Patents by Inventor Gil Hirsch

Gil Hirsch 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: 10776418
    Abstract: A system and method for mapping interpersonal relationships, the method including sending a first composite image that includes an image of at least one unknown person from the client machine to an image analysis system of the online social network, receiving a list of candidate persons, each candidate person corresponding to a particular person identifier and having a predetermined relationship with the first user at the client machine, and sending information indicating a selection of one of the candidate persons for tagging the image of the unknown person with the particular person identifier corresponding to the selected candidate person from the client machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Eden Shochat, Moti Shniberg, Gil Hirsch, Yaniv Taigman
  • Patent number: 10528591
    Abstract: Techniques to allow a social networking system to provide hints when a user tags an image. In one embodiment, a comment associated with an image to be tagged by a user of a social networking system is received. A hint based on the comment that is suggestive of at least one aspect relating to the image is identified. A set of candidate tags associated with the user is determined. At least one suggested tag from the set of candidate tags is selected based on the hint. The at least one suggested tag is provided for the user to potentially tag the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Barak, Gil Hirsch, Yaniv Taigman, Cory West
  • Patent number: 10423656
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes sending, from a client system of a first user to a server of an online social network, an image portraying at least a first person and determining, for each user in a first set of users, a facial-recognition score with respect to the first person portrayed in the image. The facial-recognition score is based at least in part on a facial-representation associated with the user being compared with the image. The method further includes presenting, at the client system, one or more tag suggestions for the first person portrayed in the image based on the facial-recognition scores and a social-graph affinity associated with one or more users of the first set of users and receiving a selection of a particular tag suggestion by the first user. Each tag suggestion corresponds to a particular user of the first set of users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Barak, Yaniv N. Taigman, Gil Hirsch, Jorn Martinus Johannes van Dijk, Dirk John Stoop
  • Publication number: 20180276245
    Abstract: A system and method for mapping interpersonal relationships, the method including sending a first composite image that includes an image of at least one unknown person from the client machine to an image analysis system of the online social network, receiving a list of candidate persons, each candidate person corresponding to a particular person identifier and having a predetermined relationship with the first user at the client machine, and sending information indicating a selection of one of the candidate persons for tagging the image of the unknown person with the particular person identifier corresponding to the selected candidate person from the client machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Eden Shochat, Moti Shniberg, Gil Hirsch, Yaniv Taigman
  • Patent number: 9984098
    Abstract: A system and method for mapping interpersonal relationships, the method including processing a multiplicity of images and contextual information relating thereto including creating and prioritizing a list of a plurality of candidate persons having at least a predetermined relationship with at least one person connected to at least one image, using multi-dimensional information including visually sensible information in the multiplicity of images and contextual information relating thereto and searching the list of a plurality of candidate persons based at least in part on the prioritizing to select at least one of the candidate persons as having at least a predetermined relationship with the at least one person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Eden Shochat, Moti Shniberg, Gil Hirsch, Yaniv Taigman
  • Publication number: 20180095998
    Abstract: Techniques to allow a social networking system to provide hints when a user tags an image. In one embodiment, a comment associated with an image to be tagged by a user of a social networking system is received. A hint based on the comment that is suggestive of at least one aspect relating to the image is identified. A set of candidate tags associated with the user is determined. At least one suggested tag from the set of candidate tags is selected based on the hint. The at least one suggested tag is provided for the user to potentially tag the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Dan Barak, Gil Hirsch, Yaniv Taigman, Cory West
  • Patent number: 9858298
    Abstract: Techniques to allow a social networking system to provide hints when a user tags an image. In one embodiment, a comment associated with an image to be tagged by a user of a social networking system is received. A hint based on the comment that is suggestive of at least one aspect relating to the image is identified. A set of candidate tags associated with the user is determined. At least one suggested tag from the set of candidate tags is selected based on the hint. The at least one suggested tag is provided for the user to potentially tag the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Barak, Gil Hirsch, Yaniv Taigman, Cory West
  • Publication number: 20170220601
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes sending, from a client system of a first user to a server of an online social network, an image portraying at least a first person and determining, for each user in a first set of users, a facial-recognition score with respect to the first person portrayed in the image. The facial-recognition score is based at least in part on a facial-representation associated with the user being compared with the image. The method further includes presenting, at the client system, one or more tag suggestions for the first person portrayed in the image based on the facial-recognition scores and a social-graph affinity associated with one or more users of the first set of users and receiving a selection of a particular tag suggestion by the first user. Each tag suggestion corresponds to a particular user of the first set of users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Dan Barak, Yaniv N. Taigman, Gil Hirsch, Jorn Martinus Johannes van Dijk, Dirk John Stoop
  • Patent number: 9665765
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing an image portraying at least a first person, accessing a social graph, determining a social-graph affinity for a first set of users, determining a facial-recognition scores for the first set of users based on the social-graph affinity for each user and a facial-representation associated with each user, where the facial-representation for each user is compared with the image, and generating one or more tag suggestions for the first person portrayed in the image based on the facial-recognition scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Barak, Yaniv N. Taigman, Gil Hirsch, Jorn Martinus Johannes van Dijk, Dirk John Stoop
  • Publication number: 20160070954
