Patents by Inventor Chad Eugene Little

Chad Eugene Little 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).

  • Patent number: 8244848
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system includes one or more computing systems that implement a social networking environment and are operable to access stored information including a plurality of nodes including a first set of user nodes that each correspond to a respective user and a second set of concept nodes that each correspond to a respective concept. The stored information further includes a plurality of edges that each define a connection between a corresponding pair of nodes including a first set and a second set of edges. Each edge from the first set defining a connection between a pair of user nodes and representing a social relationship between the users corresponding to the user nodes. Each edge from the second set defining a connection between a user node and a concept node and representing an interest of the user of the user node with respect to the corresponding concept node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Srinivas Narayanan, Alex Li, Chad Eugene Little, Namita Gupta, Peter Xiu Deng