Patents Assigned to Quora, Inc.
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Patent number: 11881122Abstract: A question-and-answer application that displays topic-specific biographical information about users when presenting certain content elements is described. The topic-specific biographical information for a user may be displayed in various contexts, such as with an answer to a question on a question page for the question, or with information identifying a user who is following a question or a topic. With some embodiments, a user's topic-specific biographical information may be provided by the user, provided or suggested by another user, or obtained from an external data source.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: QUORA, INC.Inventors: Adam D'Angelo, Charles Duplain Cheever, Rebekah Marie Cox
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Patent number: 11562660Abstract: A question-and-answer application that displays topic-specific biographical information about users when presenting certain content elements is described. The topic-specific biographical information for a user may be displayed in various contexts, such as with an answer to a question on a question page for the question, or with information identifying a user who is following a question or a topic. With some embodiments, a user's topic-specific biographical information may be provided by the user, provided or suggested by another user, or obtained from an external data source.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2021Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: QUORA, INC.Inventors: Adam D'Angelo, Charles Duplain Cheever, Rebekah Marie Cox
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Patent number: 11516264Abstract: A question-and-answer application with an “ask-to-answer” feature is described. The ask-to-answer feature enables any user to solicit an answer to a question from another user. Upon soliciting another user for an answer to a particular question, a message with a call to action is directed to the solicited user. The message may include a copy of the text of the question and may provide a mechanism (e.g., a selectable user interface element) enabling the solicited user to pass on answering the question. Subsequent to the solicitation, the question page for the question will include a notification with information about the solicitation, including in some instances information identifying the user who has been asked to answer the question and the number of times the user has been asked to provide an answer to the question.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2021Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: QUORA, INC.Inventors: Adam Edward D'Angelo, Charles Duplain Cheever, Kevin G. Der, Rebekah Marie Cox
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Publication number: 20220269386Abstract: A question-and-answer application with an “ask-to-answer” feature is described. The ask-to-answer feature enables any user to solicit an answer to a question from one or more users. Upon soliciting one or more users for an answer to a particular question, a message may be directed to the one or more users. The message may include a copy of the text of the question and may provide a mechanism enabling the one or more users to pass on answering the question. Subsequent to the solicitation, the question page may include a notification with information about the solicitation, including information identifying the group of users who have been asked to answer the question and the number of times the one or more users has been asked to provide an answer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2021Publication date: August 25, 2022Applicant: Quora, Inc.Inventors: Adam Edward D'Angelo, Abhinav Sharma, Muhammad Emmad Mazhari, David Cole
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Patent number: 11243671Abstract: A question-and-answer application with an “ask-to-answer” feature is described. The ask-to-answer feature enables any user to solicit an answer to a question from one or more users. Upon soliciting one or more users for an answer to a particular question, a message may be directed to the one or more users. The message may include a copy of the text of the question and may provide a mechanism enabling the one or more users to pass on answering the question. Subsequent to the solicitation, the question page may include a notification with information about the solicitation, including information identifying the group of users who have been asked to answer the question and the number of times the one or more users has been asked to provide an answer.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2019Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: QUORA, INC.Inventors: Adam Edward D'Angelo, Abhinav Sharma, Muhammad Emmad Mazhari, David Cole
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Publication number: 20210407311Abstract: A question-and-answer application that displays topic-specific biographical information about users when presenting certain content elements is described. The topic-specific biographical information for a user may be displayed in various contexts, such as with an answer to a question on a question page for the question, or with information identifying a user who is following a question or a topic. With some embodiments, a user's topic-specific biographical information may be provided by the user, provided or suggested by another user, or obtained from an external data source.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Applicant: Quora, Inc.Inventors: Adam D'Angelo, Charles Duplain Cheever, Rebekah Marie Cox
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Patent number: 11159588Abstract: A question-and-answer application with an “ask-to-answer” feature is described. The ask-to-answer feature enables any user to solicit an answer to a question from another user. Upon soliciting another user for an answer to a particular question, a message with a call to action is directed to the solicited user. The message may include a copy of the text of the question and may provide a mechanism (e.g., a selectable user interface element) enabling the solicited user to pass on answering the question. Subsequent to the solicitation, the question page for the question will include a notification with information about the solicitation, including in some instances information identifying the user who has been asked to answer the question and the number of times the user has been asked to provide an answer to the question.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2018Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: QUORA, INC.Inventors: Adam Edward D'Angelo, Charles Duplain Cheever, Kevin G. Der, Rebekah Marie Cox
