Patents by Inventor Gregory Paul Whalin

Gregory Paul Whalin 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: 11947557
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes, by one or more computing devices, receiving, from a client system of a first user of an online social network, a text post inputted by the first user, parsing the text post to identify a query associated with the text post, sending, to the client system, instructions for presenting a confirmation prompt requesting confirmation of the identified query from the first user, receiving, from the client system, a confirmation of the identified query from the first user, generating, in response to receiving the confirmation, a recommendation list responsive to the query, wherein the recommendation list comprises references to one or more objects referenced in one or more prior comments associated with one or more prior posts of the online social network associated with the query, and sending, to the client system, instructions for presenting the recommendation list to the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Liu, Erica Jean Virtue, Gregory Paul Whalin
  • Publication number: 20230117735
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes, by one or more computing devices, receiving, from a client system of a first user of an online social network, a text post inputted by the first user, parsing the text post to identify a query associated with the text post, sending, to the client system, instructions for presenting a confirmation prompt requesting confirmation of the identified query from the first user, receiving, from the client system, a confirmation of the identified query from the first user, generating, in response to receiving the confirmation, a recommendation list responsive to the query, wherein the recommendation list comprises references to one or more objects referenced in one or more prior comments associated with one or more prior posts of the online social network associated with the query, and sending, to the client system, instructions for presenting the recommendation list to the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Jin Liu, Erica Jean Virtue, Gregory Paul Whalin
  • Patent number: 11531678
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes, by a client system of a user of an online social network, sending, to one or more computing devices of the online social network, a text post inputted by the user. The text post is associated with a query. The method includes receiving, from the one or more computing devices in response to the text post, an initial recommendation list. The initial recommendation list includes references to one or more objects referenced in comments associated with one or more prior posts associated with the query. The method includes sending, to the one or more computing devices, a request for updates to the initial recommendation list. Moreover, the method includes receiving, from the one or more computing devices in response to the request, an updated recommendation list comprising references to one or more objects referenced in comments associated with the text post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Liu, Erica Jean Virtue, Gregory Paul Whalin
  • Patent number: 10863354
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving user input that includes an indication that the user is generating social-network content. The social network includes a number of nodes and a number of edges connecting the nodes, with at least one node corresponding to the user. The method includes accessing information about one or more places corresponding to a location of the user and automatically generating a check-in to one of the one or more places for the user. The method includes automatically associating the check-in with the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Wayne Kao, Gregory Paul Whalin, Tal Shumski
  • Publication number: 20200012639
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes, by a client system of a user of an online social network, sending, to one or more computing devices of the online social network, a text post inputted by the user. The text post is associated with a query. The method includes receiving, from the one or more computing devices in response to the text post, an initial recommendation list. The initial recommendation list includes references to one or more objects referenced in comments associated with one or more prior posts associated with the query. The method includes sending, to the one or more computing devices, a request for updates to the initial recommendation list. Moreover, the method includes receiving, from the one or more computing devices in response to the request, an updated recommendation list comprising references to one or more objects referenced in comments associated with the text post.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Jin Liu, Erica Jean Virtue, Gregory Paul Whalin
  • Patent number: 10503377
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving user input indicating a user's intent to generate social-network content. The social network includes a number of nodes and a number of edges connecting the nodes, with at least one node corresponding to the first user. The method includes providing for presentation to the user an indicator, the indicator indicating one or more of: 1) that suggested content for the user to associate with the social networking system exists, the suggestion associated with a quality that exceeds a threshold quality; or 2) that whether the suggestion exists is being determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Paul Whalin, Tuduyen Ann Nguyen
  • Patent number: 10452671
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a text post from a client system of a first user of an online social network and parsing the text post to identify a query associated with the post. The method includes receiving one or more comments responsive to the text post from one or more second users of the online social network and determining, for each of the comments, whether the comment includes a recommendation responsive to the query. Moreover, the method includes identifying, for each comment with a responsive recommendation, one or more objects of the online social network associated with the recommendation and generating an aggregated recommendation list responsive to the query, where the list includes references to one or more of the identified objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Liu, Erica Jean Virtue, Gregory Paul Whalin
  • Patent number: 10057359
    Abstract: Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems receive input associated with a social networking system user account. The input includes content to be published to the social networking system. In response to the received input, one or more location suggestions are identified based upon the content. The one or more identified location suggestions are transmitted to a user device associated with the user account. Selection of a location suggestion is received. The content and selected location is published as a post within the social networking system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Wayne Kao, Gregory Paul Whalin, Jan Kodovsky
  • Publication number: 20170308589
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a text post from a client system of a first user of an online social network and parsing the text post to identify a query associated with the post. The method includes receiving one or more comments responsive to the text post from one or more second users of the online social network and determining, for each of the comments, whether the comment includes a recommendation responsive to the query. Moreover, the method includes identifying, for each comment with a responsive recommendation, one or more objects of the online social network associated with the recommendation and generating an aggregated recommendation list responsive to the query, where the list includes references to one or more of the identified objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Jin Liu, Erica Jean Virtue, Gregory Paul Whalin
  • Publication number: 20170126819
    Abstract: Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems receive input associated with a social networking system user account. The input includes content to be published to the social networking system. In response to the received input, one or more location suggestions are identified based upon the content. The one or more identified location suggestions are transmitted to a user device associated with the user account. Selection of a location suggestion is received. The content and selected location is published as a post within the social networking system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Wayne Kao, Gregory Paul Whalin, Jan Kodovsky
  • Patent number: 9584606
    Abstract: Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems receive input associated with a social networking system user account. The input includes content to be published to the social networking system. In response to the received input, one or more location suggestions are identified based upon the content. The one or more identified location suggestions are transmitted to a user device associated with the user account. Selection of a location suggestion is received. The content and selected location is published as a post within the social networking system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Wayne Kao, Gregory Paul Whalin, Jan Kodovsky
  • Publication number: 20160147839
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving user input that includes an indication that the user is generating social-network content. The social network includes a number of nodes and a number of edges connecting the nodes, with at least one node corresponding to the user. The method includes accessing information about one or more places corresponding to a location of the user and automatically generating a check-in to one of the one or more places for the user. The method includes automatically associating the check-in with the content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Wayne Kao, Gregory Paul Whalin, Tal Shumski
  • Publication number: 20160147421
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving user input indicating a user's intent to generate social-network content. The social network includes a number of nodes and a number of edges connecting the nodes, with at least one node corresponding to the first user. The method includes providing for presentation to the user an indicator, the indicator indicating one or more of: 1) that suggested content for the user to associate with the social networking system exists, the suggestion associated with a quality that exceeds a threshold quality; or 2) that whether the suggestion exists is being determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Gregory Paul Whalin, Tuduyen Ann Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20150350349
    Abstract: Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems receive input associated with a social networking system user account. The input includes content to be published to the social networking system. In response to the received input, one or more location suggestions are identified based upon the content. The one or more identified location suggestions are transmitted to a user device associated with the user account. Selection of a location suggestion is received. The content and selected location is published as a post within the social networking system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne Kao, Gregory Paul Whalin