Patents by Inventor Christian Sutherland-Wong

Christian Sutherland-Wong 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: 9886522
    Abstract: A method, system and article of manufacture for determining a global hierarchy of an entity by computing subjective coherence strength between nodes of first members of a social network service, computing objective entanglement strength between nodes of second members of the social network service, using subjective coherence strength and objective entanglement strength, compute the pairwise latent relationship probabilities between different ones of the nodes of the social network service, and using the pairwise relationship probabilities, compute the global hierarchy relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ximeng Zhang, Guan Wang, Yuchen Zhao, Shaobo Liu, Christian Sutherland-Wong, Mike Derezin
  • Patent number: 9628430
    Abstract: An embodiment searches a social network for at least one trigger event, detects one or more trigger events, and communicates the detected one or more trigger events as an alert. Searching the social network comprises searching member profiles and searching member activities. Detected one or more trigger events are centralized into a sortable list and prioritized based on business entities and the importance of the trigger events to persons related to the business entities. The centralized sortable list is fed into a customer relations management system which presents the alerts on a user interface. A plurality of types of triggers includes people updates, company updates, product purchases, and product usage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: LinkedIn Corporation
    Inventors: Dan Shapero, Ximeng Zhang, James Raybould, Yue Li, Christian Sutherland-Wong
  • Publication number: 20160314216
    Abstract: Techniques for team searches within a social graph are described. Consistent with some embodiments, a search request initiated by a searching member profile is received. The search request includes search criteria. A team membership connection between the searching member profile and a team profile is then detected. Based on the detected team membership connection, profile connections between member profiles and teammates of the searching member profile are identified. The teammates are member profiles with team membership connections to the team profile. Then, matching member profiles are identified by matching the member profiles with the identified profile connection with the search criteria. The matching member profiles are then communicated to the searching member profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Lizabeth Li, Christian Sutherland-Wong
  • Patent number: 9411891
    Abstract: Techniques for team searches within a social graph are described. Consistent with some embodiments, a search request initiated by a searching member profile is received. The search request includes search criteria. A team membership connection between the searching member profile and a team profile is then detected. Based on the detected team membership connection, profile connections between member profiles and teammates of the searching member profile are identified. The teammates are member profiles with team membership connections to the team profile. Then, matching member profiles are identified by matching the member profiles with the identified profile connection with the search criteria. The matching member profiles are then communicated to the searching member profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: LinkedIn Corporation
    Inventors: Lizabeth Li, Christian Sutherland-Wong
  • Publication number: 20150254371
    Abstract: A method, system and article of manufacture for determining a global hierarchy of an entity by computing subjective coherence strength between nodes of first members of a social network service, computing objective entanglement strength between nodes of second members of the social network service, using subjective coherence strength and objective entanglement strength, compute the pairwise latent relationship probabilities between different ones of the nodes of the social network service, and using the pairwise relationship probabilities, compute the global hierarchy relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Ximeng Zhang, Guan Wang, Yuchen Zhao, Shaobo Liu, Christian Sutherland-Wong, Mike Derezin
  • Patent number: 9049249
    Abstract: A method, system and article of manufacture for determining a global hierarchy of an entity by computing subjective coherence strength between nodes of first members of a social network service, computing objective entanglement strength between nodes of second members of the social network service, using subjective coherence strength and objective entanglement strength, compute the pairwise latent relationship probabilities between different ones of the nodes of the social network service, and using the pairwise relationship probabilities, compute the global hierarchy relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: LinkedIn Corporation
    Inventors: Ximeng Zhang, Guan Wang, Yuchen Zhao, Shaobo Liu, Christian Sutherland-Wong, Mike Derezin
  • Publication number: 20140358880
    Abstract: Techniques for team searches within a social graph are described. Consistent with some embodiments, a search request initiated by a searching member profile is received. The search request includes search criteria. A team membership connection between the searching member profile and a team profile is then detected. Based on the detected team membership connection, profile connections between member profiles and teammates of the searching member profile are identified. The teammates are member profiles with team membership connections to the team profile. Then, matching member profiles are identified by matching the member profiles with the identified profile connection with the search criteria. The matching member profiles are then communicated to the searching member profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Lizabeth Li, Christian Sutherland-Wong
  • Publication number: 20140337419
    Abstract: A method, system and article of manufacture for determining a global hierarchy of an entity by computing subjective coherence strength between nodes of first members of a social network service, computing objective entanglement strength between nodes of second members of the social network service, using subjective coherence strength and objective entanglement strength, compute the pairwise latent relationship probabilities between different ones of the nodes of the social network service, and using the pairwise relationship probabilities, compute the global hierarchy relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Linkedln Corporation
    Inventors: Ximeng Zhang, Guan Wang, Yuchen Zhao, Shaobo Liu, Christian Sutherland-Wong, Mike Derezin
  • Publication number: 20140214945
    Abstract: A method, system and article of manufacture for determining a global hierarchy of an entity by computing subjective coherence strength between nodes of first members of a social network service, computing objective entanglement strength between nodes of second members of the social network service, using subjective coherence strength and objective entanglement strength, compute the pairwise latent relationship probabilities between different ones of the nodes of the social network service, and using the pairwise relationship probabilities, compute the global hierarchy relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Linkedln Corporation
    Inventors: Ximeng Zhang, Guan Wang, Yuchen Zhao, Shaobo Liu, Christian Sutherland-Wong, Mike Derezin
  • Publication number: 20140214943
    Abstract: An embodiment searches a social network for at least one trigger event, detects one or more trigger events, and communicates the detected one or more trigger events as an alert. Searching the social network comprises searching member profiles and searching member activities. Detected one or more trigger events are centralized into a sortable list and prioritized based on business entities and the importance of the trigger events to persons related to the business entities. The centralized sortable list is fed into a customer relations management system which presents the alerts on a user interface. A plurality of types of triggers includes people updates, company updates, product purchases, and product usage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: LinkedIn Corporation
    Inventors: Dan Shapero, Ximeng Zhang, James Raybould, Michael Li, Christian Sutherland-Wong