Patents by Inventor Timothy Belonax

Timothy Belonax 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).

  • Generating a description of user interaction with a brand based on social networking system data for the user
    Patent number: 9589279
    Abstract: A social networking system user interacts with a terminal associated with a brand, such as kiosk included in a retail location associated with the brand. The terminal provides authorization information to a user device that identifies the terminal and the brand associated with the terminal. Information identifying the user and the authorization information is communicated to the social networking system, which retrieves interactions between the user and objects associated with the brand in the social networking system. The retrieved interactions are communicated to the terminal, which generates content describing the user's interactions with the objects and presents the generated content to the user. A description of the user interaction and/or of the generated content may be communicated to the social networking system for distribution to additional users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Niket Biswas, Giselle Schmitz, Timothy Belonax
  • Generating a Description of User Interaction With a Brand Based on Social Networking System Data for the User
    Publication number: 20140156417
    Abstract: A social networking system user interacts with a terminal associated with a brand, such as kiosk included in a retail location associated with the brand. The terminal provides authorization information to a user device that identifies the terminal and the brand associated with the terminal. Information identifying the user and the authorization information is communicated to the social networking system, which retrieves interactions between the user and objects associated with the brand in the social networking system. The retrieved interactions are communicated to the terminal, which generates content describing the user's interactions with the objects and presents the generated content to the user. A description of the user interaction and/or of the generated content may be communicated to the social networking system for distribution to additional users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Inventors: Niket Biswas, Giselle Schmitz, Timothy Belonax