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Patent number: 11017685Abstract: A question-and-answer application that displays topic-specific biographical information about users when presenting certain content elements is described. The topic-specific biographical information for a user may be displayed in various contexts, such as with an answer to a question on a question page for the question, or with information identifying a user who is following a question or a topic. With some embodiments, a user's topic-specific biographical information may be provided by the user, provided or suggested by another user, or obtained from an external data source.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2010Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: Quora, Inc.Inventors: Adam D'Angelo, Charles Duplain Cheever, Rebekah Marie Cox
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Publication number: 20190339832Abstract: A question-and-answer application with an “ask-to-answer” feature is described. The ask-to-answer feature enables any user to solicit an answer to a question from one or more users. Upon soliciting one or more users for an answer to a particular question, a message may be directed to the one or more users. The message may include a copy of the text of the question and may provide a mechanism enabling the one or more users to pass on answering the question. Subsequent to the solicitation, the question page may include a notification with information about the solicitation, including information identifying the group of users who have been asked to answer the question and the number of times the one or more users has been asked to provide an answer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2019Publication date: November 7, 2019Applicant: Quora, Inc.Inventors: Adam Edward D'Angelo, Abhinav Sharma, Muhammad Emmad Mazhari, David Cole
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Publication number: 20180213012Abstract: A question-and-answer application with an “ask-to-answer” feature is described. The ask-to-answer feature enables any user to solicit an answer to a question from another user. Upon soliciting another user for an answer to a particular question, a message with a call to action is directed to the solicited user. The message may include a copy of the text of the question and may provide a mechanism (e.g., a selectable user interface element) enabling the solicited user to pass on answering the question. Subsequent to the solicitation, the question page for the question will include a notification with information about the solicitation, including in some instances information identifying the user who has been asked to answer the question and the number of times the user has been asked to provide an answer to the question.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: Quora, Inc.Inventors: Adam Edward D'Angelo, Charles Duplain Cheever, Kevin G. Der, Rebekah Marie Cox
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Patent number: 9864487Abstract: According to various embodiments, a viewing event may be detected, the viewing event corresponding to a user viewing a content item. A view reason associated with the viewing event may be determined, the view reason indicating how the user was notified of the content item or how the user accessed the content item. A privacy value associated with the viewing event may be determined, the privacy value indicating an inferred sensitivity of the user to publication of the viewing event. Further, metadata describing the viewing event may be generated. Moreover, the metadata may be associated with the content item.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Quora, Inc.Inventors: Adam Edward D'Angelo, Rebekah Marie Cox, Sandra Liu Huang, Joel Oren Lewenstein, Tudor Stefan Achim
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Patent number: 9852211Abstract: A question-and-answer application having questions with which topics are associated is described. In some embodiments, user-generated topics are assigned to questions to indicate the subject matter covered by the questions. The application logic includes topic merge logic for quickly and efficiently merging two topics, while enabling the topic merge operation to be easily undone if necessary.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Quora, Inc.Inventors: Adam Edward D'Angelo, Charles Duplain Cheever, Kevin G Der
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Patent number: 9256662Abstract: According to various embodiments, a viewing event may be detected, the viewing event corresponding to a user viewing a content item. A view reason associated with the viewing event may be determined, the view reason indicating how the user was notified of the content item or how the user accessed the content item. A privacy value associated with the viewing event may be determined, the privacy value indicating an inferred sensitivity of the user to publication of the viewing event. Further, metadata describing the viewing event may be generated. Moreover, the metadata may be associated with the content item.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: Quora, Inc.Inventors: Adam Edward D'Angelo, Rebekah Marie Cox, Sandra Liu Huang, Joel Oren Lewenstein, Tudor Stefan Achim
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Patent number: 9135603Abstract: A question-and-answer application having questions with which topics are associated is described. In some embodiments, user-generated topics are assigned to questions to indicate the subject matter covered by the questions. The application logic includes topic merge logic for quickly and efficiently merging two topics, while enabling the topic merge operation to be easily undone if necessary.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2010Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: Quora, Inc.Inventors: Adam D'Angelo, Charles Duplain Cheever, Kevin G. Der
