Patents by Inventor Pedro Carmo

Pedro Carmo 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: 12731094
    Abstract: Techniques for generating tasks from message data are discussed herein. A user profile may view content displayed within a communication-based virtual space. The user profile may request that the communication platform generate a task based on a content item displayed therein. That is, the user profile may be viewing a communication-based virtual space and select a message to use as the basis for creating a task. The communication platform may display one or more lists with which the user profile can associate the task. The user profile may select a list from the one or more of the lists and based on the selection, the communication platform may generate a task associated with the list. The communication platform may cause the task to be displayed via a user interface of a mobile device used by the user profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2026
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Pedro Carmo, Katherine Jane Steigman, Prajna Shetty, Genevieve Therese Cuevas
  • Publication number: 20260181032
    Abstract: Medium, method and system for ad hoc, ambient, synchronous multimedia collaboration in a group-based communication system. Embodiments of the invention provide a way for users to quickly establish a real-time collaboration among a group of peers without the burden and overhead of a conventional call or video meeting. Users can quickly and easily join and leave these synchronous multimedia collaboration sessions at any time, without disrupting the session for other users. This enables the user to experience the collaboration as a convenient forum rather than a burdensome scheduled event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2026
    Publication date: June 25, 2026
    Applicant: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Stewart Butterfield, Tamar Yehoshua, Noah Weiss, Johnny Rodgers, Kevin Marshall, Anna Niess, Pedro Carmo, Ethan Eismann, Chris Willmore, David Ly-Gagnon
  • Patent number: 12659402
    Abstract: Techniques for modifying the display of task data are discussed herein. A user profile may request to modify a user interface object from a compressed state to an expanded state. Based on the request, the communication platform may convert the user interface object into an expanded state such that one or more columns of the task are presented in a single user interface. The communication platform may determine an updated organization of the columns and use such data to determine a modified size of the user interface object. The communication platform can generate a modified user interface object in an expanded state that includes an increased number of the columns. The communication platform may cause the modified user interface object to be displayed via a user interface of a mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Pedro Carmo, Katherine Jane Steigman, Prajna Shetty, Genevieve Therese Cuevas, Uren Tamar Mador, Naman Kedia
  • Patent number: 12568131
    Abstract: Medium, method and system for ad hoc, ambient, synchronous multimedia collaboration in a group-based communication system. Embodiments of the invention provide a way for users to quickly establish a real-time collaboration among a group of peers without the burden and overhead of a conventional call or video meeting. Users can quickly and easily join and leave these synchronous multimedia collaboration sessions at any time, without disrupting the session for other users. This enables the user to experience the collaboration as a convenient forum rather than a burdensome scheduled event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Stewart Butterfield, Tamar Yehoshua, Noah Weiss, Johnny Rodgers, Kevin Marshall, Anna Niess, Pedro Carmo, Ethan Eismann, Chris Willmore, David Ly-Gagnon
  • Patent number: 12542752
    Abstract: Snippets of content associated with a communication platform are described. In an example, based at least in part on a determination, by the communication platform, that a user of the communication platform is permitted to access one or more snippets of content provided by one or more other users of the communication platform, causing one or more user interface elements associated with the one or more snippets of content to be presented via a user interface of a user computing device of the user. The communication platform can receive, from the user computing device, a request to view a snippet of content of the one or more snippets of content and can cause the snippet of content to be presented by the user computing device via the user interface associated with the communication platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2026
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Noah Weiss, John Rodgers, Kevin Marshall, Anna Niess, Michael Hahn, Ibrahim Madha, Pedro Carmo, Michael Montazeri, Ethan Eismann
  • Publication number: 20250356290
    Abstract: Techniques for generating tasks from message data are discussed herein. A user profile may view content displayed within a communication-based virtual space. The user profile may request that the communication platform generate a task based on a content item displayed therein. That is, the user profile may be viewing a communication-based virtual space and select a message to use as the basis for creating a task. The communication platform may display one or more lists with which the user profile can associate the task. The user profile may select a list from the one or more of the lists and based on the selection, the communication platform may generate a task associated with the list. The communication platform may cause the task to be displayed via a user interface of a mobile device used by the user profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2024
