Patents by Inventor Derek Chirk Yin Cheng
Derek Chirk Yin Cheng 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).
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Patent number: 10972528Abstract: A client device provides to a user, in an application associated with a social-networking service provided by a server system, a link to a page associated with a third-party service provider. The third-party service provider is distinct from the social-networking service. In response to user selection of the link, the page is loaded within the application. The page includes script for calling one or more application programming interfaces (APIs) of the server system. The client device calls the one or more APIs to obtain information associated with the user from the server system. The client device displays the page within the application, and uses the information associated with the user to conduct a transaction with the third-party service provider through the page.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2016Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Derek Chirk Yin Cheng, Karandeep Anand, Edward Kenneth O'Neil, Christopher Chun-Ning Pan, Ming Fei Li, Sean Wiese, Prakash Ahuja
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Patent number: 10878478Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards systems and method for providing referrals for providers of various products to users of a social networking system. In particular, the systems and methods described herein involve receiving a message from a user of a social networking system intended for a plurality of recipients and determining that the message includes a request for a referral of a product of a product. In addition, the systems and methods include providing one or more referred providers to the user and enabling the user to select an option that facilitates communication between the user and one or more of the referred providers.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2016Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.Inventor: Derek Chirk Yin Cheng
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Patent number: 10721297Abstract: The present disclosure is directed toward systems and methods for managing commerce related groups and communications within a social networking system. For example, systems and methods described herein can identify characteristics of social networking system groups and posts, and determine, based on the identified characteristics, whether the social networking system groups and posts are for-sale groups and sale listings, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2015Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.Inventors: Bowen Pan, Samuel Hoang, Derek Chirk Yin Cheng, Oliver Shijie Zheng, Christina Joan Sauper
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Patent number: 10552874Abstract: An online system receives an advertisement (“ad”) request identifying an application, one or more items for use within the application, ad content, and a prompt for purchasing one or more of the items. The prompt for purchasing an item comprises text or image data describing the purchasing and instructions that, when executed by a client device, request payment information from a user accessing the prompt. When the ad content is presented to a user, the prompt is also presented. When the user interacts with the prompt, payment information is requested and communicated to a third party system associated with the application. The ad content and prompt may be presented to the user within a feed of content items provided to the user by the online system.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2014Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Pin Lu, Derek Chirk Yin Cheng
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Publication number: 20190347702Abstract: The present disclosure is directed toward systems and methods for managing commerce-related communications within a social networking system. For example, systems and methods described herein can identify a particular social networking system post and can generate an optimized version of that particular post. In one or more embodiments, systems and methods described herein can also identify additional social networking system posts that are related to the particular social networking system post.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2019Publication date: November 14, 2019Inventors: Bowen Pan, Derek Chirk Yin Cheng, Oliver Shijie Zheng
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Patent number: 10311493Abstract: The present disclosure is directed toward systems and methods for managing commerce-related communications within a social networking system. For example, systems and methods described herein can identify a particular social networking system post and can generate an optimized version of that particular post. In one or more embodiments, systems and methods described herein can also identify additional social networking system posts that are related to the particular social networking system post.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2015Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.Inventors: Bowen Pan, Derek Chirk Yin Cheng, Oliver Shijie Zheng
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Patent number: 10304102Abstract: One or more embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods for improving a user experience for performing transactions between potential buyers and sellers online via real-time communications. For example, a social marketplace system enables a potential buyer to initiate a real-time communication with a seller without the potential buyer having to provide contextual information regarding the item to the seller. In one or more embodiments, the social marketplace system provides a banner, in connection with the real-time communication, populated with structured data associated with the item that the potential buyer and the seller are discussing.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2016Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.Inventors: Derek Chirk Yin Cheng, Kwok Ngai Eric Lo, Lui Lui Wong, Stephen Moore Davis, Bowen Pan, Christopher Richard Tanner, Francesco Fogu, Shuo Song
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Publication number: 20180232530Abstract: Methods, systems, and/or devices for providing a frictionless login experience are described herein. In one aspect, a user is allowed to log into a first service using an account associated with a second service by providing the first service with an identifier, such as an email address or phone number. The second service authenticates the user based on the identifier and other information stored on the user's device. Accordingly, the user does not need to enter a password or other confidential information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2017Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Calvin Tsun-Lam Mak, Ravit Cohen, Ethan Goldman-Kirst, Derek Chirk Yin Cheng
