Patents by Inventor Mehrdad Jahangiri
Mehrdad Jahangiri 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: 20230300564Abstract: The present invention relates to a system to facilitate the identification of geo-cells, and the distribution of media content. A visitation tracking system is configured to retrieve location data from a client device, identify a geo-cell from among a set of geo-cells based on the location data, access a database that comprises media content associated with one or more physical location within the geo-cell, ranking a first media content among the media content, and loading the first media content at the client device based on the ranking, according to certain example embodiments.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Xueyin Chen, Mehrdad Jahangiri
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Patent number: 11683657Abstract: The present invention relates to a system to facilitate the identification of geo-cells, and the distribution of media content. A visitation tracking system is configured to retrieve location data from a client device, identify a geo-cell from among a set of geo-cells based on the location data, access a database that comprises media content associated with one or more physical location within the geo-cell, ranking a first media content among the media content, and loading the first media content at the client device based on the ranking, according to certain example embodiments.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2022Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Xueyin Chen, Mehrdad Jahangiri
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Patent number: 11610357Abstract: A system of generating targeted user lists using customizable avatar characteristics includes a messaging server system. The messaging server system includes an application server that generates a database of mutable avatar characteristics, a database of style categories, and a targeted user list. The application server then causes a media content item to be displayed on display screens of electronic devices associated with the set of user identifiers included in the targeted user list. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2021Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Mehrdad Jahangiri, Andrew Maxwell, Athena Rich
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Publication number: 20220191643Abstract: The present invention relates to a system to facilitate the identification of geo-cells, and the distribution of media content. A visitation tracking system is configured to retrieve location data from a client device, identify a geo-cell from among a set of geo-cells based on the location data, access a database that comprises media content associated with one or more physical location within the geo-cell, ranking a first media content among the media content, and loading the first media content at the client device based on the ranking, according to certain example embodiments.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2022Publication date: June 16, 2022Inventors: Xueyin Chen, Mehrdad Jahangiri
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Publication number: 20220130093Abstract: A system of generating targeted user lists using customizable avatar characteristics includes a messaging server system. The messaging server system includes an application server that generates a database of mutable avatar characteristics, a database of style categories, and a targeted user list. The application server then causes a media content item to be displayed on display screens of electronic devices associated with the set of user identifiers included in the targeted user list. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2021Publication date: April 28, 2022Inventors: Mehrdad Jahangiri, Andrew Maxwell, Athena Rich
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Patent number: 11297463Abstract: The present invention relates to a system to facilitate the identification of geo-cells, and the distribution of media content. A visitation tracking system is configured to retrieve location data from a client device, identify a geo-cell from among a set of geo-cells based on the location data, access a database that comprises media content associated with one or more physical location within the geo-cell, ranking a first media content among the media content, and loading the first media content at the client device based on the ranking, according to certain example embodiments.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2020Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Xueyin Chen, Mehrdad Jahangiri
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Patent number: 11189070Abstract: A system of generating targeted user lists using customizable avatar characteristics includes a messaging server system. The messaging server system includes an application server that generates a database of mutable avatar characteristics, a database of style categories, and a targeted user list. The application server then causes a media content item to be displayed on display screens of electronic devices associated with the set of user identifiers included in the targeted user list. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2019Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Mehrdad Jahangiri, Andrew Maxwell, Athena Rich
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Publication number: 20210092553Abstract: The present invention relates to a system to facilitate the identification of geo-cells, and the distribution of media content. A visitation tracking system is configured to retrieve location data from a client device, identify a geo-cell from among a set of geo-cells based on the location data, access a database that comprises media content associated with one or more physical location within the geo-cell, ranking a first media content among the media content, and loading the first media content at the client device based on the ranking, according to certain example embodiments.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Inventors: Xueyin Chen, Mehrdad Jahangiri
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Publication number: 20210089599Abstract: The present invention relates to improvements to systems and methods for filtering a data set. An audience filtering system is configured to perform operations that include accessing a database that comprises user profile data associated with a plurality of users, generating a bit-set based on the user profile data from the database, wherein the bit-set comprises an array of binary values, receiving a user input e.g., via a GUI) that defines one or more filter criteria (e.g., a value of a user attribute), filtering the bit-set based on the one or more filter criteria, and identifying a subset of the plurality of users based on the filtered bit-set, according to certain example embodiments.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Inventors: Mehrdad Jahangiri, Ye Tao
