Patents by Inventor Joe Wells

Joe Wells 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: 10866828
    Abstract: Extending object-schema-based application programming interfaces (APIs) is described. According to one embodiment, a method generally includes receiving, from a user, a schema defining an extension to the API and a reference to a parent node in a graph projection of the API. An API system updates the graph projection of the API to include a node representing the extension and navigable path to the node representing the extension. The API system processes a request from the user by traversing through the updated graph projection of the API, the request representing the navigable path to the node representing the extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: INTUIT INC.
    Inventors: Joe Wells, Greg Lauckhart
  • Patent number: 10585683
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to accessing data using dynamically generated application programming interface (API) calls. According to one embodiment, a method generally includes receiving, at a computing system, a data request from a client device. The data request generally identifies a navigable path through a graph projection of the API. The computing system generates an API call to process the data request. To generate the API call for each node in the navigable path, the computing system, identifies a node in the graph projection to access data from and generates a subquery to access data from the node using one or more parameters included in the data request and defined in a schema associated with the node. The computing system executes the one or more subqueries to obtain a result and returns the result of executing the subqueries as a result of the API call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: INTUIT INC.
    Inventors: Joe Wells, Greg Lauckhart
  • Patent number: 10558656
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to processing write requests across a plurality of data sources. According to one embodiment, an example method includes determining a navigable path of nodes accessed to satisfy a write request in a graph projection of an application programming interface (API). An API service generates a plurality of subqueries, each subqueries being associated with a node in the navigable path. While traversing the navigable path to execute the write request, the API service identifies one or more nodes in the navigable path sharing an association with a data repository associated with the current node and upon which execution of a write operation associated with the current node depends. The API service coalesces a set of subqueries associated with the current node and the identified one or more nodes into a single subquery and executes the single subquery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: INTUIT INC.
    Inventors: Joe Wells, Greg Kesler
  • Patent number: 10116725
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to processing read requests to retrieve data from a plurality of data sources. According to one embodiment, an example method includes determining a navigable path of nodes accessed to satisfy a read request based on a graph projection of an application programming interface (API). An API service generates a plurality of subqueries, each subqueries being associated with a node in the navigable path. While traversing the navigable path to satisfy the read request, the API service identifies data associated with lower level nodes that is cached at a data source associated with a current node, replaces subqueries directed to data stored at the current node and the identified data with a single subquery executed against the data source associated with the current node, and executes the single subquery at the current node. The API service returns data accessed during traversal of the navigable path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: INTUIT INC.
    Inventors: Joe Wells, Greg Kesler
  • Publication number: 20180046494
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to extending object-schema-based application programming interfaces (APIs). According to one embodiment, a method generally includes receiving, from a user, a schema defining an extension to the API and a reference to a parent node in a graph projection of the API. An API system updates the graph projection of the API to include a node representing the extension and navigable path to the node representing the extension. The API system processes a request from the user by traversing through the updated graph projection of the API, the request representing the navigable path to the node representing the extension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Joe WELLS, Greg LAUCKHART
  • Publication number: 20170364369
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to accessing data using dynamically generated application programming interface (API) calls. According to one embodiment, a method generally includes receiving, at a computing system, a data request from a client device. The data request generally identifies a navigable path through a graph projection of the API. The computing system generates an API call to process the data request. To generate the API call for each node in the navigable path, the computing system, identifies a node in the graph projection to access data from and generates a subquery to access data from the node using one or more parameters included in the data request and defined in a schema associated with the node. The computing system executes the one or more subqueries to obtain a result and returns the result of executing the subqueries as a result of the API call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Joe WELLS, Greg LAUCKHART
  • Publication number: 20170346875
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to processing read requests to retrieve data from a plurality of data sources. According to one embodiment, an example method includes determining a navigable path of nodes accessed to satisfy a read request based on a graph projection of an application programming interface (API). An API service generates a plurality of subqueries, each subqueries being associated with a node in the navigable path. While traversing the navigable path to satisfy the read request, the API service identifies data associated with lower level nodes that is cached at a data source associated with a current node, replaces subqueries directed to data stored at the current node and the identified data with a single subquery executed against the data source associated with the current node, and executes the single subquery at the current node. The API service returns data accessed during traversal of the navigable path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Joe WELLS, Greg KESLER
  • Publication number: 20170344605
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to processing write requests across a plurality of data sources. According to one embodiment, an example method includes determining a navigable path of nodes accessed to satisfy a write request in a graph projection of an application programming interface (API). An API service generates a plurality of subqueries, each subqueries being associated with a node in the navigable path. While traversing the navigable path to execute the write request, the API service identifies one or more nodes in the navigable path sharing an association with a data repository associated with the current node and upon which execution of a write operation associated with the current node depends. The API service coalesces a set of subqueries associated with the current node and the identified one or more nodes into a single subquery and executes the single subquery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Joe WELLS, Greg KESLER
  • Patent number: 9804886
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to extending object-schema-based application programming interfaces (APIs). According to one embodiment, a method generally includes receiving, from a user, a schema defining an extension to the API and a reference to a parent node in a graph projection of the API. An API system updates the graph projection of the API to include a node representing the extension and navigable path to the node representing the extension. The API system processes a request from the user by traversing through the updated graph projection of the API, the request representing the navigable path to the node representing the extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: INTUIT INC.
    Inventors: Joe Wells, Greg Lauckhart
  • Patent number: 9753744
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to accessing data using dynamically generated application programming interface (API) calls. According to one embodiment, a method generally includes receiving, at a computing system, a data request from a client device. The data request generally identifies a navigable path through a graph projection of the API. The computing system generates an API call to process the data request. To generate the API call for each node in the navigable path, the computing system, identifies a node in the graph projection to access data from and generates a subquery to access data from the node using one or more parameters included in the data request and defined in a schema associated with the node. The computing system executes the one or more subqueries to obtain a result and returns the result of executing the subqueries as a result of the API call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: INTUIT INC.
    Inventors: Joe Wells, Greg Lauckhart
  • Patent number: 5677252
    Abstract: A ceramic nanocomposite made from silicon, oxygen and nitrogen is provided hich has a very low dielectric constant, low dielectric loss along with good strength and hardness. The ceramic nanocomposite finds use in millimeter-wave radomes and microwave radomes used on aircraft which must resist erosion from high speed impact with water, ice and dust in the atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Gary Gilde, Parimal Patel, Clifford Hubbard, Brian Pothier, Thomas Hynes, William Croft, Joe Wells