Patents by Inventor Andrew Bosworth

Andrew Bosworth 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).

  • Publication number: 20160275535
    Abstract: A price management system can be configured to manage the sale price for one or more content items. For example, the price management system can maintain content item accounts including data pertaining to the content item, such as the sale price and price calculation rules. The price management system can receive and respond to price queries requesting the price of the content item. The price management system can also update the price of the content items based on the price calculation rules corresponding to the content. For example, the price management system can determine whether a specified trigger or condition has been met and, if so, calculate an updated price for the content item. The price management system can also provide metrics regarding sale of copies of a content item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventor: Andrew Bosworth
  • Patent number: 8521787
    Abstract: To generate dynamic relationship-based content personalized for members of a social networking system, at least one action of one or more members of the social networking system is associated with relationship data for the one or more members to produce consolidated data. One or more elements associated with the consolidated data is identified and used to aggregate the consolidated data. Further exemplary methods comprise weighting by affinity the aggregated consolidated data to generate dynamic relationship-based content personalized for the members of the web-based social network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Bosworth, Chris Cox, Ruchi Sanghvi, Thyagarajapuram Ramakrishnan, Adam D'Angelo
  • Patent number: 8484306
    Abstract: A system and method for curtailing objectionable behavior in a web-based social network is disclosed. The method includes monitoring various actions of users of a web-based social network for objectionable behavior. The monitored actions are those that affect other users of the social network. A policy is determined based on behaviors of users. The policy may be violated by a user if the user exceeds a policy threshold. Some monitored actions include the poking, friend requesting, and wall posting. A policy may be violated by multiple occurrences of a single type of action or by a combination of different types of actions. Upon a policy violation, a warning may be issued to the user or the user's account may be suspended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Bosworth, Scott Marlette, Chris Putnam, Akhil Wable
  • Patent number: 8412821
    Abstract: A system and method provides dynamically selected media content to someone using an electronic device in a social network environment. Items of media content are selected for the user based on his or her relationships with one or more other users. The user's relationships with other users are reflected in the selected media content and its format. An order is assigned to the items of media content, for example, based on their anticipated importance to the user, and the items of media content are displayed to the user in the assigned order. The user may change the order of the items of media content. The user's interactions with media content available in the social network environment are monitored, and those interactions are used to select additional items of media content for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Zuckerberg, Andrew Bosworth, Chris Cox, Ruchi Sanghvi, Matt Cahill
  • Patent number: 8402094
    Abstract: A system and method for measuring user affinity in a social network environment is provided. One or more activities performed by a user associated with a social network environment are monitored. A relationship associated with the one or more activities is identified. An affinity for one or more objects associated with the social network environment is then determined based on the one or more activities and the relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Bosworth, Chris Cox
  • Publication number: 20130031194
    Abstract: A system and method for curtailing objectionable behavior in a web-based social network is disclosed. The method includes monitoring various actions of users of a web-based social network for objectionable behavior. The monitored actions are those that affect other users of the social network. A policy is determined based on behaviors of users. The policy may be violated by a user if the user exceeds a policy threshold. Some monitored actions include the poking, friend requesting, and wall posting. A policy may be violated by multiple occurrences of a single type of action or by a combination of different types of actions. Upon a policy violation, a warning may be issued to the user or the user's account may be suspended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventors: Andrew Bosworth, Scott Marlette, Chris Putnam, Akhil Wable
  • Patent number: 8352859
    Abstract: To display a news feed in a social network environment, a social networking system generates news items regarding activities associated with a user of a social network environment. The social networking system may also attach an informational link associated with at least one of the activities to at least one of the news items, limit access to the news items to a predetermined set of viewers, and assign an order to the news items. The news items may be displayed in the assigned order to at least one viewing user of the predetermined set of viewers, and the number of news items displayed may be dynamically limited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Zuckerberg, Ruchi Sanghvi, Andrew Bosworth, Chris Cox, Aaron Sittig, Chris Hughes, Katie Germinder, Dan Corson
