Patents by Inventor Joshua Timothy Nerius

Joshua Timothy Nerius 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: 12099465
    Abstract: Persistent storage may contain: (i) a database table containing entries, (ii) a definition of a communication endpoint of a remote system, and (iii) outbound flow processing. One or more processors may be configured to: detect a state change associated with a local entry in the database table; read, from the database table, a set of data representing the local entry; transform, using the outbound flow processing, the set of data into a format receivable by the remote system; create, for the set of data, a correlation record that contains a local correlation identifier, wherein the correlation record specifies the local entry; transmit, to the remote system, the set of data as transformed and the local correlation identifier; receive, from the remote system and for the set of data, a remote correlation identifier; add, to the correlation record, the remote correlation identifier; and write, to a correlation table, the correlation record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: Deepti Bhogle, Joshua Timothy Nerius, Pierce Edward Courtney, Denis George Angleton, Jacob Samuel Burman
  • Publication number: 20240220214
    Abstract: A computing system includes a server. The server is communicatively coupled to a data repository and is configured to store a data in the data repository. The server is further configured to create, via a visual information flow creation tool, at least one information flow object, wherein the at least one information flow object comprises a flow, a sub-flow, an Action, or a combination thereof. The server is also configured to interface with the at least one information flow object via a front-end application programing interface (API), a back-end API, or a combination thereof. The server is additionally configured to execute the at least one information flow object via the front-end API, the back-end API, or a combination thereof, and to retrieve results obtained by executing the at least one information flow object via the front-end API, the back-end API, or the combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2024
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Harry Thomas Nelson, Matthew Breckenridge Stoddart, Stuart Dean Swope, David Tamjidi, Venkata Kiran Kumar Koya, Joshua Timothy Nerius, Rebecca Anita Dias
  • Patent number: 11934802
    Abstract: A computing system includes a server. The server is communicatively coupled to a data repository and is configured to store a data in the data repository. The server is further configured to create, via a visual information flow creation tool, at least one information flow object, wherein the at least one information flow object comprises a flow, a sub-flow, an Action, or a combination thereof. The server is also configured to interface with the at least one information flow object via a front-end application programing interface (API), a back-end API, or a combination thereof. The server is additionally configured to execute the at least one information flow object via the front-end API, the back-end API, or a combination thereof, and to retrieve results obtained by executing the at least one information flow object via the front-end API, the back-end API, or the combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: Harry Thomas Nelson, Matthew Breckenridge Stoddart, Stuart Dean Swope, David Tamjidi, Venkata Kiran Kumar Koya, Joshua Timothy Nerius, Rebecca Anita Dias
  • Publication number: 20230222089
    Abstract: Persistent storage may contain: (i) a database table containing entries, (ii) a definition of a communication endpoint of a remote system, and (iii) outbound flow processing. One or more processors may be configured to: detect a state change associated with a local entry in the database table; read, from the database table, a set of data representing the local entry; transform, using the outbound flow processing, the set of data into a format receivable by the remote system; create, for the set of data, a correlation record that contains a local correlation identifier, wherein the correlation record specifies the local entry; transmit, to the remote system, the set of data as transformed and the local correlation identifier; receive, from the remote system and for the set of data, a remote correlation identifier; add, to the correlation record, the remote correlation identifier; and write, to a correlation table, the correlation record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Deepti Bhogle, Joshua Timothy Nerius, Pierce Edward Courtney, Denis George Angleton, Jacob Samuel Burman
  • Patent number: 11640369
    Abstract: Persistent storage may contain: (i) a database table containing entries, (ii) a definition of a communication endpoint of a remote system, and (iii) outbound flow processing. One or more processors may be configured to: detect a state change associated with a local entry in the database table; read, from the database table, a set of data representing the local entry; transform, using the outbound flow processing, the set of data into a format receivable by the remote system; create, for the set of data, a correlation record that contains a local correlation identifier, wherein the correlation record specifies the local entry; transmit, to the remote system, the set of data as transformed and the local correlation identifier; receive, from the remote system and for the set of data, a remote correlation identifier; add, to the correlation record, the remote correlation identifier; and write, to a correlation table, the correlation record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: Deepti Bhogle, Joshua Timothy Nerius, Pierce Edward Courtney, Denis George Angleton, Jacob Samuel Burman
