Patents by Inventor Neil John Fulwiler

Neil John Fulwiler 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).

  • Techniques for ephemeral messaging with a message queue
    Patent number: 11388129
    Abstract: Techniques for ephemeral message are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a delayed-action worker module operative to wake according to a wake timer; determine a current update object for a delayed-action cursor for a recipient update queue for a messaging system, the delayed-action cursor associated with an action delay for the recipient update queue; determine a delayed-action activity for the current update object; perform the delay-action activity for the current update object; determine a next update object for the delayed-action cursor for the recipient update queue; and determine a next wake timer for the delayed-action worker module based on the action delay and a creation time for the next update object. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Steiner, Jeremy David Fein, Erik Murphy-Chutorian, Ting Yang, Pierre-Luc Bertrand, Neil John Fulwiler
  • Techniques for ephemeral messaging with a message queue
    Patent number: 10826859
    Abstract: Techniques for ephemeral message are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a delayed-action worker module operative to wake according to a wake timer; determine a current update object for a delayed-action cursor for a recipient update queue for a messaging system, the delayed-action cursor associated with an action delay for the recipient update queue; determine a delayed-action activity for the current update object; perform the delay-action activity for the current update object; determine a next update object for the delayed-action cursor for the recipient update queue; and determine a next wake timer for the delayed-action worker module based on the action delay and a creation time for the next update object. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Steiner, Jeremy Fein, Erik Murphy-Chutorian, Ting Yang, Pierre-Luc Bertrand, Neil John Fulwiler
  • Techniques for ephemeral messaging with a message queue
    Patent number: 10200330
    Abstract: Techniques for ephemeral message are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a delayed-action worker module operative to wake according to a wake timer; determine a current update object for a delayed-action cursor for a recipient update queue for a messaging system, the delayed-action cursor associated with an action delay for the recipient update queue; determine a delayed-action activity for the current update object; perform the delay-action activity for the current update object; determine a next update object for the delayed-action cursor for the recipient update queue; and determine a next wake timer for the delayed-action worker module based on the action delay and a creation time for the next update object. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Steiner, Jeremy Fein, Erik Murphy-Chutorian, Ting Yang, Pierre-Luc Bertrand, Neil John Fulwiler
  • TECHNIQUES FOR EPHEMERAL MESSAGING WITH A MESSAGE QUEUE
    Publication number: 20170171132
    Abstract: Techniques for ephemeral message are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a delayed-action worker module operative to wake according to a wake timer; determine a current update object for a delayed-action cursor for a recipient update queue for a messaging system, the delayed-action cursor associated with an action delay for the recipient update queue; determine a delayed-action activity for the current update object; perform the delay-action activity for the current update object; determine a next update object for the delayed-action cursor for the recipient update queue; and determine a next wake timer for the delayed-action worker module based on the action delay and a creation time for the next update object. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Steiner, Jeremy Fein, Erik Murphy-Chutorian, Ting Yang, Pierre-Luc Bertrand, Neil John Fulwiler