Patents by Inventor Erick Tseng

Erick Tseng 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: 9785308
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for substantially wrapping a mobile electronic device in a display are provided. A mobile electronic device is described that includes a primary display, a primary user input mechanism, and a secondary display. The primary display is operable to display user-selectable elements and has a face on a portion of an exterior surface of the mobile electronic device. The exterior surface includes all surfaces visible to a user. The primary user input mechanism is operable to receive user selections in coordination with the primary display of user-selectable elements. The secondary display is operable to display content to a user. The secondary display includes substantially the entire exterior surface of the mobile electronic device excluding the primary display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Erick Tseng
  • Publication number: 20170280192
    Abstract: In particular embodiments a social networking system may receive authorization from a first user of a social-networking system to control at least in part one or more functions of a set-top box (STB) of the first user, determine one or more social actions of one or more second users of the social-networking system, determine one or more instructions for the STB of the first user based at least in part on the social actions, and provide the instructions for the STB of the first user. The social-networking system includes a graph having a plurality of nodes and edges connecting the nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Cameron Alexander Marlow, David Harry Garcia, Erick Tseng, Brian Krausz
  • Publication number: 20170272813
    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: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: David Harry Garcia, Brian Krausz, Erick Tseng
  • Publication number: 20170261589
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing at least two determinations of the location of a mobile computing device, with each determined location having been determined without reference to explicit location information manually input by a user of the mobile computing device. At least one first determined location is compared with at least one second determined location, with comparisons being made between location determinations made based on different location determination input. A functionality associated with the mobile computing device is allowed if the first determined location corresponds to at least one of the second determined locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Erick Tseng, Yoon Kean Wong, Yael Maguire, Michael John McKenzie Toksvig
  • Publication number: 20170261590
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing at least two determinations of the location of a mobile computing device, with each determined location having been determined without reference to explicit location information manually input by a user of the mobile computing device. At least one first determined location is compared with at least one second determined location, with comparisons being made between location determinations made based on different location determination input. A functionality associated with the mobile computing device is allowed if the first determined location corresponds to at least one of the second determined locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Erick Tseng, Yoon Kean Wong, Yael Maguire, Michael John McKenzie Toksvig
  • Patent number: 9753609
    Abstract: A mechanism directed to extracting and displaying media content of a news feed or other structured document in a scrollable media wheel frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventor: Erick Tseng
  • Patent number: 9743157
    Abstract: In particular embodiments, one or more computer systems of a social-networking system determine available media content from one or more content sources and query a social graph of a social-networking system for social content associated with a user of the social-networking system. The social graph includes nodes and edges connecting the nodes. The nodes include user nodes that are each associated with a particular user of the social-networking system. The one or more computer systems of the social-networking system determine, using the social content and the available media content, a plurality of social coefficients for the user, determine, based on the determined social coefficients, recommended media content for the user, and provide the recommended media content for display in a programming guide on a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Ime Archibong, Colin Cameron Brennan Campbell, Robert Daniel, David Harry Garcia, Austin Haugen, Mark Heynen, Brian Krausz, Michael John McKenzie Toksvig, Erick Tseng, Yoon Kean Wong
  • Patent number: 9740670
    Abstract: In one embodiment, receiving, at a first computing device from a second computing device, a request for a view of a user interface of a native application executing on the second computing device, wherein the view includes one or more first user interface components; determining, by the first computing device, a user agent type of the second computing device; selecting, by the first computing device, one or more second user-interface components to be included in the view based on the user agent type of the second computing device; generating, by the first computing device, code implementing a structured document that represents the view, wherein the structured document comprises the one or more first user-interface components and the one or more second user-interface components; and transmitting, from the first computing device to the second computing device, the code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Erick Tseng, Philip Fung, Yariv Sadan
  • Publication number: 20170230700
    Abstract: In particular embodiments, one or more computer systems of a social-networking system determine identities of one or more users in proximity to a display device and query a social graph of the social-networking system for social content associated with the determined identities. The social graph includes nodes and edges connecting the nodes. The nodes include user nodes that are each associated with a particular user of the social-networking system. The one or more computer systems of the social-networking system identify, using the social content, recommended media content for the one or more users in proximity to the display device and provide a playlist for display on the display device. The playlist includes the recommended media content for the one or more users in proximity to the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Ime Archibong, Gregory Joseph Badros, Colin Cameron Brennan Campbell, David Harry Garcia, Mark Heynen, Brian Krausz, Cameron Alexander Marlow, Justin Alexander Shaffer, Michael John McKenzie Toksvig, Erick Tseng, Yoon Kean Wong
  • Publication number: 20170230720
    Abstract: In particular embodiments a social networking system captures data associated with video content provided to a first user of a social-networking system, identifies, using the captured data, the video content provided to the first user, and updates a graph of the social-networking system to associate the first user with the identified video content. The graph of the social-networking system has a plurality of nodes and edges connecting the nodes. The nodes of the graph include user nodes that are each associated with a particular user of the social-networking system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Ime Archibong, Gregory Joseph Badros, Sean Michael Bruich, Robert Daniel, David Harry Garcia, Brian Krausz, Cameron Alexander Marlow, Justin Alexander Shaffer, Michael John McKenzie Toksvig, Erick Tseng, Yoon Kean Wong