  • Publication number: 20220358083
    Abstract: Persistent storage may contain: (i) a database table containing entries, (ii) a definition of a communication endpoint of a remote system, and (iii) outbound flow processing. One or more processors may be configured to: detect a state change associated with a local entry in the database table; read, from the database table, a set of data representing the local entry; transform, using the outbound flow processing, the set of data into a format receivable by the remote system; create, for the set of data, a correlation record that contains a local correlation identifier, wherein the correlation record specifies the local entry; transmit, to the remote system, the set of data as transformed and the local correlation identifier; receive, from the remote system and for the set of data, a remote correlation identifier; add, to the correlation record, the remote correlation identifier; and write, to a correlation table, the correlation record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Deepti Bhogle, Joshua Timothy Nerius, Pierce Edward Courtney, Denis George Angleton, Jacob Samuel Burman
  • Patent number: 11442899
    Abstract: A computing system includes a server. The server is communicatively coupled to a data repository and is configured to store a data in the data repository. The server is further configured to create, via a visual information flow creation tool, at least one information flow object. The server is additionally configured to create, via a retry handling policy system, a retry policy, wherein the retry policy comprises a retry condition and a retry strategy, and to enable the at least one information flow object to follow the retry strategy when the retry condition occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Timothy Nerius, Venkata Kiran Kumar Koya
  • Patent number: 11435983
    Abstract: Persistent storage may contain metadata actions and integration actions related to a remote service, wherein the remote service includes a remote service application programming interface (API) that provides access to structured data, and a metadata API that provides access to a schema of the structured data. Processors may be configured to: (i) generate and provide, for metadata action design graphical user interfaces (GUIs), options for specification of a metadata action, where the metadata action defines a metadata query to the metadata API, rules for parsing the schema, and a normalized format for the structured data; (ii) generate and provide, for integration action design GUIs, options for specification of an integration action, where the integration action defines a structured data query to the remote service API and an indication that the metadata action is to be used to represent a result of the structured data query in the normalized format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob Samuel Burman, Rebecca Anita Dias, Joshua Timothy Nerius, Christopher Maloy, Alberto Alvarado Jimenez, Harry Thomas Nelson
  • Publication number: 20220229841
    Abstract: A specification of data to be obtained from an external database during execution of an automated process configured using the process automation environment is received via a user interface of a process automation environment. An indication of the data to be obtained from the external database is provided to an intermediary server, wherein the intermediary server requests and obtains the data from the external database and sends a stream of the obtained data of the external database. The stream of the obtained data of the external database is received from the intermediary server. The obtained data of the external database is used in the automated process of the process automation environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Chandra Mouli Kharidehal, Joshua Timothy Nerius, Lakshmana Sambasiva Srinivas Kothuri, Mithun Kumar Reddy Gaddam
  • Patent number: 11256482
    Abstract: Persistent storage may contain a definition of an application programming interface (API) of a remote service, where the API provides access to input information stored at the remote service. One or more processors may be configured to: (i) provide, for display on an action design graphical user interface (GUI), a first menu that allows selection of a first set of the input information to be dynamically retrieved from the API during design of a workflow; (ii) provide, for display on the action design GUI, a second menu that allows selection of a second set of the input information to be dynamically retrieved from the API during design of the workflow; and (iii) provide for display, on the action design GUI, options for specifying the API, how to remotely access the API, and how to parse data received from the API.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob Samuel Burman, Rebecca Anita Dias, Joshua Timothy Nerius, Christopher Maloy, Alberto Alvarado Jimenez, Harry Thomas Nelson
  • Patent number: 11250202
