Patents by Inventor Shannon Ma

Shannon Ma 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: 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: 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: 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
  • Patent number: 10585894
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can present a content feed through a display screen, the content feed including one or more content items. At least one content item in the content feed for which a layout is to be generated can be determined. The layout for the content item can be generated prior to the content item being accessed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Grady Cunningham, Shannon Ma
  • Publication number: 20180150441
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can present a content feed through a display screen, the content feed including one or more content items. At least one content item in the content feed for which a layout is to be generated can be determined. The layout for the content item can be generated prior to the content item being accessed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Benjamin Grady Cunningham, Shannon Ma
  • 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