Patents by Inventor Robert Sean Goodlatte

Robert Sean Goodlatte 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: 10210586
    Abstract: In one embodiment, in response to a user's request to upload a photo to a social networking system, a client process accesses information in the user's current location and friends who may be with the user, present the information to the user in a composited posting user interface. After the user confirms a particular current location and a first and second friends who are currently with the user, the client process tags the particular current location and the first and second friends to the photo, and submit to the social networking system a primary posting request in photo upload, and a secondary posting request to check in the user, the first friend and the second friend to the particular current location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Odio, Robert Sean Goodlatte, Justin Shaffer
  • Patent number: 10122772
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a social networking system automatically create a shared space for posting requests to the social networking system from multiple users based on social, spatial and temporal proximity, and create a news feed corresponding to the shared space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Odio, Robert Sean Goodlatte, Justin Shaffer
  • Patent number: 9986048
    Abstract: A method is provided for automatically determining an event and tagging the event to photos uploaded from multiple users based on social and spatio-temporal proximity. The method includes receiving a first media object uploaded by a first user of a social network. A determination is made that the first media object is associated with a first event. At least one event tag is associated with the first media object. The first media object and the at least one event tag is displayed in a newsfeed associated with a second user associated with the social network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: David Harry Garcia, Robert Sean Goodlatte, Samuel Odio
  • Publication number: 20150074559
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a geo-social networking system that automatically determines an event and tags the event to photos uploaded from multiple users based on social and spatio-temporal proximity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: David Harry Garcia, Robert Sean Goodlatte, Samuel Odio
  • Patent number: 8918463
    Abstract: One or more computing devices receive, from each of multiple users, a current location and an indication of one or more content objects for uploading; the computing devices identify a first event tag based on social and spatio-temporal proximity between a subset of the users; the computing devices present the first event tag to at least one of the subset of the users; in response to one or more users of the subset of the users, the computing devices also associate the first event tag to the content objects from each of the subset of the users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: David Harry Garcia, Robert Sean Goodlatte, Samuel Odio
  • Publication number: 20140237052
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a social networking system automatically create a shared space for posting requests to the social networking system from multiple users based on social, spatial and temporal proximity, and create a news feed corresponding to the shared space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Odio, Robert Sean Goodlatte, Justin Shaffer
  • Patent number: 8732255
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a social networking system automatically create a shared space for posting requests to the social networking system from multiple users based on social, spatial and temporal proximity, and create a news feed corresponding to the shared space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Odio, Robert Sean Goodlatte, Justin Shaffer
  • Publication number: 20130066963
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a social networking system automatically create a shared space for posting requests to the social networking system from multiple users based on social, spatial and temporal proximity, and create a news feed corresponding to the shared space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Samuel Odio, Robert Sean Goodlatte, Justin Shaffer
  • Publication number: 20130066964
    Abstract: In one embodiment, in response to a user's request to upload a photo to a social networking system, a client process accesses information in the user's current location and friends who may be with the user, present the information to the user in a composited posting user interface. After the user confirms a particular current location and a first and second friends who are currently with the user, the client process tags the particular current location and the first and second friends to the photo, and submit to the social networking system a primary posting request in photo upload, and a secondary posting request to check in the user, the first friend and the second friend to the particular current location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Samuel Odio, Robert Sean Goodlatte, Justin Shaffer
  • Publication number: 20120278387
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a geo-social networking system that automatically determines an event and tags the event to photos uploaded from multiple users based on social and spatio-temporal proximity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: David Harry Garcia, Robert Sean Goodlatte, Samuel Odio