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Patent number: 9064029Abstract: A method to perform component-based rendering of a webpage includes identifying a component hierarchy from which to render the webpage. A set of components are selected from the component hierarchy as an evaluation component set. The evaluation component set is evaluated by determining that a particular component of the evaluation component set does not include a data request for data item to be used in the rendering of the webpage. Responsive to the determination, least one child component of the particular component is identified within the component hierarchy. The child component is added to the evaluation component set. The newly added component may be evaluated to determine whether the component requires data to be rendered. A batch module may identify data items that are subject to the data request in the evaluation component set, and may proceed to retrieve the data items as a batch from relevant data sources.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2010Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: Quora, Inc.Inventors: Adam D'Angelo, Charles Duplain Cheever, Kevin G. Der, Rebekah Marie Cox
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Publication number: 20140032273Abstract: A credit mechanism or system for use with a network-based application is described. The credit mechanism operates in conjunction with the network-based application to require that users pay a number of credits to interact with other users. The number of credits required to interact with a particular user may be determined using an algorithm that takes as input a number of signals that are inferred from observed data and which generally represent a measure of the particular user's willingness to provide time and attention (e.g., supply of attention), and a measure of the desire of other users to obtain the particular user's attention (e.g., demand for attention).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2012Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: Quora, Inc.Inventors: Adam D'Angelo, Sandra Liu Huang, Joel Lewenstein, Yair Livne, Benjamin Golub, Gregory N. Price
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Publication number: 20130339879Abstract: A question-and-answer application with an “ask-to-answer” feature is described. The ask-to-answer feature enables any user to solicit an answer to a question from another user. Upon soliciting another user for an answer to a particular question, a message with a call to action is directed to the solicited user. The message may include a copy of the text of the question and may provide a mechanism (e.g., a selectable user interface element) enabling the solicited user to pass on answering the question. Subsequent to the solicitation, the question page for the question will include a notification with information about the solicitation, including in some instances information identifying the user who has been asked to answer the question and the number of times the user has been asked to provide an answer to the question.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2013Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: Quora, Inc.Inventors: Adam Edward D'Angelo, Charles Duplain Cheever, Kevin G. Der, Rebekah Marie Cox
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Patent number: 8516379Abstract: A question-and-answer application with an “ask-to-answer” feature is described. The ask-to-answer feature enables any user to solicit an answer to a question from another user. Upon soliciting another user for an answer to a particular question, a message with a call to action is directed to the solicited user. The message may include a copy of the text of the question and may provide a mechanism (e.g., a selectable user interface element) enabling the solicited user to pass on answering the question. Subsequent to the solicitation, the question page for the question will include a notification with information about the solicitation, including in some instances information identifying the user who has been asked to answer the question and the number of times the user has been asked to provide an answer to the question.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2010Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Quora, Inc.Inventors: Adam D'Angelo, Charles Duplain Cheever, Kevin G Der, Rebekah Marie Cox
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Publication number: 20110302216Abstract: A question-and-answer application having questions with which topics are associated is described. In some embodiments, user-generated topics are assigned to questions to indicate the subject matter covered by the questions. The application logic includes topic merge logic for quickly and efficiently merging two topics, while enabling the topic merge operation to be easily undone if necessary.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2010Publication date: December 8, 2011Applicant: Quora, Inc.Inventors: Adam D'Angelo, Charles Duplain Cheever, Kevin G. Der
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Publication number: 20110302285Abstract: A method includes maintaining a list of component dependencies for components of a plurality of webpages served from a web server. A change relating to a data item in a database is detected. A first set of components that are impacted by the change relating to the data item in the database are identified. Using the list of component dependencies, a second set of components that are dependent on the first set of components are identified. A set of webpages, served from the web server to at least one browser application, that include components from the first and second sets of components are identified. From an update server, an update operation is initiated with respect to the set of webpages.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2010Publication date: December 8, 2011Applicant: Quora, Inc.Inventors: Adam D'Angelo, Charles Duplain Cheever, Keniv G. Der, Rebekah Marie Cox