to the first user do not provide the first user permission to cause the operation on the database record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Yucheng Wang, Saravanan Adaikkalavan, Hao Wu, Hugh Cockburn, Colin Frank, Kaysha Chandran, William Charles Eidson, Timothy Peng
  • Patent number: 10775987
    Abstract: A processor can cause operation tracking screens to be presented on a display. The operation tracking screens can include first and second screen areas. Some of the first screen areas can have graphical control elements configured to receive information associated with actions associated with a sequence of operations. The actions can include first and second actions performed concurrently. The second screen areas can have a graphical representation of stages of the sequence of operations. The graphical representation of the stages can be of a default sequence of the stages, in response to an initiation of the sequence of operations, and can be modified to include a graphical representation of an additional stage in response to a determination of a result of a condition being a specific value. The processor can receive signals associated with the information associated with the actions and can cause the sequence of operations to be processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Samuel William Bailey, Jason Teller, Nathan Edward Lipke, Anvitha Jaishankar, James Johnson, Yucheng Wang, Hugh Cockburn
  • Patent number: 10725795
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for implementing dynamic creation of an external code segment within a cloud based computing environment. For instance, an exemplary system having at least a processor and a memory therein includes means for executing object code comprising software instructions that when executed create an instance of an external segment of software instructions that is to perform business logic, wherein a name of the external segment of software instructions is to be first received during runtime of the object code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Edward Lipke, Samuel William Bailey, James Johnson, Hugh Cockburn
  • Publication number: 20200042330
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for implementing dynamic creation of an external code segment within a cloud based computing environment. For instance, an exemplary system having at least a processor and a memory therein includes means for executing object code comprising software instructions that when executed create an instance of an external segment of software instructions that is to perform business logic, wherein a name of the external segment of software instructions is to be first received during runtime of the object code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Nathan Edward Lipke, Samuel William Bailey, James Johnson, Hugh Cockburn
  • Publication number: 20200019300
    Abstract: A processor can cause operation tracking screens to be presented on a display. The operation tracking screens can include first and second screen areas. Some of the first screen areas can have graphical control elements configured to receive information associated with actions associated with a sequence of operations. The actions can include first and second actions performed concurrently. The second screen areas can have a graphical representation of stages of the sequence of operations. The graphical representation of the stages can be of a default sequence of the stages, in response to an initiation of the sequence of operations, and can be modified to include a graphical representation of an additional stage in response to a determination of a result of a condition being a specific value. The processor can receive signals associated with the information associated with the actions and can cause the sequence of operations to be processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Samuel William Bailey, Jason Teller, Nathan Edward Lipke, Anvitha Jaishankar, James Johnson, Yucheng Wang, Hugh Cockburn