Patents by Inventor David Harry Garcia

David Harry Garcia 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).

  • Sharing Television and Video Programming Through Social Networking
    Publication number: 20150319502
    Abstract: In particular embodiments, one or more computer systems of a social-networking system determine a first media device of a first user of a social-networking system and determine a second media device of a second user of the social-networking system. The one or more computer systems access a social graph of the social-networking system, update the social graph based on the determined first and second media devices, and stream media from the first media device to the second media device using the updated social graph. The social graph includes nodes and edges connecting the nodes, the nodes including user nodes that are each associated with a particular user of the social-networking system and concept nodes that are each associated with a particular media device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: David Harry Garcia, Brian Krausz, Erick Tseng
  • Sharing television and video programming through social networking
    Patent number: 9171017
    Abstract: In particular embodiments, one or more computer systems of a social-networking system determine information associated with a product displayed on a display device and access a database of known products. The one or more computer systems of the social-networking system determine, by comparing the database of known products with the determined information associated with the product, an identity of the product displayed on the display device. The one or more computer systems of the social-networking system provide one or more instructions to display media content related to the identified product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Joseph Badros, David Harry Garcia, Mark Heynen, Brian Krausz, Cameron Alexander Marlow, Michael John McKenzie Toksvig, Erick Tseng
  • Facial Recognition Using Social Networking Information
    Publication number: 20150286856
    Abstract: In particular embodiments, one or more images associated with a primary user are received. The image(s) may comprise single images, a series of related images, or video frames. In each image, one or more faces are detected and/or tracked. For each face, a set of one or more candidates are selected who may be identified with the face. The primary user has a computed measure of affinity for candidates in the set through a social network, or the candidate in the set is otherwise known to the primary user. A facial recognition score is calculated for each candidate. A subset of candidates is selected, wherein each candidate in the subset has a facial recognition score above a predetermined threshold. A candidate score is calculated for each candidate based on the facial recognition score and the computed measure of affinity. A winning candidate is selected based on the candidate scores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: David Harry Garcia, Luke St. Clair, Jenny Yuen
  • ENHANCED PREDICTIVE INPUT UTILIZING A TYPEAHEAD PROCESS
    Publication number: 20150261742
    Abstract: Particular embodiments may retrieve information associated with one or more nodes of a social graph from one or more data stores. A node may comprise a user node or a concept node. Each node may be connected by edges to other nodes of a social graph. A first user may be associated with a first user node of the social graph. Particular embodiments may detect that the first user is entering an input term. Predictive typeahead results may be provided as the first user enters the input term. The predictive typeahead results may be based on the input term. Each predictive typeahead result may include at least one image. Each predictive typeahead result may correspond to at least one node of the social graph.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Shaheen Ashok Gandhi, Jasper Reid Hauser, Luke St. Clair, David Harry Garcia, Jenny Yuen
  • Enhanced predictive input utilizing a typeahead process
    Patent number: 9135555
    Abstract: Particular embodiments may retrieve information associated with one or more nodes of a social graph from one or more data stores. A node may comprise a user node or a concept node. Each node may be connected by edges to other nodes of a social graph. A first user may be associated with a first user node of the social graph. Particular embodiments may detect that the first user is entering an input term. Predictive typeahead results may be provided as the first user enters the input term. The predictive typeahead results may be based on the input term. Each predictive typeahead result may include at least one image. Each predictive typeahead result may correspond to at least one node of the social graph.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Shaheen Ashok Gandhi, Jasper Reid Hauser, Luke St. Clair, David Harry Garcia, Jenny Yuen
  • Computer-vision content detection for sponsored stories
    Patent number: 9135631
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to sponsored story generation from an photo upload in an organic activity stream in a social networking site. A social networking system may apply computer image algorithms to detect image objects in user-uploaded images and videos, and promote them as sponsored stories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Mitchell, Samuel Odio, David Harry Garcia
  • VOICE COMMANDS FOR ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20150242186
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a social graph that includes a plurality of nodes and edges, receiving from a first user a voice message comprising one or more commands, receiving location information associated with the first user, identifying edges and nodes in the social graph based on the location information, where each of the identified edges and nodes corresponds to at least one of the commands of the voice message, and generating new nodes or edges in the social graph based on the identified nodes or identified edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Jenny Yuen, David Harry Garcia
