Patents by Inventor Kevin Gibbs

Kevin Gibbs 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: 11847438
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for providing offline capabilities to customizable live applications in a cloud collaboration platform. The cloud collaboration platform may provide offline functions and a data application programming interface to devices connecting to the cloud collaboration platform. The offline capabilities allow devices to store data related to documents and customizable live applications in a local cache. The offline capabilities retrieve data from and store modifications to data within the local cache. The cloud collaboration platform may subsequently process the changes and determine if conflicts arise, resolving conflicts where appropriate and possible. The cloud collaboration platform may then determine a final state for a record, return the final state to the devices, and update the local caches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Julie Tung, Rajeev Nayak, Kevin Gibbs, Bret Taylor, Yang Su, Nate Botwick, Pedram Razavi, Scott Goodfriend, Nikrad Mahdi, Andy Chung, Drew Hamlin, Patrick Linehan, Sophia Westwood, Lindsey Simon, Shrey Banga, Diana Berlin
  • Patent number: 11733850
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for slide grid snapping for presentations slides in a cloud collaboration platform. An embodiment operates by displaying a slide made up of rows and columns of pixels, receiving inputs to select and move an object, interpreting the movement, based on proximity to particular rows and columns, places the object along the particular row and column of pixels, and rendering the resulting slide. By serializing and coordinating design actions using the slide grid, the ease of design and the efficiency of the user experience may be enhanced. The grid system further allows users to comment anywhere in the document, associating those comments with objects or layers, and adjusting or moving the comments in response to grid-based actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Andy Chung, Aaron Boodman, Joshua Li, Erik Arvidsson, Kevin Gibbs, Diana Berlin
  • Patent number: 11656859
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for providing a data model application programming interface (“API”) to customizable live applications in a cloud collaboration platform. The cloud collaboration platform provides data storage, a data model, and an API to embedded third-party live applications to allow the live applications to securely create, store, and access data within the cloud collaboration platform. The data model allows records stored in the cloud collaboration platform to sync independently, merge intelligently, and function offline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Julie Tung, Rajeev Nayak, Kevin Gibbs, Bret Taylor, Yang Su, Nate Botwick, Pedram Razavi, Scott Goodfriend, Patrick Linehan, Lindsey Simon, Shrey Banga
  • Publication number: 20230067314
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for providing a security model to customizable live applications in a cloud collaboration platform. The security approach may dedicate a frame to each live application, serving the frame from a different domain than a document in which the live application is embedded. This approach ensures that more stringent security requirements may be required of the live application and allows the data presented to the live application to be narrowly tailored. The security model may further leverage sandbox attributes and content-security policies to restrict the behavior of sandboxed and non-sandboxed live applications in accordance with best security practices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Salesforce.com,Inc.
    Inventors: Julie TUNG, Rajeev Nayak, Kevin Gibbs, Bret Taylor, Yang Su, Nate Botwick, Pedram Razavi, Scott Goodfriend, Nikrad Mahdi, Andy Chung, Drew Hamlin, Patrick Linehan, Sophia Westwood, Lindsey Simon, Shrey Banga, Diana Berlin
  • Patent number: 11593152
    Abstract: In an application execution system having a plurality of application servers, each application server stores a plurality of applications, and has computational resources for executing applications in response to received requests. Each application server also includes instructions for loading a respective application into volatile storage and executing the application in response to a request from a client, and for returning a result. A generic application instance may be cloned, creating a pool of generic application instance clones that can be loaded with code for a requested application to produce an application instance. The application instance can then be stored in a cache to be used for a future application request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth Ashcraft, Jon P. McAlister, Kevin A. Gibbs, Ryan C. Barrett
  • Publication number: 20220229846
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for data processing are described. According to the techniques described herein, a device (e.g., an application server) may render a first graphical user interface including a first view of a first data record, the first view including a first field. The device may receive, via the first graphical user interface, a user input including a field-level comment for the first field. The first view further includes the field-level comment and a first field-level visual indicator indicating that the field-level comment is associated with the first field. The device may also render a second graphical user interface including a second view of a set of data records including the first data record. In some cases, the second view omits the first field and includes the field-level comment and a second record-level visual indicator indicating that the field-level comment is associated with the first data record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Nathaniel Botwick, Norris Lee, Kevin A. Gibbs, John Arian Brock, Jeffrey Davis, Gregory Alan Rewis, Joel Benjamin Allen, Christopher M. Bosko, Jason Wagner, Scott Goodfriend
