Patents
US 11042707 B2: Conversational interface for APIs
- Granted
- 2021-06-22
- Filed
- 2018-12-26 application 16232730
- Type
- Utility · 17 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to a mechanism to create conversational agents from API specifications based on domain-specific inputs. The conversational agents may provide the functionalities exposed by the underlying API to users engaging with the conversational agent. Thus, the user may execute actions exposed by the API specification using natural language in a conversational, comfortable, and familiar fashion.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg210622.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mulesoft, LLC 12 patents | US company or organization | San Francisco, CA | MULESOFT, INC Form D issuer FUZZY medium confidence: same name (legal endings aside) and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antonio Garrote | London, GB | 17 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G06F | Electric digital data processing | G06F40/30 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-10 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | MULESOFT, LLC signed 2025-01-22 | SALESFORCE, INC. SAN FRANCISCO, CA | 70454/704 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2019-07-10 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | GARROTE, ANTONIO signed 2019-07-09 | MULESOFT, LLC SAN FRANCISCO, CA | 49708/463 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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