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Publication number: 20180182014Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards systems and method for providing referrals for providers of various products to users of a social networking system. In particular, the systems and methods described herein involve receiving a message from a user of a social networking system intended for a plurality of recipients and determining that the message includes a request for a referral of a product of a product. In addition, the systems and methods include providing one or more referred providers to the user and enabling the user to select an option that facilitates communication between the user and one or more of the referred providers.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2016Publication date: June 28, 2018Inventor: Derek Chirk Yin Cheng
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Publication number: 20180048696Abstract: A client device provides to a user, in an application associated with a social-networking service provided by a server system, a link to a page associated with a third-party service provider. The third-party service provider is distinct from the social-networking service. In response to user selection of the link, the page is loaded within the application. The page includes script for calling one or more application programming interfaces (APIs) of the server system. The client device calls the one or more APIs to obtain information associated with the user from the server system. The client device displays the page within the application, and uses the information associated with the user to conduct a transaction with the third-party service provider through the page.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2016Publication date: February 15, 2018Inventors: Derek Chirk Yin Cheng, Karandeep Anand, Edward Kenneth O'Neil, Christopher Chun-Ning Pan, Ming Fei Li, Sean Wiese, Prakash Ahuja
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Publication number: 20170200209Abstract: One or more embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods for improving a user experience for performing transactions between potential buyers and sellers online via real-time communications. For example, a social marketplace system enables a potential buyer to initiate a real-time communication with a seller without the potential buyer having to provide contextual information regarding the item to the seller. In one or more embodiments, the social marketplace system provides a banner, in connection with the real-time communication, populated with structured data associated with the item that the potential buyer and the seller are discussing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2016Publication date: July 13, 2017Inventors: Derek Chirk Yin Cheng, Kwok Ngai Eric Lo, Lui Lui Wong, Stephen Moore Davis, Bowen Pan, Christopher Richard Tanner, Francesco Fogu, Shuo Song
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Publication number: 20170149881Abstract: The present disclosure is directed toward systems and methods for managing commerce related groups and communications within a social networking system. For example, systems and methods described herein can identify characteristics of social networking system groups and posts, and determine, based on the identified characteristics, whether the social networking system groups and posts are for-sale groups and sale listings, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Bowen Pan, Samuel Hoang, Derek Chirk Yin Cheng, Oliver Shijie Zheng, Christina Joan Sauper
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Publication number: 20170076345Abstract: The present disclosure is directed toward systems and methods for managing commerce-related communications within a social networking system. For example, systems and methods described herein can identify a particular social networking system post and can generate an optimized version of that particular post. In one or more embodiments, systems and methods described herein can also identify additional social networking system posts that are related to the particular social networking system post.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: Bowen Pan, Derek Chirk Yin Cheng, Oliver Shijie Zheng
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Publication number: 20160180398Abstract: An online system receives an advertisement (“ad”) request identifying an application, one or more items for use within the application, ad content, and a prompt for purchasing one or more of the items. The prompt for purchasing an item comprises text or image data describing the purchasing and instructions that, when executed by a client device, request payment information from a user accessing the prompt. When the ad content is presented to a user, the prompt is also presented. When the user interacts with the prompt, payment information is requested and communicated to a third party system associated with the application. The ad content and prompt may be presented to the user within a feed of content items provided to the user by the online system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2014Publication date: June 23, 2016Inventors: Pin Lu, Derek Chirk Yin Cheng
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Patent number: 8316120Abstract: Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to detecting needed updates. In aspects, an update agent receives a request to scan for updates for a target. The target may include a virtual or non-virtual device. The request may include one or more rules that indicate resources to check to determine attributes of the device. The update agent utilizes a resource accessor to access the resources indicated by the rules. The resource accessor maps resource names indicated by the update agent to corresponding resource names of the target. The update agent may provide results of evaluating the rules to an update source in a multi-pass protocol designed to eliminate irrelevant updates.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2010Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Christopher Scott Gouge, Vibha Rathi, Shiaf Ramlan, Derek Chirk Yin Cheng
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Publication number: 20110191453Abstract: Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to detecting needed updates. In aspects, an update agent receives a request to scan for updates for a target. The target may include a virtual or non-virtual device. The request may include one or more rules that indicate resources to check to determine attributes of the device. The update agent utilizes a resource accessor to access the resources indicated by the rules. The resource accessor maps resource names indicated by the update agent to corresponding resource names of the target. The update agent may provide results of evaluating the rules to an update source in a multi-pass protocol designed to eliminate irrelevant updates.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2010Publication date: August 4, 2011Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Christopher Scott Gouge, Vibha Rathi, Shiaf Ramlan, Derek Chirk Yin Cheng