Patents by Inventor Ryan Michael O'Rourke

Ryan Michael O'Rourke 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).

  • Publication number: 20240087052
    Abstract: Techniques are described for a social networking system to provide community profiles that allow for multiple holders, editors, and/or managers. In some cases, the social networking system may be configured to distribute content associated with the community profiles based on metrics and relationships associated with accounts of the collaborators to the community profile as well as the community profile itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Ryan Keenan Olson, Peter Michael Cottle, Alexandra Louise Krakaris, Ryan Michael O'rourke
  • Publication number: 20230055421
    Abstract: Techniques are described that enable a user to edit and customize captions generated by a social networking system, such as transcriptions of an audio clip. In some cases, a social networking system receives, from a first user account, a video and an audio clip associated with the video, and determines that the audio clip contains speech. The social networking system may leverage a speech-to-text component to generate a first text caption based at least in part on the speech in the audio clip. The social networking system provides the first text caption to the first user account, and receives a user input to modify a word included in the first text caption. The social networking system generates a second text caption based at least in part on the user input, and provides the video, including the second text caption, to a second user account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Shannon Ma, Qikun Guo, Martin Mroz, Ryan Michael O'Rourke, Aaron Williams, Sharon Zeng
  • Patent number: 11475895
    Abstract: Techniques are described that enable a user to edit and customize captions generated by a social networking system, such as transcriptions of an audio clip. In some cases, a social networking system receives, from a first user account, a video and an audio clip associated with the video, and determines that the audio clip contains speech. The social networking system may leverage a speech-to-text component to generate a first text caption based at least in part on the speech in the audio clip. The social networking system provides the first text caption to the first user account, and receives a user input to modify a word included in the first text caption. The social networking system generates a second text caption based at least in part on the user input, and provides the video, including the second text caption, to a second user account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Shannon Ma, Qikun Guo, Martin Mroz, Ryan Michael O'Rourke, Aaron Williams, Sharon Zeng
  • Publication number: 20220005477
    Abstract: Techniques are described that enable a user to edit and customize captions generated by a social networking system, such as transcriptions of an audio clip. In some cases, a social networking system receives, from a first user account, a video and an audio clip associated with the video, and determines that the audio clip contains speech. The social networking system may leverage a speech-to-text component to generate a first text caption based at least in part on the speech in the audio clip. The social networking system provides the first text caption to the first user account, and receives a user input to modify a word included in the first text caption. The social networking system generates a second text caption based at least in part on the user input, and provides the video, including the second text caption, to a second user account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Shannon Ma, Qikun Guo, Martin Mroz, Ryan Michael O'Rourke, Aaron Williams, Sharon Zeng
  • Patent number: 11216169
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are described that enable users to capture and share content through a social network application and/or service with other users. A device associated with a first account may display a camera capture interface including a control associated with a second account and may receive a selection of the control associated with the second account. The device may capture content responsive to the selection and present a preview screen of captured content. The device may receive an indication (e.g., a swipe gesture, selection of a send control, etc.) to perform an action with respect to the captured content, such as sending the captured content to the second account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Michael O'Rourke, Brendan Benjamin Aronoff, Rishi Pankaj Mody
  • Patent number: 11196698
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are described that enable users to interact and share content through a social network application and/or service with other users. In some examples, a social networking system determines that at least two applications are installed on a device and are both useable to share content between a first account and one or more contact accounts. The social networking system may detect an event that causes a change in a badge count, may determine which of the applications to use to display the change, and may output the badge count change to the determined application(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Michael O'Rourke, Henry Ming Wu, Michael Ross Lewis, Kuan-Yu Tseng, Tae Dong Kim, Zhisheng Huang
  • Patent number: 11171910
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are described that enable users to interact and share content through a social network application and/or service with other users. A social networking system may determine that a first application and a second application are installed on a device and are both useable to share content between a first account and one or more contact accounts. The social networking system may receive content associated with the first application and the second application and may generate a notification associated with the content. The social networking system may determine which of the first application or the second application to use to present the notification, and may output the notification to the determined first application and/or the second application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Michael O'Rourke, Henry Ming Wu, Michael Ross Lewis, Kuan-Yu Tseng, Tae Dong Kim, Zhisheng Huang
  • Patent number: 11019021
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are described that enable users to interact and share content through a social network application and/or service with other users. A social networking system may receive status information (e.g., a heartbeat) associated with a first account, where the status information includes first location information and/or first activity information associated with the first account, and may determine a status signal based at least in part on a context associated with the first account and the status information. The social networking system may determine a status associated with the first account, where the status includes second location information and/or second activity information associated with the user device which is less specific than the first location information and first activity information. The social network system may send the status to a second account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Sharon Zeng, Ryan Michael O'Rourke, Scott Hoyt, Matthew Reiss Baker, Shannon Ma, Nishad Agrawal, Jagdip Saund, Leon Yan, Lionel Laurent Reyero