  • Sharing television and video programming through social networking
    Patent number: 9110929
    Abstract: In particular embodiments, one or more computer systems of a social-networking system determine a first media device of a first user of a social-networking system and determine a second media device of a second user of the social-networking system. The one or more computer systems access a social graph of the social-networking system, update the social graph based on the determined first and second media devices, and stream media from the first media device to the second media device using the updated social graph. The social graph includes nodes and edges connecting the nodes, the nodes including user nodes that are each associated with a particular user of the social-networking system and concept nodes that are each associated with a particular media device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: David Harry Garcia, Brian Krausz, Erick Tseng
  • Urgency Notification Delivery Channel
    Publication number: 20150223039
    Abstract: A method including, by one or more computing systems, receiving an indication of a communication from a first user to a second user, calculating an implicit urgency score of the communication, calculating a composite urgency score, determining an urgency of the communication and providing an indication of the urgency as determined for presentation to the second user. The implicit urgency score may be based at least in part on information accessible by the computing systems. The composite urgency score may be based at least in part on the implicit urgency score. The urgency of the communication may be based at least in part on the composite urgency score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Michael John McKenzie Toksvig, David Harry Garcia, Eglia Nair Flores
  • Location aware shared spaces
    Patent number: 9098720
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a geo-social networking system maintains a data store of shared space, wherein each shared space comprises one or more content objects, a location, and one or more privacy settings. The geo-social networking system allows a user read-access to a shared space based on privacy settings associated with the shared space. The geo-social networking system allows a user write-access to a shared space if the user is at the location associated with the shared space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Garrod Bosworth, David Harry Garcia, Kenneth M. Lau
  • Mobile Ad Hoc Networking
    Publication number: 20150215263
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method comprising by one or more computing devices, transmitting, from a first mobile device, a first message that includes a first user identifier corresponding to a first user of the first mobile device, wherein the first user identifier corresponds to a user account of the first user in a social-networking system, receiving, at the first mobile device, one or more second messages that includes a second user identifier corresponding to a second mobile device within a direct radio connectivity of the first mobile device, wherein the second user identifier corresponds to a respective user account of a second user in the social-networking system, and storing, at the first mobile device, information received in the second message for access by one or more applications hosted on the first mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Joshua Wiseman, David Harry Garcia, Michael John McKenzie Toksvig
  • ADJUSTING MOBILE DEVICE STATE BASED ON USER INTENTIONS AND/OR IDENTITY
    Publication number: 20150215871
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving data corresponding to a set of sensor values and one or more indicators that each correspond to one of a number of physical states of a client device. The client device includes a first and second set of sensors. The method also includes generating a number of functions that each determine a probability that the client device is in a respective one of the physical states. The determination includes correlating the set of sensor values with a corresponding physical state of the client device. A first function of the number of functions is based on sensor values of the first set of sensors. A second function of the number of functions is based on sensor values of the second set of sensors. The method also includes sending the number of functions to the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Benoit M. Schillings, David Harry Garcia
  • Facial recognition using social networking information
    Patent number: 9087273
    Abstract: In particular embodiments, one or more images associated with a primary user are received. The image(s) may comprise single images, a series of related images, or video frames. In each image, one or more faces may be detected and/or tracked. For each face, one or more candidates are selected who may be identified with the face. Each candidate may be connected to the primary user within a social network. A candidate score for each candidate associated with a detected face. Finally, the winning candidate is determined, and a suggestion to identify the detected face as being the winning candidate is presented. Some embodiments may operate upon video clips as the video is captured by a mobile device. Some embodiments may operate upon series of images as they are uploaded to or viewed on a website.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: David Harry Garcia, Luke St. Clair, Jenny Yuen
  • Camera preview via video tag
    Patent number: 9066019