    Publication date: November 20, 2025
    Inventors: Pedro Carmo, Katherine Jane Steigman, Prajna Shetty, Genevieve Therese Cuevas
  • Publication number: 20250358360
    Abstract: Techniques for modifying the display of task data are discussed herein. A user profile may request to modify a user interface object from a compressed state to an expanded state. Based on the request, the communication platform may convert the user interface object into an expanded state such that one or more columns of the task are presented in a single user interface. The communication platform may determine an updated organization of the columns and use such data to determine a modified size of the user interface object. The communication platform can generate a modified user interface object in an expanded state that includes an increased number of the columns. The communication platform may cause the modified user interface object to be displayed via a user interface of a mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2024
    Publication date: November 20, 2025
    Inventors: Pedro Carmo, Katherine Jane Steigman, Prajna Shetty, Genevieve Therese Cuevas, Uren Tamar Mador, Naman Kedia
  • Publication number: 20250330505
    Abstract: Media, methods, and systems are disclosed for ad hoc, ambient, synchronous multimedia collaboration in a group-based communication system. Embodiments of the invention provide a way for users to quickly discover and initiate real-time collaboration sessions among groups of other users without the burden and overhead of a conventional call or video meeting. Users can quickly and easily discover and switch into and out of these synchronous multimedia collaboration sessions at any time, without disrupting the sessions for other participating users. This enables a diverse set of users to experience a rich multimedia collaboration session collaboration as a convenient ad hoc forum rather than a burdensome scheduled event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2025
    Publication date: October 23, 2025
    Inventors: Daniel Stewart Butterfield, Tamar Yehoshua, Noah Weiss, John Rodgers, Kevin Marshall, Anna Niess, Pedro Carmo, Ethan Eismann, Chris Willmore, David Ly-Gagnon
  • Patent number: 12375538
    Abstract: Media, methods, and systems are disclosed for ad hoc, ambient, synchronous multimedia collaboration in a group-based communication system. Embodiments of the invention provide a way for users to quickly discover and initiate real-time collaboration sessions among groups of other users without the burden and overhead of a conventional call or video meeting. Users can quickly and easily discover and switch into and out of these synchronous multimedia collaboration sessions at any time, without disrupting the sessions for other participating users. This enables a diverse set of users to experience a rich multimedia collaboration session collaboration as a convenient ad hoc forum rather than a burdensome scheduled event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Stewart Butterfield, Tamar Yehoshua, Noah Weiss, John Rodgers, Kevin Marshall, Anna Niess, Pedro Carmo, Ethan Eismann, Chris Willmore, David Ly-Gagnon
  • Patent number: 11941229
    Abstract: A method includes displaying a message within an interface of a group-based communication platform on a device associated with a user; receiving, from the user, a selection of a first reactive emoji having a first skin tone for display in association with the message; and in response, displaying a first instance of the selected first reactive emoji having the first skin tone in a first grouping with at least a second instance of the first reactive emoji having a second skin tone different than the first skin tone, wherein the first grouping of the first instance and the at least the second instance is displayed in association with the message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Cole, Pedro Carmo, Kristin Au
  • Patent number: 11902238
    Abstract: A method includes displaying a plurality of group-based communication channels in an interface associated with a first user of a group-communication platform; receiving a request from the first user to share a selected set of the group-based communication channels with at least a second user of the group-based communication platform; displaying to at least the second user an indication of at least one group-based communication channel of the selected set of group-based communication channels and an affordance to add the at least one group-based communication channel of the selected set of group-based communication channels; in response to receiving an actuation of the affordance by the second user, adding the at least one group-based communication channel to an interface associated with the second user; and updating display of the interface associated with the second user to include the at least one group-based communication channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Slack Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Sufian Rhazi, Pedro Carmo, Rachel Lum, Wei Tai Ting, Whitney Levine
  • Publication number: 20240007511