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Patent number: 10924886Abstract: The present invention relates to a system to facilitate the identification of geo-cells, and the distribution of media content. A visitation tracking system is configured to retrieve location data from a client device, identify a geo-cell from among a set of geo-cells based on the location data, access a database that comprises media content associated with one or more physical location within the geo-cell, ranking a first media content among the media content, and loading the first media content at the client device based on the ranking, according to certain example embodiments.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2020Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Xueyin Chen, Mehrdad Jahangiri
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Patent number: 10885136Abstract: The present invention relates to improvements to systems and methods for filtering a data set. An audience filtering system is configured to perform operations that include accessing a database that comprises user profile data associated with a plurality of users, generating a bit-set based on the user profile data from the database, wherein the bit-set comprises an array of binary values, receiving a user input (e.g., via a GUI) that defines one or more filter criteria (e.g., a value of a user attribute), filtering the bit-set based on the one or more filter criteria, and identifying a subset of the plurality of users based on the filtered bit-set, according to certain example embodiments.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2018Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Mehrdad Jahangiri, Ye Tao
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Publication number: 20200334885Abstract: A system of generating targeted user lists using customizable avatar characteristics includes a messaging server system. The messaging server system includes an application server that generates a database of mutable avatar characteristics, a database of style categories, and a targeted user list. The application server then causes a media content item to be displayed on display screens of electronic devices associated with the set of user identifiers included in the targeted user list. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2019Publication date: October 22, 2020Inventors: Mehrdad Jahangiri, Andrew Maxwell, Athena Rich
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Publication number: 20200329337Abstract: The present invention relates to a system to facilitate the identification of geo-cells, and the distribution of media content. A visitation tracking system is configured to retrieve location data from a client device, identify a geo-cell from among a set of geo-cells based on the location data, access a database that comprises media content associated with one or more physical location within the geo-cell, ranking a first media content among the media content, and loading the first media content at the client device based on the ranking, according to certain example embodiments.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2020Publication date: October 15, 2020Inventors: Xueyin Chen, Mehrdad Jahangiri
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Patent number: 10779114Abstract: The present invention relates to a system to facilitate the identification of geo-cells, and the distribution of media content. A visitation tracking system is configured to retrieve location data from a client device, identify a geo-cell from among a set of geo-cells based on the location data, access a database that comprises media content associated with one or more physical location within the geo-cell, ranking a first media content among the media content, and loading the first media content at the client device based on the ranking, according to certain example embodiments.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2020Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Xueyin Chen, Mehrdad Jahangiri
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Publication number: 20200213806Abstract: The present invention relates to a system to facilitate the identification of geo-cells, and the distribution of media content. A visitation tracking system is configured to retrieve location data from a client device, identify a geo-cell from among a set of geo-cells based on the location data, access a database that comprises media content associated with one or more physical location within the geo-cell, ranking a first media content among the media content, and loading the first media content at the client device based on the ranking, according to certain example embodiments.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2020Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Xueyin Chen, Mehrdad Jahangiri
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Patent number: 10681491Abstract: The present invention relates to a system to facilitate the identification of geo-cells, and the distribution of media content. A visitation tracking system is configured to retrieve location data from a client device, identify a geo-cell from among a set of geo-cells based on the location data, access a database that comprises media content associated with one or more physical location within the geo-cell, ranking a first media content among the media content, and loading the first media content at the client device based on the ranking, according to certain example embodiments.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2019Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Xueyin Chen, Mehrdad Jahangiri
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Patent number: 10448199Abstract: The present invention relates to a system to facilitate the identification of geo-cells, and the distribution of media content. A visitation tracking system is configured to retrieve location data from a client device, identify a geo-cell from among a set of geo-cells based on the location data, access a database that comprises media content associated with one or more physical location within the geo-cell, ranking a first media content among the media content, and loading the first media content at the client device based on the ranking, according to certain example embodiments.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2018Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Xueyin Chen, Mehrdad Jahangiri
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Patent number: 10219111Abstract: The present invention relates to a system to facilitate the identification of geo-cells, and the distribution of media content. A visitation tracking system is configured to retrieve location data from a client device, identify a geo-cell from among a set of geo-cells based on the location data, access a database that comprises media content associated with one or more physical location within the geo-cell, ranking a first media content among the media content, and loading the first media content at the client device based on the ranking, according to certain example embodiments.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2018Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Xueyin Chen, Mehrdad Jahangiri