Patents by Inventor Robyn David Morris
Robyn David Morris 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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Patent number: 10630791Abstract: A user creates an event in a social networking system specifying a location, a time, and a guest list of other users invited to the event. The social networking system generates a page associated with the event that provides information about the event and identifies whether users have responded to invitations to the event. The content of the page may be customized for the user viewing the page to encourage the viewing user to attend the event. For example, the viewing user's relationship to and/or similar characteristics with other users on the guest list is determined and used by the social networking system to identify the users whose responses to invitations are shown to the viewing user via the page. Additionally, a notification method more prominently distributes acceptances of invitations to other users to encourage attendance.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2017Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Robert Michael Baldwin, Henry Bridge, Robyn David Morris
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Patent number: 10579695Abstract: A social networking system analyzes a user's interactions with objects linked to bookmarks associated with the user to generate a score for each bookmark. The score represents or is based on the probability that the user will access the bookmark or the linked object. For example, the score is a predicted click-through rate for the bookmark. Based on the scores, a subset of the bookmarks is selected for presentation to the user. Additionally, the scores may be used to order the selected subset of the bookmarks. Hence, the bookmarks that the user is most likely to access are presented while the bookmarks the user is less likely to access may be hidden.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2015Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan Sorg, Ken Deeter, Thomas Stocky, Robyn David Morris
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Patent number: 10356135Abstract: A social networking system generates stories based on actions taken by entities of the social networking system. The system applies a set of rules to the stories to categorize each story and displays the news feed as multiple sections, each displaying a category of generated stories. A story may be categorized according to its content and/or the user associated with the story. In addition to stories about a user's direct connections, stories may be generated by the user's soft connections. Supplemental content may be generated based on a section of the newsfeed currently being accessed and displayed in a related content unit adjacent to a news feed section.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2013Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Xiao Ou Wang, Chris Struhar, Robert William Cathcart, Robyn David Morris, Laney Kuenzel
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Patent number: 10237150Abstract: Effects of content communications propagated to users of a social networking system may be tracked and measured by the social networking system. Identifiers of content presented to users within a time period before the users interact with the content are recorded. As users interact with the content, additional data describing the interactions with the content and the users interacting with the content are stored. Various metrics may be determined from the data describing interactions with the content. For example including virality metrics and reach metrics, may be determined and presented to the user that posted the content.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2016Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventor: Robyn David Morris
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Patent number: 9846726Abstract: A user saves a structured query defining connections between two or more objects maintained by a social networking system. The social networking system finds objects matching the structured query, either by periodically performing searches for new objects or by analyzing objects as they are added or modified. The user creating the saved query can subsequently view the matching objects.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2015Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Ken Deeter, Thomas Stocky, Robyn David Morris
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Publication number: 20170257445Abstract: A user creates an event in a social networking system specifying a location, a time, and a guest list of other users invited to the event. The social networking system generates a page associated with the event that provides information about the event and identifies whether users have responded to invitations to the event. The content of the page may be customized for the user viewing the page to encourage the viewing user to attend the event. For example, the viewing user's relationship to and/or similar characteristics with other users on the guest list is determined and used by the social networking system to identify the users whose responses to invitations are shown to the viewing user via the page. Additionally, a notification method more prominently distributes acceptances of invitations to other users to encourage attendance.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2017Publication date: September 7, 2017Inventors: Robert Michael Baldwin, Henry Bridge, Robyn David Morris
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Patent number: 9661089Abstract: A user creates an event in a social networking system specifying a location, a time, and a guest list of other users invited to the event. The social networking system generates a page associated with the event that provides information about the event and identifies whether users have responded to invitations to the event. The content of the page may be customized for the user viewing the page to encourage the viewing user to attend the event. For example, the viewing user's relationship to and/or similar characteristics with other users on the guest list is determined and used by the social networking system to identify the users whose responses to invitations are shown to the viewing user via the page. Additionally, a notification method more prominently distributes acceptances of invitations to other users to encourage attendance.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2015Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Robert Michael Baldwin, Henry Bridge, Robyn David Morris
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Publication number: 20160308740Abstract: Effects of content communications propagated to users of a social networking system may be tracked and measured by the social networking system. Identifiers of content presented to users within a time period before the users interact with the content are recorded. As users interact with the content, additional data describing the interactions with the content and the users interacting with the content are stored. Various metrics may be determined from the data describing interactions with the content. For example including virality metrics and reach metrics, may be determined and presented to the user that posted the content.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventor: Robyn David Morris
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Patent number: 9430439Abstract: Effects of content communications propagated to users of a social networking system may be tracked and measured by the social networking system. Identifiers of content presented to users within a time period before the users interact with the content are recorded. As users interact with the content, additional data describing the interactions with the content and the users interacting with the content are stored. Various metrics may be determined from the data describing interactions with the content. For example including virality metrics and reach metrics, may be determined and presented to the user that posted the content.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2012Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventor: Robyn David Morris
