Patents by Inventor Tom Occhino

Tom Occhino 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).

  • Gathering information about connections in a social networking service
    Patent number: 9332077
    Abstract: To enhance information about connections in a social networking service, embodiments of the invention enable users to reference nodes while posting content to a communication channel. To identify connections within content in the social networking service, users of the social networking service are provided an interface to post content items in communication channels of the social networking service. A trigger received in the interface indicates that a user wishes to identify a connection in the posted content item. Selectable links enable the user to mention another node in the social networking service when posting a content item. As users reference nodes in content items, information about the connections with the referenced nodes is gathered and stored in a database that is indexable and searchable in real-time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Tom Occhino, Olumakinde Adegboyega Adeagbo
  • GATHERING INFORMATION ABOUT CONNECTIONS IN A SOCIAL NETWORKING SERVICE
    Publication number: 20120011202
    Abstract: To enhance information about connections in a social networking service, embodiments of the invention enable users to reference nodes while posting content to a communication channel. To identify connections within content in the social networking service, users of the social networking service are provided an interface to post content items in communication channels of the social networking service. A trigger received in the interface indicates that a user wishes to identify a connection in the posted content item. Selectable links enable the user to mention another node in the social networking service when posting a content item. As users reference nodes in content items, information about the connections with the referenced nodes is gathered and stored in a database that is indexable and searchable in real-time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventors: Tom Occhino, Olumakinde Adegboyega Adeagbo
  • Gathering Information about Connections in a Social Networking Service
    Publication number: 20110004692
    Abstract: To enhance information about connections in a social networking service, embodiments of the invention enable users to reference nodes while posting content to a communication channel. To identify connections within content in the social networking service, users of the social networking service are provided an interface to post content items in communication channels of the social networking service. A trigger received in the interface indicates that a user wishes to identify a connection in the posted content item. Selectable links enable the user to mention another node in the social networking service when posting a content item. As users reference nodes in content items, information about the connections with the referenced nodes is gathered and stored in a database that is indexable and searchable in real-time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventors: Tom Occhino, Olumakinde Adegboyega Adeagbo