Patents by Inventor Muzaffar H. MALIK

Muzaffar H. MALIK 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: 11816492
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to widget integration. Embodiments include receiving a workflow definition specifying one or more widgets to be loaded into a shell executing within a given application, the shell comprising a runtime environment, the one or more widgets comprising at least a first cross-platform widget. Embodiments include instantiating the runtime environment for the first cross-platform widget, the runtime environment including a bridge interface for facilitating communications between each widget in the one or more widgets and the given application. Embodiments include loading the first cross-platform widget into the runtime environment. Embodiments include processing, through the bridge interface, a communication from the first cross-platform widget running within the shell, wherein the communication comprises a result of executing a function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: INTUIT, INC.
    Inventors: Anshu Verma, Carlos Ambrozak, Tapasvi Moturu, Muzaffar H. Malik, Jessica Yen Yen Sperling
  • Patent number: 11520575
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to facilitating communication between widgets of cross-platform applications. An exemplary system includes computing components configured to execute an application shell. The system is configured to cause the application shell to do the following. The application shell instantiates a cross-platform application comprising a plurality of application widgets. The application shell then determines that a first application widget of the plurality of application widgets executes instructions through an execution container of the cross-platform application. The application shell then receives a request comprising criteria from the first application widget, wherein the criteria specify an application widget to listen for communications from. The application shell then receives a communication from the second application widget and determines that the communication matches the criteria of the request by the first application widget.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: INTUIT, INC.
    Inventors: Steve Lin, Anshu Verma, Jay Yu, Kerry K. Kartchner, Tapasvi Moturu, Muzaffar H. Malik
  • Publication number: 20220012040
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to facilitating communication between widgets of cross-platform applications. An exemplary system includes computing components configured to execute an application shell. The system is configured to cause the application shell to do the following. The application shell instantiates a cross-platform application comprising a plurality of application widgets. The application shell then determines that a first application widget of the plurality of application widgets executes instructions through an execution container of the cross-platform application. The application shell then receives a request comprising criteria from the first application widget, wherein the criteria specify an application widget to listen for communications from. The application shell then receives a communication from the second application widget and determines that the communication matches the criteria of the request by the first application widget.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Steve LIN, Anshu VERMA, Jay YU, Kerry K. KARTCHNER, Tapasvi MOTURU, Muzaffar H. MALIK
  • Patent number: 11157259
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for facilitating communication between widgets of cross-platform applications. An exemplary system is configured to instantiate a cross-platform application comprising a plurality of application widgets. The system is further configured to determine that a first application widget of the plurality of application widgets executes instructions through an execution container of the cross-platform application. The system is further configured to receive a request comprising criteria from the first application widget, wherein the criteria specify an application widget to listen for communications from. The system is further configured to receive a communication from the second application widget and determines that the communication matches the criteria of the request by the first application widget. The system is further configured to transmit to the first application widget an update containing data from the communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: INTUIT INC.
    Inventors: Steve Lin, Anshu Verma, Jay Yu, Kerry K. Kartchner, Tapasvi Moturu, Muzaffar H. Malik
  • Publication number: 20210165668
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to widget integration. Embodiments include receiving a workflow definition specifying one or more widgets to be loaded into a shell executing within a given application, the shell comprising a runtime environment, the one or more widgets comprising at least a first cross-platform widget. Embodiments include instantiating the runtime environment for the first cross-platform widget, the runtime environment including a bridge interface for facilitating communications between each widget in the one or more widgets and the given application. Embodiments include loading the first cross-platform widget into the runtime environment. Embodiments include processing, through the bridge interface, a communication from the first cross-platform widget running within the shell, wherein the communication comprises a result of executing a function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Anshu VERMA, Carlos AMBROZAK, Tapasvi MOTURU, Muzaffar H. MALIK, Jessica Yen Yen SPERLING
  • Patent number: 10956179
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to third-party integration of native and platform-agnostic based software components into a third-party application. An exemplary method generally includes receiving, a workflow definition specifying one or more widgets to be loaded into a runtime environment, the one or more widgets comprising at least the first cross-platform widget. A runtime environment is instantiated for the first cross-platform widget. The runtime environment includes a bridge interface for facilitating communications between each widget in the one or more widgets and a second application. The first cross-platform widget is loaded into the runtime environment. When a communication between the first cross-platform widget and the second application is received, the communication is processed through the bridge interface. The bridge interface invokes an event at one or more of the first cross-platform widget or the second application based on the communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: INTUIT, INC.
    Inventors: Tapasvi Moturu, Jessica Yen Yen Sperling, Anshu Verma, Muzaffar H. Malik, Carlos Ambrozak
  • Patent number: 10162624
    Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to executing dynamically generated applications in a web browser-based shell. An exemplary method generally includes instantiating shared components in the browser-based shell, the shared components exposing a common runtime environment to widgets loaded into the browser-based shell. A first workflow definition representing a first step of a workflow is received. The first workflow definition specifies first widgets, comprising modular components that perform functions represented by the first step of the workflow and comprising a user interface definition, to be loaded into the browser-based shell. The first widgets are obtained from one or more of a remote source, a local cache, or a temporary memory and loaded into the browser-based shell. A user interface is generated according to the first workflow definition to exposes the function to a user which, when invoked, initiates a transition to a second step of the workflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: INTUIT INC.
    Inventors: Tapasvi Moturu, Anshu Verma, Muzaffar H. Malik, Jeffery Brewer, Dante C. Mostajo
  • Patent number: 10146753
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for performing visual regression testing for a software application. In one embodiment, a regression testing tool identifies a first collection of web pages from a first version of the application, and captures an image of each identified web page. The regression testing tool identifies, for one or more of the identified web pages, a corresponding web page in a second collection of web pages from a second version of the application, and captures an image of the corresponding web pages. The regression testing tool identifies differences in pixel values for images in the first collection and images in the second collection to determine differences between the image of at least one web page in the first collection and the image of the corresponding web page. The regression testing tool generates an image providing a visualization of the one or more differences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: INTUIT INC.
    Inventors: Carol Chiam-Mei Tsai, Nirja Shah, Muzaffar H. Malik
  • Publication number: 20180025503
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for performing visual regression testing for a software application. In one embodiment, a regression testing tool identifies a first collection of web pages from a first version of the application, and captures an image of each identified web page. The regression testing tool identifies, for one or more of the identified web pages, a corresponding web page in a second collection of web pages from a second version of the application, and captures an image of the corresponding web pages. The regression testing tool identifies differences in pixel values for images in the first collection and images in the second collection to determine differences between the image of at least one web page in the first collection and the image of the corresponding web page. The regression testing tool generates an image providing a visualization of the one or more differences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Carol Chiam-Mei TSAI, Nirja SHAH, Muzaffar H. MALIK