  • Publication number: 20170223108
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computing server receives from a client computing device a first upload that includes a set of multimedia objects on the client computing device. The set of multimedia objects is selected by a user of the client computing device. While the upload of the set of multimedia objects is in progress, the computing server concurrently receives, from the client computing device, a second upload that includes metadata entered by the user. The metadata corresponds to a subset of the multimedia objects, the subset being selected by the user from the set of multimedia objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: Erick Tseng
  • Patent number: 9715003
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing at least two determinations of the location of a mobile computing device, with each determined location having been determined without reference to explicit location information manually input by a user of the mobile computing device. At least one first determined location is compared with at least one second determined location, with comparisons being made between location determinations made based on different location determination input. A functionality associated with the mobile computing device is allowed if the first determined location corresponds to at least one of the second determined locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Erick Tseng, Yoon Kean Wong, Yael Maguire, Michael John McKenzie Toksvig
  • Patent number: 9699485
    Abstract: In particular embodiments a social networking system may receive authorization from a first user of a social-networking system to control at least in part one or more functions of a set-top box (STB) of the first user, determine one or more social actions of one or more second users of the social-networking system, determine one or more instructions for the STB of the first user based at least in part on the social actions, and provide the instructions for the STB of the first user. The social-networking system includes a graph having a plurality of nodes and edges connecting the nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Cameron Alexander Marlow, David Harry Garcia, Erick Tseng, Brian Krausz
  • Patent number: 9691073
    Abstract: A social networking system provides relevant content objects at the request of social networking system users. Relevance scores are determined for content objects by matching user location, user interests, and other social information to the content, location, and timing associated with content objects. A ranked list of content objects can be provided to the user, where the content objects are relevant to them based on their interests, location, and other social information. The system provides a user interface that displays a map containing pins, where each pin represents a content object in actionable proximity to a user. The content objects selected to be presented as pins to the user are those content objects with sufficiently high relevance scores. Multiple pins for a nearby area can be clustered. The user can switch between zoom levels for the map, thereby showing pins at varying distances from the user's current location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Erick Tseng, Matthew Cahill
  • Publication number: 20170180302
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request to display a media plug-in on a third-party website hosted by a third-party system, determining media content associated with the request to display the media plug-in, and determining whether the third-party website is being viewed by a user that is currently logged in to the social-networking system. The method further includes determining one or more user-selectable objects based at least on the determined media content and the determination of whether the user is currently logged in to the social-networking system and providing the determined one or more user-selectable objects for display in the media plug-in on the third-party website. The third-party system is separate from the social-networking system. The user-selectable objects, once selected, cause an action related to the determined media content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Erick Tseng, Yoon Kean Wong
  • Patent number: 9686337
    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: July 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: David Harry Garcia, Brian Krausz, Erick Tseng
  • Patent number: 9686577
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes determining available media content from one or more content sources and providing at least a portion of the available media content for display in a programming guide on a display device of a user. The programming guide includes a plurality of entries each associated with one of the available media content. The method further includes determining that an update action button should be displayed on the display device, providing the update action button for display on the display device when it is determined that the update action button should be displayed, and updating the programming guide in response to a user selection of the update action button. The update action button is operable to cause the social-networking system to update the programming guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook
    Inventors: Erick Tseng, Colin Cameron Campbell, Gregory John Moeck
  • Patent number: 9680929
    Abstract: In one embodiment, accessing a set of multimedia objects stored on a first computing device; initiating upload of the set of multimedia objects to a second computing device; and while the set of multimedia objects is being uploaded to the second computing device, receiving metadata entered by a user and associating metadata with each of one or more multimedia objects from the set of multimedia objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventor: Erick Tseng
  • Patent number: 9674135
    Abstract: In particular embodiments, a social networking system identifies a user viewing video content on a first display device, identifies the video content being viewed on the first display device by the user, and determines a second display device associated with the identified user. The social networking system sends one or more instructions to the determined second display device to display one or more chat messages associated with the identified video content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Ime Archibong, Gregory Joseph Badros, Colin Cameron Brennan Campbell, David Harry Garcia, Mark Heynen, Brian Krausz, Cameron Alexander Marlow, Erick Tseng, Yoon Kean Wong
  • Patent number: 9667584
    Abstract: In particular embodiments a social networking system captures data associated with video content provided to a first user of a social-networking system, identifies, using the captured data, the video content provided to the first user, and updates a graph of the social-networking system to associate the first user with the identified video content. The graph of the social-networking system has a plurality of nodes and edges connecting the nodes. The nodes of the graph include user nodes that are each associated with a particular user of the social-networking system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Ime Archibong, Gregory Joseph Badros, Sean Michael Bruich, Robert Daniel, David Harry Garcia, Brian Krausz, Cameron Alexander Marlow, Justin Alexander Shaffer, Michael John McKenzie Toksvig, Erick Tseng, Yoon Kean Wong