    Abstract: A computing system includes a server. The server is communicatively coupled to a data repository and is configured to store a data in the data repository. The server is further configured to configure, via the data stream handler system, the data stream object to transmit a request to an external system. The server is additionally configured to configure, via the data stream handler system, the data stream object to capture a response from the external system, wherein the response comprises a paginated data set, a data stream, or a combination thereof, wherein creating the data stream object, configuring the data stream object to transmit the request, configuring the data stream object to capture the response, or a combination thereof, comprises using visual controls in lieu of entering text for a computer program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Timothy Nerius, Venkata Kiran Kumar Koya, Deepti Suryakant Bhogle, Pierce Edward Courtney, Nicholas Michael Stark, Harry Thomas Nelson
  • Patent number: 11106763
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a transaction licensing system (TLS) for managing transactions and entitlements in a cloud-based system, wherein a transaction is a communication with an external server. The TLS includes at least one transaction licensing database (TLDB) that is configure to store entitlement and transaction data. The entitlements may include a general entitlement pool, as well as specialized entitlement pools with entitlements for executing particular transactions. The TLS is configured to determine identifying information for a transaction and then use this information to determine whether the general or specialized entitlement pools associated with the transaction has entitlements available in the TLDB to execute the transaction. When a suitable entitlement is determined to be available, the transaction is executed and the general or specialized entitlement pool is appropriately decremented. When no suitable entitlements are available, the TLS returns an exception.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Timothy Nerius, Venkata Kiran Kumar Koya, Rebecca Anita Dias, David J. Terry, Parvathavardhini Shankaranarayanan, Jeremy Michael Charfauros, Karthik Karunakar Kotian, Andrew Whitley Strieber
  • Patent number: 11100075
    Abstract: A computational instance of a remote network management platform may include persistent storage and one or more processors. The persistent storage may contain a recursively-defined complex data object, and one or more processors may be configured to: (i) transmit a depiction of a graphical user interface including a visual representation of the recursively-defined complex data object, where the complex data object as well as each array and object therein is represented as a collapsible menu item that can either display or hide its elements; (ii) receive a modification to an element of the complex data object, wherein the modification is either removal of the element, addition of the element, or a change to the associated type of the element; (iii) update the persistent storage to represent the complex data object as modified; and (iv) transmit an update to the visual representation that reflects the complex data object as modified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Maloy, Lubomir Kostadinov Vardin, Akhilesh Kondra, Joshua Timothy Nerius, Rebecca Anita Dias, Jacob Samuel Burman
  • Publication number: 20210208853
    Abstract: A computing system includes a server. The server is communicatively coupled to a data repository and is configured to store a data in the data repository. The server is further configured to create, via a visual information flow creation tool, at least one information flow object, wherein the at least one information flow object comprises a flow, a sub-flow, an Action, or a combination thereof. The server is also configured to interface with the at least one information flow object via a front-end application programing interface (API), a back-end API, or a combination thereof. The server is additionally configured to execute the at least one information flow object via the front-end API, the back-end API, or a combination thereof, and to retrieve results obtained by executing the at least one information flow object via the front-end API, the back-end API, or the combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Harry Thomas Nelson, Matthew Breckenridge Stoddart, Stuart Dean Swope, David Tamjidi, Venkata Kiran Kumar Koya, Joshua Timothy Nerius, Rebecca Anita Dias
  • Publication number: 20210141617
    Abstract: Persistent storage may contain metadata actions and integration actions related to a remote service, wherein the remote service includes a remote service application programming interface (API) that provides access to structured data, and a metadata API that provides access to a schema of the structured data. Processors may be configured to: (i) generate and provide, for metadata action design graphical user interfaces (GUIs), options for specification of a metadata action, where the metadata action defines a metadata query to the metadata API, rules for parsing the schema, and a normalized format for the structured data; (ii) generate and provide, for integration action design GUIs, options for specification of an integration action, where the integration action defines a structured data query to the remote service API and an indication that the metadata action is to be used to represent a result of the structured data query in the normalized format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Jacob Samuel Burman, Rebecca Anita Dias, Joshua Timothy Nerius, Christopher Maloy, Alberto Alvarado Jimenez, Harry Thomas Nelson
  • Patent number: 10970048