  • Patent number: 11379205
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for providing a security model to customizable live applications in a cloud collaboration platform. The security approach may dedicate a frame to each live application, serving the frame from a different domain than a document in which the live application is embedded. This approach ensures that more stringent security requirements may be required of the live application and allows the data presented to the live application to be narrowly tailored. The security model may further leverage sandbox attributes and content-security policies to restrict the behavior of sandboxed and non-sandboxed live applications in accordance with best security practices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Julie Tung, Rajeev Nayak, Kevin Gibbs, Bret Taylor, Yang Su, Nate Botwick, Pedram Razavi, Scott Goodfriend, Nikrad Mahdi, Andy Chung, Drew Hamlin, Patrick Linehan, Sophia Westwood, Lindsey Simon, Shrey Banga, Diana Berlin
  • Publication number: 20220063106
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for improving user experiences within a cloud collaboration platform that integrates communication tools with word processor functions to enhance workflows, save time, and promote teamwork in the development of slide presentations. To improve usability, a cloud collaboration platform may furnish a reader mode to streamline the presentation review process. The reader mode may allow viewers to review the presentation as the presentation will eventually be presented to an audience. The viewers may provide comments and feedback on the presentation without being inundated with comments and metadata added to an edit mode of the presentation by the original authors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Andy Chung, Aaron Boodman, Erik Arvidsson, Kevin Gibbs, Julie Tung, Diane Berlin
  • Patent number: 11169789
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for providing a rich text box to customizable live applications in a cloud collaboration platform. The rich text box component may extend styles and functions performed within a document editor in the cloud collaboration platform to customizable live applications. This extension ensures a consistent user experience where the behavior of text-editing in live application mirrors that of the standardized document editor. Additional functionality, such as mentions and auto-completions, may be performed by the rich text boxes embedded in a live application without adding to the code base of the live application, complicating design decisions, and/or circumventing the security requirements of a live application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Julie Tung, Rajeev Nayak, Kevin Gibbs, Bret Taylor, Yang Su, Nate Botwick, Pedram Razavi, Scott Goodfriend, Nikrad Mahdi, Andy Chung, Drew Hamlin, Patrick Linehan, Sophia Westwood, Lindsey Simon, Shrey Banga, Diana Berlin
  • Patent number: 11113666
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for improving user experiences within a cloud collaboration platform that integrates communication tools with word processor functions to enhance workflows, save time, and promote teamwork in the development of slide presentations. To improve usability, a cloud collaboration platform may furnish a reader mode to streamline the presentation review process. The reader mode may allow viewers to review the presentation as the presentation will eventually be presented to an audience. The viewers may provide comments and feedback on the presentation without being inundated with comments and metadata added to an edit mode of the presentation by the original authors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Andy Chung, Aaron Boodman, Erik Arvidsson, Kevin Gibbs, Julie Tung, Diane Berlin
  • Patent number: 11079917
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for an insights panel for presentations slides in a cloud collaboration platform. An embodiment operates by loading a presentation and an account associated with the presentation, determining view status for the slide, comment status for the slide, total number of comments on the presentation, and percentage of engagement and displaying the presentation with an insights tab that includes this information. The creator of a presentation may view a comprehensive summary of edits made to the presentation, comments made to the presentation, and views of the presentation; see the users that were given access to the slide presentation and a level of engagement on an individualized basis; and benefit by seeing a level of engagement among the users over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Gibbs, Drew Hamlin, Chris de la Iglesia, Diana Berlin
  • Patent number: 11068301
    Abstract: In an application execution system having a plurality of application servers, each application server stores a plurality of applications, and has computational resources for executing applications in response to received requests. Each application server also includes instructions for loading a respective application into volatile storage and executing the application in response to a request from a client, and for returning a result. A generic application instance may be cloned, creating a pool of generic application instance clones that can be loaded with code for a requested application to produce an application instance. The application instance can then be stored in a cache to be used for a future application request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth Ashcraft, Jon P. McAlister, Kevin A. Gibbs, Ryan C. Barrett
  • Publication number: 20210149656