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computing device incorporating a camera receives an instruction associated with the camera to display an image generated by the camera in an area within a graphical user interface of an application running on the computing device. The computing device determines a width and a height of the area. The computing device instructs the camera to configure the image, in connection with its generation, for display in the area. And the computing device displays in the area the image as generated and configured by the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Reed Weatherford, Robert Douglas Arnold, David Harry Garcia
  • Indicating User Availability for Communication
    Publication number: 20150163258
    Abstract: In particular embodiments, a computing device accesses data associated with a first user of a social-networking system. Based at least in part on the data, the computing device determines a current availability of the first user to communicate with a second user of the social-networking system in substantially real time. The availability of the first user is determined based at least in part on a reachability of the first user and a willingness to communicate of the first user. The computing device provides for display to the second user an indication of the current availability of the first user as determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: David Harry Garcia, III, Raymond Endres, Nikhil Bobde
  • Urgency notification delivery channel
    Patent number: 9055415
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a first computing device communicating with a second computing device through a communications channel transmits an out-of-band message indicative of the urgency of the communication through a notification channel. In particular embodiments, a server acts as a proxy for relaying the out-of-band message from the first device to the second device. The second device calculates an implicit urgency score based on the communication characteristics, and combines the implicit score with the explicit urgency indicator to determine whether a call is urgent. In particular embodiments, communication handling may be affected by the determination of urgency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael John McKenzie Toksvig, David Harry Garcia, Eglia Nair Flores
  • Adjusting mobile device state based on user intentions and/or identity
    Patent number: 9052896
    Abstract: In one embodiment, when a computing system is in a first state, a first set of inputs from one or more first sensors is detected. A first sensor value array is generated, and the first value array is fed as input to a first function generated by a first neural network. One or more first output values are calculated based on the first function, and a determination is made based on these first output values if a first action has occurred. If a first action has occurred, a second sensor value array is generated from a second set of inputs from one or more second sensors. The second sensor value array is fed as input to a second function generated by a second neural network. One or more second output values are calculated based on the second function, and the first state is exited based on these second output values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Benoit M. Schillings, David Harry Garcia
  • Device Actions Based on Device Power
    Publication number: 20150156613
    Abstract: In one embodiment, one or more computing devices determine, substantially in real time and locally at a mobile device, one or more current dynamic operating conditions of the mobile device related to energy consumption by the mobile device. The computing devices identify a pre-determined device state that corresponds to the current dynamic operating conditions of the mobile device and determine, based at least in part on the pre-determined device state, an action for the mobile device to take, the action being related to energy consumption by the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Eran Tal, Benoit M. Schillings, Michael John McKenzie Toksvig, David Harry Garcia
  • Voice commands for online social networking systems
    Patent number: 9043703
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a social graph that includes a plurality of nodes and edges, receiving from a first user a voice message comprising one or more commands, receiving location information associated with the first user, identifying edges and nodes in the social graph based on the location information, where each of the identified edges and nodes corresponds to at least one of the commands of the voice message, and generating new nodes or edges in the social graph based on the identified nodes or identified edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Jenny Yuen, David Harry Garcia
  • Mobile ad hoc networking
    Patent number: 9037653
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method comprising by one or more computing devices, transmitting, from a first mobile device, a first message that includes a first user identifier corresponding to a first user of the first mobile device, wherein the first user identifier corresponds to a user account of the first user in a social-networking system, receiving, at the first mobile device, one or more second messages that includes a second user identifier corresponding to a second mobile device within a direct radio connectivity of the first mobile device, wherein the second user identifier corresponds to a respective user account of a second user in the social-networking system, and storing, at the first mobile device, information received in the second message for access by one or more applications hosted on the first mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Wiseman, David Harry Garcia, Michael John McKenzie Toksvig