Patents by Inventor Thunder Parley

Thunder Parley 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).

  • Restricting a scope of a post in a social networking service
    Patent number: 9426231
    Abstract: Systems and methods for restricting a scope of a post are provided. In some aspects, a post for a first set of users is received from a first user. An indication of the post is provided to at least a portion of the first set of users. A request to further share the post with a third user is received from a second user within the first set of users. A maximum scope for the post is determined. If the third user is within the maximum scope for the post is determined. The indication of the post is not provided to the third user if the third user is not determined to be within the maximum scope for the post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Chad Owen Yoshikawa, Thunder Parley, Ronald Ho, Jeffrey Gordon Ellingson
  • RESTRICTING A SCOPE OF A POST IN A SOCIAL NETWORKING SERVICE
    Publication number: 20140032672
    Abstract: Systems and methods for restricting a scope of a post are provided. In some aspects, a post for a first set of users is received from a first user. An indication of the post is provided to at least a portion of the first set of users. A request to further share the post with a third user is received from a second user within the first set of users. A maximum scope for the post is determined. If the third user is within the maximum scope for the post is determined. The indication of the post is not provided to the third user if the third user is not determined to be within the maximum scope for the post.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Chad Owen Yoshikawa, Thunder PARLEY, Ronald HO, Jeffrey Gordon ELLINGSON
  • ACCESS CONTROL IN COMMUNICATION ENVIRONMENTS
    Publication number: 20140032670
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method includes receiving a request from a user to add one or more users or user groups to a communication session, determining if one or more access rights restrictions are associated with the session, the one or more access rights restrictions defining one or more users or one or more types of users authorized to join the session, determining if the one or more users or user groups are authorized to join the session according to the access rights restrictions when it is determined that one or more access rights restrictions are associated with the session and adding the one or more users or user groups to the session when it is determined that the one or more users or user groups are authorized to join the session. Other aspects can be embodied in corresponding systems and apparatus, including computer program products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Gordon Ellingson, Thunder Parley, Ronald Ho, Chad Owen Yoshikawa, Mayur Kamat, Robin Elaine Schriebman