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing an image portraying at least a first person, accessing a social graph, determining a social-graph affinity for a first set of users, determining a facial-recognition scores for the first set of users based on the social-graph affinity for each user and a facial-representation associated with each user, where the facial-representation for each user is compared with the image, and generating one or more tag suggestions for the first person portrayed in the image based on the facial-recognition scores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Dan Barak, Yaniv N. Taigman, Gil Hirsch, Jorn Martinus Johannes van Dijk, Dirk John Stoop
  • Patent number: 9275272
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing an image portraying at least a first person, accessing a social graph, determining a social-graph affinity for a first set of users, determining a facial-recognition scores for the first set of users based on the social-graph affinity for each user and a facial-representation associated with each user, where the facial-representation for each user is compared with the image, and generating one or more tag suggestions for the first person portrayed in the image based on the facial-recognition scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Barak, Yaniv N. Taigman, Gil Hirsch, Jorn Martinus Johannes van Dijk, Dirk John Stoop
  • Publication number: 20150294138
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing an image portraying at least a first person, accessing a social graph, determining a social-graph affinity for a first set of users, determining a facial-recognition scores for the first set of users based on the social-graph affinity for each user and a facial-representation associated with each user, where the facial-representation for each user is compared with the image, and generating one or more tag suggestions for the first person portrayed in the image based on the facial-recognition scores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Dan Barak, Yaniv N. Taigman, Gil Hirsch, Jorn Martinus Johannes van Dijk, Dirk John Stoop
  • Patent number: 9143573
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing an image portraying at least a first person, accessing a social graph, determining a social-graph affinity for a first set of users, determining a facial-recognition scores for the first set of users based on the social-graph affinity for each user and a facial-representation associated with each user, where the facial-representation for each user is compared with the image, and generating one or more tag suggestions for the first person portrayed in the image based on the facial-recognition scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Barak, Yaniv N. Taigman, Gil Hirsch, Jorn Martinus Johannes van Dijk, Dirk John Stoop
  • Publication number: 20150193471
    Abstract: A system and method for mapping interpersonal relationships, the method including processing a multiplicity of images and contextual information relating thereto including creating and prioritizing a list of a plurality of candidate persons having at least a predetermined relationship with at least one person connected to at least one image, using multi-dimensional information including visually sensible information in the multiplicity of images and contextual information relating thereto and searching the list of a plurality of candidate persons based at least in part on the prioritizing to select at least one of the candidate persons as having at least a predetermined relationship with the at least one person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Eden Shochat, Moti Shniberg, Gil Hirsch, Yaniv Taigman
  • Patent number: 9064146
    Abstract: A system and method for mapping interpersonal relationships, the method including processing a multiplicity of images and contextual information relating thereto including creating and prioritizing a list of a plurality of candidate persons having at least a predetermined relationship with at least one person connected to at least one image, using multi-dimensional information including visually sensible information in the multiplicity of images and contextual information relating thereto and searching the list of a plurality of candidate persons based at least in part on the prioritizing to select at least one of the candidate persons as having at least a predetermined relationship with the at least one person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Eden Shochat, Moti Shniberg, Gil Hirsch, Yaniv Taigman
  • Publication number: 20140072182
    Abstract: A system and method for mapping interpersonal relationships, the method including processing a multiplicity of images and contextual information relating thereto including creating and prioritizing a list of a plurality of candidate persons having at least a predetermined relationship with at least one person connected to at least one image, using multi-dimensional information including visually sensible information in the multiplicity of images and contextual information relating thereto and searching the list of a plurality of candidate persons based at least in part on the prioritizing to select at least one of the candidate persons as having at least a predetermined relationship with the at least one person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Eden Sochat, Moti Shniberg, Gil Hirsch, Yaniv Taigman
  • Patent number: 8666198
    Abstract: A system and method for mapping interpersonal relationships, the method including processing a multiplicity of images and contextual information relating thereto including creating and prioritizing a list of a plurality of candidate persons having at least a predetermined relationship with at least one person connected to at least one image, using multi-dimensional information including visually sensible information in the multiplicity of images and contextual information relating thereto and searching the list of a plurality of candidate persons based at least in part on the prioritizing to select at least one of the candidate persons as having at least a predetermined relationship with the at least one person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Eden Shochat, Moti Shniberg, Gil Hirsch, Yaniv Taigman
  • Publication number: 20130262588
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing an image portraying at least a first person, accessing a social graph, determining a social-graph affinity for a first set of users, determining a facial-recognition scores for the first set of users based on the social-graph affinity for each user and a facial-representation associated with each user, where the facial-representation for each user is compared with the image, and generating one or more tag suggestions for the first person portrayed in the image based on the facial-recognition scores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: Dan Barak, Yaniv N. Taigman, Gil Hirsch, Jorn Martinus Johannes van Dijk, Dirk John Stoop
  • Publication number: 20110182485
    Abstract: A system and method for mapping interpersonal relationships, the method including processing a multiplicity of images and contextual information relating thereto including creating and prioritizing a list of a plurality of candidate persons having at least a predetermined relationship with at least one person connected to at least one image, using multi-dimensional information including visually sensible information in the multiplicity of images and contextual information relating thereto and searching the list of a plurality of candidate persons based at least in part on the prioritizing to select at least one of the candidate persons as having at least a predetermined relationship with the at least one person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventors: Eden Shochat, Moti Shniberg, Gil Hirsch, Yaniv Taigman