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for providing offline capabilities to customizable live applications in a cloud collaboration platform. The cloud collaboration platform may provide offline functions and a data application programming interface to devices connecting to the cloud collaboration platform. The offline capabilities allow devices to store data related to documents and customizable live applications in a local cache. The offline capabilities retrieve data from and store modifications to data within the local cache. The cloud collaboration platform may subsequently process the changes and determine if conflicts arise, resolving conflicts where appropriate and possible. The cloud collaboration platform may then determine a final state for a record, return the final state to the devices, and update the local caches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Julie TUNG, Rajeev NAYAK, Kevin GIBBS, Bret TAYLOR, Yang SU, Nate BOTWICK, Pedram RAZAVI, Scott GOODFRIEND, Nikrad MAHDI, Andy CHUNG, Drew HAMLIN, Patrick LINEHAN, Sophia WESTWOOD, Lindsey SIMON, Shrey BANGA, Diana BERLIN
  • Patent number: 10936292
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for providing offline capabilities to customizable live applications in a cloud collaboration platform. The cloud collaboration platform may provide offline functions and a data application programming interface to devices connecting to the cloud collaboration platform. The offline capabilities allow devices to store data related to documents and customizable live applications in a local cache. The offline capabilities retrieve data from and store modifications to data within the local cache. The cloud collaboration platform may subsequently process the changes and determine if conflicts arise, resolving conflicts where appropriate and possible. The cloud collaboration platform may then determine a final state for a record, return the final state to the devices, and update the local caches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Julie Tung, Rajeev Nayak, Kevin Gibbs, Bret Taylor, Yang Su, Nate Botwick, Pedram Razavi, Scott Goodfriend, Nikrad Mahdi, Andy Chung, Drew Hamlin, Patrick Linehan, Sophia Westwood, Lindsey Simon, Shrey Banga, Diana Berlin
  • Publication number: 20210026613
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for providing a data model API to customizable live applications in a cloud collaboration platform. The cloud collaboration platform may provide data storage, a data model, and an application programming interface to embedded third-party live applications to allow the live applications to securely create, store, and access data within the cloud collaboration platform. The data model allows records stored in the cloud collaboration platform to sync independently, merge intelligently, and function offline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Julie Tung, Rajeev Nayak, Kevin Gibbs, Bret Taylor, Yang Su, Nate Botwick, Pedram Razavi, Scott Goodfriend, Patrick Linehan, Lindsey Simon, Shrey Banga
  • Publication number: 20200409676
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for providing a security model to customizable live applications in a cloud collaboration platform. The security approach may dedicate a frame to each live application, serving the frame from a different domain than a document in which the live application is embedded. This approach ensures that more stringent security requirements may be required of the live application and allows the data presented to the live application to be narrowly tailored. The security model may further leverage sandbox attributes and content-security policies to restrict the behavior of sandboxed and non-sandboxed live applications in accordance with best security practices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Julie Tung, Rajeev Nayak, Kevin Gibbs, Bret Taylor, Yang Su, Nate Botwick, Pedram Razavi, Scott Goodfriend, Nikrad Mahdi, Andy Chung, Drew Hamlin, Patrick Linehan, Sophia Westwood, Lindsey Simon, Shrey Banga, Diana Berlin
  • Patent number: 10846071
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for providing a data model application programming interface to customizable live applications in a cloud collaboration platform. The cloud collaboration platform allows third-party live applications to securely create, store, and access data within the cloud collaboration platform. The data model allows records stored in the cloud collaboration platform to sync independently, merge intelligently, and function offline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Julie Tung, Rajeev Nayak, Kevin Gibbs, Bret Taylor, Yang Su, Nate Botwick, Pedram Razavi, Scott Goodfriend, Patrick Linehan, Lindsey Simon, Shrey Banga
  • Patent number: 10809991
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for providing a security model to customizable live applications in a cloud collaboration platform. The security approach may dedicate a frame to each live application, serving the frame from a different domain than a document in which the live application is embedded. This approach ensures that more stringent security requirements may be required of the live application and allows the data presented to the live application to be narrowly tailored. The security model may further leverage sandbox attributes and content-security policies to restrict the behavior of sandboxed and non-sandboxed live applications in accordance with best security practices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Julie Tung, Rajeev Nayak, Kevin Gibbs, Bret Taylor, Yang Su, Nate Botwick, Diana Berlin, Pedram Razavi, Scott Goodfriend, Nikrad Mahdi, Andy Chung, Drew Hamlin, Patrick Linehan, Sophia Westwood, Lindsey Simon, Shrey Banga
  • Patent number: D901536
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Diana Berlin, Kevin Gibbs, Drew Hamlin, Christopher De La Iglesia
  • Patent number: D916891
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Diana Berlin, Kevin Gibbs, Drew Hamlin, Christopher De La Iglesia