  • Publication number: 20210103995
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are described that enable users to interact and share content through a social network application and/or service with other users. In some examples, a social networking system determines that at least two applications are installed on a device and are both useable to share content between a first account and one or more contact accounts. The social networking system may detect an event that causes a change in a badge count, may determine which of the applications to use to display the change, and may output the badge count change to the determined application(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Ryan Michael O'Rourke, Henry Ming Wu, Michael Ross Lewis, Kuan-Yu Tseng, Tae Dong Kim, Zhisheng Huang
  • Publication number: 20210105244
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are described that enable users to interact and share content through a social network application and/or service with other users. A social networking system may determine that a first application and a second application are installed on a device and are both useable to share content between a first account and one or more contact accounts. The social networking system may receive content associated with the first application and the second application and may generate a notification associated with the content. The social networking system may determine which of the first application or the second application to use to present the notification, and may output the notification to the determined first application and/or the second application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Ryan Michael O'Rourke, Henry Ming Wu, Michael Ross Lewis, Kuan-Yu Tseng, Tae Dong Kim, Zhisheng Huang
  • Publication number: 20210105243
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are described that enable users to interact and share content through a social network application and/or service with other users. A social networking system may receive status information (e.g., a heartbeat) associated with a first account, where the status information includes first location information and/or first activity information associated with the first account, and may determine a status signal based at least in part on a context associated with the first account and the status information. The social networking system may determine a status associated with the first account, where the status includes second location information and/or second activity information associated with the user device which is less specific than the first location information and first activity information. The social network system may send the status to a second account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Sharon Zeng, Ryan Michael O'Rourke, Scott Hoyt, Matthew Reiss Baker, Shannon Ma, Nishad Agrawal, Jagdip Saund, Leon Yan, Lionel Laurent Reyero
  • Publication number: 20210103383
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are described that enable users to capture and share content through a social network application and/or service with other users. A device associated with a first account may display a camera capture interface including a control associated with a second account and may receive a selection of the control associated with the second account. The device may capture content responsive to the selection and present a preview screen of captured content. The device may receive an indication (e.g., a swipe gesture, selection of a send control, etc.) to perform an action with respect to the captured content, such as sending the captured content to the second account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Ryan Michael O'Rourke, Brendan Benjamin Aronoff, Rishi Pankaj Mody
  • Patent number: 10956029
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes determining, by a first application installed on the client system, that a second application is installed on the client system, wherein the first application is configured to switch contexts to the second application; receiving, by the client system, a context-switching gesture input within a first context of the first application, detecting, by the client system, the context-switching gesture has passed a first threshold within the first context, presenting, by the client system, a preview associated with the second application on a portion of a display of the client system in response to the context-switching gesture passing the first threshold within the first context, detecting, by the client system, the context-switching gesture has passed a second threshold within the first context, and switching contexts to a second context of the second application in response to passing the second threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Michael O'Rourke, Hemal Shah
  • Patent number: 10826853
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can determine at least one media content item being posted through a social networking system, wherein the media content item is able to be shared through one or more non-ephemeral content feeds, an ephemeral story feed, or with a favorites list of users; determine that the media content item is being shared with the favorites list of users; determine users included in the favorites list; and distribute the media content item to users included in the favorites list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Michael O'Rourke, Yichen Wang, Nathan Andrew Sharp
  • Patent number: 10728202
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can provide a messaging interface for distributing visual messages through a social networking system. At least one visual message that was created using the messaging interface can be determined. The visual message can include at least some text inputted by a user that authored the visual message. The at least one visual message can be provided for distribution through the social networking system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Hemal Shah, Ryan Michael O'Rourke
  • Publication number: 20180287979
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can generate at least one multi-author story using content items that satisfy one or more grouping criteria associated with the multi-author story, wherein the content items were previously published by users of a social networking system and provide access to the multi-author story to one or more users of the social networking system that satisfy one or more access restrictions associated with the multi-author story.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas Frederick Dimson, Richard George Arnold, Ian McIntyre Silber, Ryan Michael O'Rourke
  • Patent number: D825587
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Michael O'Rourke, Hyun Woo Jung, Ian McIntyre Silber
  • Patent number: D831673
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Michael O'Rourke, Hyun Woo Jung, Ian McIntyre Silber
  • Patent number: D854550
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Michael O'Rourke, Hyun Woo Jung, Ian McIntyre Silber
  • Patent number: D956775
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Michael O'Rourke, Sharon Zeng, Rishi Pankaj Mody, Mark Evan Davis, Shannon Ma, William Bailey, Qikun Guo, Brendan Benjamin Aronoff