Ping Identity International, Inc.

Forgerock, Inc.

Benjamin Anthony Apple

Colin Madigan Dean

Jonathan David Branch

Krismy Alexandra Botkin

The disclosed technology teaches rejecting, during validation, a sequence of components intended for interacting with a user. Included are providing a sequence setup GUI supporting construction of an executable sequence by connecting at least five components in a directed graph, and tracing multiple paths through the directed graph, including from at least one conditional branch at a first up-chain component, in which down-chain components accept as input and depend on output from at least one up-chain component, referred to as input chain dependencies. Also included are locating at least one error in use of a particular down-chain component when invoked following one of the multiple paths, where the error results from failure to satisfy any of the input chain dependencies of the particular down-chain component, and reporting the error during validation to a user of the GUI, before passing the sequence of components from validation to use in production.

Rejecting, during validation, sequences of components with invalid input dependencies

The disclosed technology teaches correctly assembling a sequence of components for interacting with a user, including providing a sequence setup GUI with components that accept inputs and have input chain dependencies and outputs. The GUI supports construction of an executable sequence by connecting at least five of the components in a directed graph and tracing multiple paths through the components in the directed graph, resulting from at least one conditional branch at a first component, as the components are connected in the directed graph. Also taught is testing whether input chain dependencies of components under evaluation are satisfied when the components are invoked following any of the multiple paths and locating at least one error in use of a second component that results from failure to satisfy the input chain dependencies of the second component and reporting the error to a user, before executing the sequence and causing the error.

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Vancouver, WA, United States of America

Benjamin Anthony Apple