    Abstract: Medium, method and system for ad hoc, ambient, synchronous multimedia collaboration in a group-based communication system. Embodiments of the invention provide a way for users to quickly establish a real-time collaboration among a group of peers without the burden and overhead of a conventional call or video meeting. Users can quickly and easily join and leave these synchronous multimedia collaboration sessions at any time, without disrupting the session for other users. This enables the user to experience the collaboration as a convenient forum rather than a burdensome scheduled event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel Stewart Butterfield, Tamar Yehoshua, Noah Weiss, Johnny Rodgers, Kevin Marshall, Anna Niess, Pedro Carmo, Ethan Eismann, Chris Willmore, David Ly-Gagnon
  • Publication number: 20230394440
    Abstract: Techniques for providing a collaborative document in association with a virtual meeting on a communication platform are discussed herein. Users may communicate within the communication platform via text-based messages, which may include links, documents, videos, etc. Users may request a virtual meeting with audio and/or video capabilities. Responsive to a request, users within the communication channel may be invited to the virtual meeting and the collaborative document. The collaborative document can enable messaging and sharing functionalities attributable to a virtual space. The collaborative document may be populated with communications previously exchanged within the communication channel, such that links, documents, videos, content, etc. that occurred or were shared within the communication channel may be indicated within the collaborative document to provide context to the virtual meeting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Kevin Marshall, Michael Hahn, Noah Weiss, Anna Niess, Julie Haynes, Pedro Carmo, Katherine Jane Steigman, Olivia Diane Grace
  • Patent number: 11829786
    Abstract: Computer-readable media, methods, and systems for generating a collaboration hub for display within a graphical user interface of a group-based communication system. The collaboration hub comprises a list of recommended active users, a list of recommended active synchronous multimedia collaboration sessions, and a feed of recommended asynchronous collaboration threads such that relevant activity within the group-based communication system is viewable and accessible to users of the group-based communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Slack Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Noah Weiss, John Rodgers, Pedro Carmo, Michael Hahn
  • Patent number: 11831693
    Abstract: Medium, method and system for ad hoc, ambient, synchronous multimedia collaboration in a group-based communication system. Embodiments of the invention provide a way for users to quickly establish a real-time collaboration among a group of peers without the burden and overhead of a conventional call or video meeting. Users can quickly and easily join and leave these synchronous multimedia collaboration sessions at any time, without disrupting the session for other users. This enables the user to experience the collaboration as a convenient forum rather than a burdensome scheduled event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Stewart Butterfield, Tamar Yehoshua, Noah Weiss, Johnny Rodgers, Kevin Marshall, Anna Niess, Pedro Carmo, Ethan Eismann, Chris Willmore, David Ly-Gagnon
  • Publication number: 20230319001
    Abstract: Snippets of content associated with a communication platform are described. In an example, based at least in part on a determination, by the communication platform, that a user of the communication platform is permitted to access one or more snippets of content provided by one or more other users of the communication platform, causing one or more user interface elements associated with the one or more snippets of content to be presented via a user interface of a user computing device of the user. The communication platform can receive, from the user computing device, a request to view a snippet of content of the one or more snippets of content and can cause the snippet of content to be presented by the user computing device via the user interface associated with the communication platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Noah Weiss, John Rodgers, Kevin Marshall, Anna Niess, Michael Hahn, Ibrahim Madha, Pedro Carmo, Michael Montazeri, Ethan Eismann
  • Patent number: 11734031
    Abstract: Computer-readable media, methods, and systems for generating a collaboration hub for display within a graphical user interface of a group-based communication system. The collaboration hub comprises a list of recommended active users, a list of recommended active synchronous multimedia collaboration sessions, and a feed of recommended asynchronous collaboration threads such that relevant activity within the group-based communication system is viewable and accessible to users of the group-based communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Slack Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Noah Weiss, John Rodgers, Pedro Carmo, Michael Hahn
  • Patent number: D1144410
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Pedro Carmo, Uren Tamar Mador, Naman Kedia
  • Patent number: D1144411
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Pedro Carmo, Uren Tamar Mador, Naman Kedia
  • Patent number: D1144412
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Pedro Carmo, Uren Tamar Mador, Naman Kedia