  • Publication number: 20130007133
    Abstract: A system and method provides dynamically selected media content to someone using an electronic device in a social network environment. Items of media content are selected for the user based on his or her relationships with one or more other users. The user's relationships with other users are reflected in the selected media content and its format. An order is assigned to the items of media content, for example, based on their anticipated importance to the user, and the items of media content are displayed to the user in the assigned order. The user may change the order of the items of media content. The user's interactions with media content available in the social network environment are monitored, and those interactions are used to select additional items of media content for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Mark Zuckerberg, Andrew Bosworth, Chris Cox, Ruchi Sanghvi, Matt Cahill
  • Patent number: 8312140
    Abstract: A system and method provides dynamically selected media content to someone using an electronic device in a social network environment. Items of media content are selected for the user based on his or her relationships with one or more other users. The user's relationships with other users are reflected in the selected media content and its format. An order is assigned to the items of media content, for example, based on their anticipated importance to the user, and the items of media content are displayed to the user in the assigned order. The user may change the order of the items of media content. The user's interactions with media content available in the social network environment are monitored, and those interactions are used to select additional items of media content for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Zuckerberg, Andrew Bosworth, Chris Cox, Ruchi Sanghvi, Matt Cahill
  • Patent number: 8296373
    Abstract: A system and method for curtailing objectionable behavior in a web-based social network is disclosed. The method includes monitoring various actions of users of a web-based social network for objectionable behavior. The monitored actions are those that affect other users of the social network. A policy is determined based on behaviors of users. The policy may be violated by a user if the user exceeds a policy threshold. Some monitored actions include the poking, friend requesting, and wall posting. A policy may be violated by multiple occurrences of a single type of action or by a combination of different types of actions. Upon a policy violation, a warning may be issued to the user or the user's account may be suspended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Bosworth, Scott Marlette, Chris Putnam, Akhil Wable
  • Publication number: 20120203838
    Abstract: A system and method provides dynamically selected media content to someone using an electronic device in a social network environment. Items of media content are selected for the user based on his or her relationships with one or more other users. The user's relationships with other users are reflected in the selected media content and its format. An order is assigned to the items of media content, for example, based on their anticipated importance to the user, and the items of media content are displayed to the user in the assigned order. The user may change the order of the items of media content. The user's interactions with media content available in the social network environment are monitored, and those interactions are used to select additional items of media content for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventors: Mark Zuckerberg, Andrew Bosworth, Chris Cox, Ruchi Sanghvi, Matt Cahill
  • Patent number: 8171128
    Abstract: A system and method provides dynamically selected media content to someone using an electronic device in a social network environment. Items of media content are selected for the user based on his or her relationships with one or more other users. The user's relationships with other users are reflected in the selected media content and its format. An order is assigned to the items of media content, for example, based on their anticipated importance to the user, and the items of media content are displayed to the user in the assigned order. The user may change the order of the items of media content. The user's interactions with media content available in the social network environment are monitored, and those interactions are used to select additional items of media content for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Zuckerberg, Andrew Bosworth, Chris Cox, Ruchi Sanghvi, Matt Cahill
  • Publication number: 20110029612
    Abstract: To generate dynamic relationship-based content personalized for members of a social networking system, at least one action of one or more members of the social networking system is associated with relationship data for the one or more members to produce consolidated data. One or more elements associated with the consolidated data is identified and used to aggregate the consolidated data. Further exemplary methods comprise weighting by affinity the aggregated consolidated data to generate dynamic relationship-based content personalized for the members of the web-based social network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Andrew Bosworth, Chris Cox, Ruchi Sanghvi, TS Ramakrishnan, Adam D'Angelo
  • Publication number: 20100146443