    Abstract: A computing system includes a server. The server is communicatively coupled to a data repository and is configured to store a data in the data repository. The server is further configured to create, via a visual information flow creation tool, at least one information flow object, wherein the at least one information flow object comprises a flow, a sub-flow, an Action, or a combination thereof. The server is also configured to interface with the at least one information flow object via a front-end application programming interface (API), a back-end API, or a combination thereof. The server is additionally configured to execute the at least one information flow object via the front-end API, the back-end API, or a combination thereof, and to retrieve results obtained by executing the at least one information flow object via the front-end API, the back-end API, or the combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: Harry Thomas Nelson, Matthew Breckenridge Stoddart, Stuart Dean Swope, David Tamjidi, Venkata Kiran Kumar Koya, Joshua Timothy Nerius, Rebecca Anita Dias
  • Patent number: 10949074
    Abstract: A system may involve persistent storage defining primitive data types and compound data types, where the compound data types include objects and arrays, where the objects contain sets of elements that have various primitive data types, compound data types, or both, and where the arrays contain sets of elements that all have one particular primitive data type or compound data type. The system may also involve one or more processors configured to provide a representation of a graphical user interface for designing a hierarchy of elements, each of the elements therein having a data type that is either a primitive data type or a compound data type, where elements in the hierarchy are associated with data type change controls, and where object elements in the hierarchy are: (i) associated with child element controls, and (ii) represented as collapsible menu items that can either display or hide their child elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: Harry Thomas Nelson, Joshua Timothy Nerius, Jacob Samuel Burman, Venkata Kiran Kumar Koya, Rebecca Anita Dias, Alberto Alvarado Jimenez
  • Patent number: 10929107
    Abstract: Persistent storage may contain metadata actions and integration actions related to a remote service, wherein the remote service includes a remote service application programming interface (API) that provides access to structured data, and a metadata API that provides access to a schema of the structured data. Processors may be configured to: (i) generate and provide, for metadata action design graphical user interfaces (GUIs), options for specification of a metadata action, where the metadata action defines a metadata query to the metadata API, rules for parsing the schema, and a normalized format for the structured data; (ii) generate and provide, for integration action design GUIs, options for specification of an integration action, where the integration action defines a structured data query to the remote service API and an indication that the metadata action is to be used to represent a result of the structured data query in the normalized format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob Samuel Burman, Rebecca Anita Dias, Joshua Timothy Nerius, Christopher Maloy, Alberto Alvarado Jimenez, Harry Thomas Nelson
  • Publication number: 20210042094
    Abstract: Persistent storage may contain a definition of an application programming interface (API) of a remote service, where the API provides access to input information stored at the remote service. One or more processors may be configured to: (i) provide, for display on an action design graphical user interface (GUI), a first menu that allows selection of a first set of the input information to be dynamically retrieved from the API during design of a workflow; (ii) provide, for display on the action design GUI, a second menu that allows selection of a second set of the input information to be dynamically retrieved from the API during design of the workflow; and (iii) provide for display, on the action design GUI, options for specifying the API, how to remotely access the API, and how to parse data received from the API.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Jacob Samuel Burman, Rebecca Anita Dias, Joshua Timothy Nerius, Christopher Maloy, Alberto Alvarado Jimenez, Harry Thomas Nelson
  • Publication number: 20200371679
    Abstract: A system may involve persistent storage defining primitive data types and compound data types, where the compound data types include objects and arrays, where the objects contain sets of elements that have various primitive data types, compound data types, or both, and where the arrays contain sets of elements that all have one particular primitive data type or compound data type. The system may also involve one or more processors configured to provide a representation of a graphical user interface for designing a hierarchy of elements, each of the elements therein having a data type that is either a primitive data type or a compound data type, where elements in the hierarchy are associated with data type change controls, and where object elements in the hierarchy are: (i) associated with child element controls, and (ii) represented as collapsible menu items that can either display or hide their child elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Harry Thomas Nelson, Joshua Timothy Nerius, Jacob Samuel Burman, Venkata Kiran Kumar Koya, Rebecca Anita Dias, Alberto Alvarado Jimenez