Patents by Inventor Joshua Ryan Williams
Joshua Ryan Williams 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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Publication number: 20230267688Abstract: Methods, systems, and storage media for generating a virtual world in a virtual universe are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: generate virtual objects comprising object representations in a virtual world of a virtual universe; generate avatars comprising user representations of themselves in the virtual world; generate spatial containers within the virtual world; and process transactions regarding the virtual objects between the avatars based on evaluations of rights sets associated with the virtual objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2022Publication date: August 24, 2023Inventors: Mina Maher Shawky Abouseif, Oludare Victor Obasanjo, Michael Philip Arcuri, Rachel Levkovich, Jeffrey Lin, Katherine Ward, Joshua Ryan Williams, Jonathan Larsen Eide, Austen McRae, Philip Woods
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Patent number: 10698744Abstract: Techniques that enable a third party to author and add functionality to a target application. A third party may create or author a script that encodes the functionality to be added to the target application. The script may then be provided to and executed by the target application, where execution of the script causes the functionality to be added to the target application. In certain embodiments, the added functionality may be in the form of effects that are output via the target application when the script is executed by the target application. The effects may include audio-visual effects that are displayed or output by the target application and may also include displaying data provided by a third party.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2017Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.Inventors: Stef Marc Smet, Michael Slater, Michael Philip Arcuri, Joshua Ryan Williams, Karthik Subramanyam, Bo Yin
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Patent number: 10636053Abstract: An online system evaluates the quality of a content publisher displaying sponsored content items. To determine a likelihood of conversion actions associated with the sponsored content items, the online system uses information about users and their interactions with sponsored content items featured within the content publisher against interactions with sponsored content items featured within a benchmark system (e.g., online system). By determining a ratio of these interactions, the online system can determine a likelihood of conversion actions for the content publisher. The online system uses this likelihood of conversions to determine a publisher quality score that it uses to normalize third party value contributions toward placing sponsored content items on the content publisher. Thus, third party systems no longer need to be concerned about the intrinsic value of a given content publisher as third party value contributions are normalized based on the content publisher's conversion rates.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2017Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Robert Daniel Paul Masson, David McCafferty Lapayowker, Joshua Ryan Williams, Kevin Donald Kelly
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Publication number: 20180349944Abstract: An online system evaluates the quality of a content publisher displaying sponsored content items. To determine a likelihood of conversion actions associated with the sponsored content items, the online system uses information about users and their interactions with sponsored content items featured within the content publisher against interactions with sponsored content items featured within a benchmark system (e.g., online system). By determining a ratio of these interactions, the online system can determine a likelihood of conversion actions for the content publisher. The online system uses this likelihood of conversions to determine a publisher quality score that it uses to normalize third party value contributions toward placing sponsored content items on the content publisher. Thus, third party systems no longer need to be concerned about the intrinsic value of a given content publisher as third party value contributions are normalized based on the content publisher's conversion rates.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2017Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Robert Daniel Paul Masson, David McCafferty Lapayowker, Joshua Ryan Williams, Kevin Donald Kelly
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Publication number: 20180300185Abstract: Techniques that enable a third party to author and add functionality to a target application. A third party may create or author a script that encodes the functionality to be added to the target application. The script may then be provided to and executed by the target application, where execution of the script causes the functionality to be added to the target application. In certain embodiments, the added functionality may be in the form of effects that are output via the target application when the script is executed by the target application. The effects may include audio-visual effects that are displayed or output by the target application and may also include displaying data provided by a third party.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2017Publication date: October 18, 2018Inventors: Stef Marc Smet, Michael Slater, Michael Philip Arcuri, Joshua Ryan Williams, Karthik Subramanyam, Bo Yin
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Patent number: 8539457Abstract: Computing responses to semantic queries. A method includes accessing a plurality of objects that represent source code for an input program. The source code is transformed into a plurality of immutable objects that are structured such that the immutable objects can be used to derive any response as defined by the semantic rules about the source code. A query is received from a requestor requesting a semantic characteristic of the input program. The semantic characteristic is calculated. The semantic characteristic is returned to the requestor. The semantic characteristic is cached in a cache. Information describing a dependency between the cached semantic characteristic and one or more of the objects in the plurality of objects is stored.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2009Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: John Lawrence Hamby, Joshua Ryan Williams, John D. Doty, Clemens A. Szyperski, David Michael Miller
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Patent number: 8359292Abstract: Particular portions of program execution data are specified and organized in semantic groups. A grouping expression written in a transformation syntax language specifies a pattern and a replacement, for grouping performance data samples. An exception to the pattern can also be specified. In response to the grouping expression, a cost accounting shows groups and their costs. The grouping expression may operate on names and/or name-associated characteristics such as private/public status, author, directory, and the like. Samples may represent nodes in a directed acyclic graph memorializing call stacks or memory allocation. Grouping expressions are used to group nodes and consolidate costs by various procedures when making modified sample stacks: clustering-by-name, entry-group-clustering, folding-by-name, a folding-by-cost. An entry group clustering shows at least one entry point name while avoiding unwanted detail.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2010Date of Patent: January 22, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Vance Morrison, Joshua Ryan Williams
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Publication number: 20120072423Abstract: Particular portions of program execution data are specified and organized in semantic groups. A grouping expression written in a transformation syntax language specifies a pattern and a replacement, for grouping performance data samples. An exception to the pattern can also be specified. In response to the grouping expression, a cost accounting shows groups and their costs. The grouping expression may operate on names and/or name-associated characteristics such as private/public status, author, directory, and the like. Samples may represent nodes in a directed acyclic graph memorializing call stacks or memory allocation. Grouping expressions are used to group nodes and consolidate costs by various procedures when making modified sample stacks: clustering-by-name, entry-group-clustering, folding-by-name, a folding-by-cost. An entry group clustering shows at least one entry point name while avoiding unwanted detail.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2010Publication date: March 22, 2012Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Vance Morrison, Joshua Ryan Williams
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Publication number: 20110113408Abstract: Computing responses to semantic queries. A method includes accessing a plurality of objects that represent source code for an input program. The source code is transformed into a plurality of immutable objects that are structured such that the immutable objects can be used to derive any response as defined by the semantic rules about the source code. A query is received from a requestor requesting a semantic characteristic of the input program. The semantic characteristic is calculated. The semantic characteristic is returned to the requestor. The semantic characteristic is cached in a cache. Information describing a dependency between the cached semantic characteristic and one or more of the objects in the plurality of objects is stored.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2009Publication date: May 12, 2011Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: John Lawrence Hamby, Joshua Ryan Williams, John D. Doty, Clemens A. Szyperski, David Michael Miller