    Abstract: To display a news feed in a social network environment, a social networking system generates news items regarding activities associated with a user of a social network environment. The social networking system may also attach an informational link associated with at least one of the activities to at least one of the news items, limit access to the news items to a predetermined set of viewers, and assign an order to the news items. The news items may be displayed in the assigned order to at least one viewing user of the predetermined set of viewers, and the number of news items displayed may be dynamically limited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Mark Zuckerberg, Ruchi Sanghvi, Andrew Bosworth, Chris Cox, Aaron Sittig, Chris Hughes, Katie Germinder, Dan Corson
  • Patent number: 7669123
    Abstract: A method for displaying a news feed in a social network environment is described. The method includes generating news items regarding activities associated with a user of a social network environment and attaching an informational link associated with at least one of the activities, to at least one of the news items, as well as limiting access to the news items to a predetermined set of viewers and assigning an order to the news items. The method further may further include displaying the news items in the assigned order to at least one viewing user of the predetermined set of viewers and dynamically limiting the number of news items displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Zuckerberg, Ruchi Sanghvi, Andrew Bosworth, Chris Cox, Aaron Sittig, Chris Hughes, Katie Geminder, Dan Corson
  • Publication number: 20080189380
    Abstract: A system and method for curtailing objectionable behavior in a web-based social network is disclosed. The method includes monitoring various actions of users of a web-based social network for objectionable behavior. The monitored actions are those that affect other users of the social network. A policy is determined based on behaviors of users. The policy may be violated by a user if the user exceeds a policy threshold. Some monitored actions include the poking, friend requesting, and wall posting. A policy may be violated by multiple occurrences of a single type of action or by a combination of different types of actions. Upon a policy violation, a warning may be issued to the user or the user's account may be suspended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: Andrew Bosworth, Scott Marlette, Chris Putnam, Akhil Wable
  • Publication number: 20080040370
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating dynamic relationship-based content personalized for members of a web-based social network are provided. At least one action of one or more members of a web-based social network is associated with relationship data for the one or more members to produce consolidated data. One or more elements associated with the consolidated data is identified and used to aggregate the consolidated data. Further exemplary methods comprise weighting by affinity the aggregated consolidated data to generate dynamic relationship-based content personalized for the members of the web-based social network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2006
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventors: Andrew Bosworth, Chris Cox, Ruchi Sanghvi, TS Ramakrishnan, Adam D'Angelo
  • Publication number: 20080040673
    Abstract: A method for displaying a news feed in a social network environment is described. The method includes generating news items regarding activities associated with a user of a social network environment and attaching an informational link associated with at least one of the activities, to at least one of the news items, as well as limiting access to the news items to a predetermined set of viewers and assigning an order to the news items. The method further may further include displaying the news items in the assigned order to at least one viewing user of the predetermined set of viewers and dynamically limiting the number of news items displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2006
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventors: Mark Zuckerberg, Ruchi Sanghvi, Andrew Bosworth, Chris Cox, Aaron Sittig, Chris Hughes, Katie Geminder, Dan Corson
  • Publication number: 20080040474
    Abstract: A system and method provides dynamically selected media content to someone using an electronic device in a social network environment. Items of media content are selected for the user based on his or her relationships with one or more other users. The user's relationships with other users are reflected in the selected media content and its format. An order is assigned to the items of media content, for example, based on their anticipated importance to the user, and the items of media content are displayed to the user in the assigned order. The user may change the order of the items of media content. The user's interactions with media content available in the social network environment are monitored, and those interactions are used to select additional items of media content for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2006
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventors: Mark Zuckerberg, Andrew Bosworth, Chris Cox, Ruchi Sanghvi, Matt Cahill
  • Publication number: 20080040475
    Abstract: A system and method for measuring user affinity in a social network environment is provided. One or more activities performed by a user associated with a social network environment are monitored. A relationship associated with the one or more activities is identified. An affinity for one or more objects associated with the social network environment is then determined based on the one or more activities and the relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2006
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventors: Andrew Bosworth, Chris Cox