Patents by Inventor Boyan Lin

Boyan Lin 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: 20220391996
    Abstract: According to examples, a system for coordinating and managing potential volunteers (i.e., volunteer blood donors) is disclosed. The system may include may include a processor and a memory storing instructions. The processor, when executing the instructions, may cause the system to receive partner data from one or more of a local partner and a global partner and determine a donation need based on the partner data. The processor may also cause the system to identify a pool of volunteer donors based on the donation need, build an online campaign to increase the pool of volunteer donors, and coordinate the pool of volunteer donors with the local or global partners based at least in part on a machine learning (ML) technique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Yizhaq EZRA, Robert Kang JIN, Hema BUDARAJU, Arti Arvind KULKARNI, Peter Cunningham CLASEN, Stephen HARRELL, Puneet GUPTA, Boyan LIN, Frederick WIDJAJA, Zachary Alec CHAUVIN, Tori Bea SEIDENSTEIN, Mahima GUPTA, Chang SU, Kaushik SETHURAMAN, Jasmine I'esha Charmayne LAWRENCE, Nicholas William INZUCCHI, Charlie HART, Aubrey BACH, Neil DEXTER, Patrick Yang XU, Zanique Libby ALBERT
  • Patent number: 10237602
    Abstract: A method of generating a personalized video for a user of a social networking service. For a plurality of images associated with the user, respective first metrics are determined for respective images of the plurality of images based on one or more predefined image-content criteria, a first set of images is selected from the plurality of images based at least in part on the respective first metrics, and the personalized video is populated with the first set of images. The method further includes providing the personalized video to the user for viewing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Boyan Lin, Peter Tuchen Lai, Jia Lu, Shu Wu, Can Cui
  • Publication number: 20180176614
    Abstract: An exemplary method to cache content for a personalized video includes storing a first tier of images in a first image cache. The images of the first tier are included in a personalized video for a user. Storing a second tier of images in a second image cache. The images of the second tier are alternatives to the images of the first tier. The method further includes providing the personalized video to the user for editing, comprising retrieving the first tier of images from the first image cache and sending the first tier of images to a client device of the user. The method further includes providing the second tier of images to the user as selectable replacements for the first tier of images, comprising retrieving the second tier of images from the second image cache and sending the second tier of images to the client device of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Boyan Lin, Peter Tuchen Lai
  • Publication number: 20180164990
    Abstract: An exemplary method to edit a personalized video includes: displaying, in a first portion of the display, a first image slide of a scene in a personalized video, wherein the first image slide includes a first image and the scene includes one or more image slides showing one or more respective images. The method further includes displaying, in a second portion of the display, a plurality of suggested images selectable for inclusion in the scene. The method further includes detecting selection of a second image in the plurality of suggested images and in response to detecting the selection of the second image, replacing the first image with the second image in the first image slide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Boyan Lin, Peter Tuchen Lai, Jia Lu, Megan Waterbury Hansley, Robert Martin Fleischmann, Pietro Schirano
  • Publication number: 20180152746
    Abstract: A method of generating a personalized video for a user of a social networking service. For a plurality of images associated with the user, respective first metrics are determined for respective images of the plurality of images based on one or more predefined image-content criteria, a first set of images is selected from the plurality of images based at least in part on the respective first metrics, and the personalized video is populated with the first set of images. The method further includes providing the personalized video to the user for viewing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Boyan Lin, Peter Tuchen Lai, Jia Lu, Shu Wu, Can Cui