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Publication number: 20160019263Abstract: A user saves a structured query defining connections between two or more objects maintained by a social networking system. The social networking system finds objects matching the structured query, either by periodically performing searches for new objects or by analyzing objects as they are added or modified. The user creating the saved query can subsequently view the matching objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2015Publication date: January 21, 2016Applicant: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Ken Taro Deeter, Thomas Stocky, Robyn David Morris
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Publication number: 20160019307Abstract: A social networking system analyzes a user's interactions with objects linked to bookmarks associated with the user to generate a score for each bookmark. The score represents or is based on the probability that the user will access the bookmark or the linked object. For example, the score is a predicted click-through rate for the bookmark. Based on the scores, a subset of the bookmarks is selected for presentation to the user. Additionally, the scores may be used to order the selected subset of the bookmarks. Hence, the bookmarks that the user is most likely to access are presented while the bookmarks the user is less likely to access may be hidden.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2015Publication date: January 21, 2016Inventors: Jonathan Sorg, Ken Deeter, Thomas Stocky, Robyn David Morris
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Patent number: 9177016Abstract: A user saves a structured query defining connections between two or more objects maintained by a social networking system. The social networking system finds objects matching the structured query, either by periodically performing searches for new objects or by analyzing objects as they are added or modified. The user creating the saved query can subsequently view the matching objects.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2014Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Ken Taro Deeter, Thomas Stocky, Robyn David Morris
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Patent number: 9171287Abstract: A social networking system analyzes a user's interactions with objects linked to bookmarks associated with the user to generate a score for each bookmark. The score represents or is based on the probability that the user will access the bookmark or the linked object. For example, the score is a predicted click-through rate for the bookmark. Based on the scores, a subset of the bookmarks is selected for presentation to the user. Additionally, the scores may be used to order the selected subset of the bookmarks. Hence, the bookmarks that the user is most likely to access are presented while the bookmarks the user is less likely to access may be hidden.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2012Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan Sorg, Ken Deeter, Thomas Stocky, Robyn David Morris
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Publication number: 20150222721Abstract: A user creates an event in a social networking system specifying a location, a time, and a guest list of other users invited to the event. The social networking system generates a page associated with the event that provides information about the event and identifies whether users have responded to invitations to the event. The content of the page may be customized for the user viewing the page to encourage the viewing user to attend the event. For example, the viewing user's relationship to and/or similar characteristics with other users on the guest list is determined and used by the social networking system to identify the users whose responses to invitations are shown to the viewing user via the page. Additionally, a notification method more prominently distributes acceptances of invitations to other users to encourage attendance.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2015Publication date: August 6, 2015Inventors: Robert Michael Baldwin, Henry Bridge, Robyn David Morris
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Patent number: 9047382Abstract: A user creates an event in a social networking system specifying a location, a time, and a guest list of other users invited to the event. The social networking system generates a page associated with the event that provides information about the event and identifies whether users have responded to invitations to the event. The content of the page may be customized for the user viewing the page to encourage the viewing user to attend the event. For example, the viewing user's relationship to and/or similar characteristics with other users on the guest list is determined and used by the social networking system to identify the users whose responses to invitations are shown to the viewing user via the page. Additionally, a notification method more prominently distributes acceptances of invitations to other users to encourage attendance.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2012Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Robert Michael Baldwin, Henry Bridge, Robyn David Morris
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Publication number: 20150106326Abstract: A user saves a structured query defining connections between two or more objects maintained by a social networking system. The social networking system finds objects matching the structured query, either by periodically performing searches for new objects or by analyzing objects as they are added or modified. The user creating the saved query can subsequently view the matching objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2014Publication date: April 16, 2015Inventors: Ken Taro Deeter, Thomas Stocky, Robyn David Morris
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Patent number: 8954455Abstract: A user saves a structured query defining connections between two or more objects maintained by a social networking system. The social networking system finds objects matching the structured query, either by periodically performing searches for new objects or by analyzing objects as they are added or modified. The user creating the saved query can subsequently view the matching objects.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2012Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Ken Deeter, Thomas Stocky, Robyn David Morris
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Publication number: 20140207860Abstract: A social networking system generates stories based on actions taken by entities of the social networking system. The system applies a set of rules to the stories to categorize each story and displays the news feed as multiple sections, each displaying a category of generated stories. A story may be categorized according to its content and/or the user associated with the story. In addition to stories about a user's direct connections, stories may be generated by the user's soft connections. Supplemental content may be generated based on a section of the newsfeed currently being accessed and displayed in a related content unit adjacent to a news feed section.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2013Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Xiao Ou Wang, Chris Struhar, William Robert Cathcart, Robyn David Morris, Laney Kuenzel
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Publication number: 20140188914Abstract: A user saves a structured query defining connections between two or more objects maintained by a social networking system. The social networking system finds objects matching the structured query, either by periodically performing searches for new objects or by analyzing objects as they are added or modified. The user creating the saved query can subsequently view the matching objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2012Publication date: July 3, 2014Inventors: Ken Deeter, Thomas Stocky, Robyn David Morris
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Publication number: 20140173399Abstract: A social networking system analyzes a user's interactions with objects linked to bookmarks associated with the user to generate a score for each bookmark. The score represents or is based on the probability that the user will access the bookmark or the linked object. For example, the score is a predicted click-through rate for the bookmark. Based on the scores, a subset of the bookmarks is selected for presentation to the user. Additionally, the scores may be used to order the selected subset of the bookmarks. Hence, the bookmarks that the user is most likely to access are presented while the bookmarks the user is less likely to access may be hidden.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2012Publication date: June 19, 2014Inventors: Jonathan Sorg, Ken Deeter, Thomas Stocky, Robyn David Morris