Patents by Inventor Tsz Kuen Ching

Tsz Kuen Ching 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).

  • Patent number: 10104154
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes sending a request to a computing server from a mobile-client system for a multimedia object. The mobile-client system receives, from the computing server, a query in response to the request for SIM-card information of the mobile-client system. The mobile-client system executes an application in response to the query to access a SIM card of the mobile-client system and retrieve SIM-card information. The mobile-client system sends the retrieved SIM-card information to the computing server. The mobile-client system receives a multimedia object from the computing server, the multimedia object being customized based on the retrieved SIM-card information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Wenqi Shao, Alex Bain, Yingyi Liang, James Sadewhite, Tsz Kuen Ching
  • Publication number: 20170223087
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes sending a request to a computing server from a mobile-client system for a multimedia object. The mobile-client system receives, from the computing server, a query in response to the request for SIM-card information of the mobile-client system. The mobile-client system executes an application in response to the query to access a SIM card of the mobile-client system and retrieve SIM-card information. The mobile-client system sends the retrieved SIM-card information to the computing server. The mobile-client system receives a multimedia object from the computing server, the multimedia object being customized based on the retrieved SIM-card information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Wenqi Shao, Alex Bain, Yingyi Liang, James Sadewhite, Tsz Kuen Ching
  • Patent number: 9679313
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request for a multimedia object from a mobile-client system of a first user, wherein the request comprises http-header information of the mobile-client system, determining one or more attributes of the mobile-client system based at least on a social-graph information associated with the first user and the http-header information, wherein determining the one or more attributes comprises calculating a probability score the mobile-client system has the one or more attributes by comparing the social-graph information associated with the first user and the http-header information with a database of a social-networking system, and sending the multimedia object to the mobile-client system in response to the request, the multimedia object being customized based on at least the determined one or more attributes of the mobile-client system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Wenqi Shao, Alex Bain, Yingyi Liang, James Sadewhite, Tsz Kuen Ching
  • Publication number: 20160307232
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request for a multimedia object from a mobile-client system of a first user, wherein the request comprises http-header information of the mobile-client system, determining one or more attributes of the mobile-client system based at least on a social-graph information associated with the first user and the http-header information, wherein determining the one or more attributes comprises calculating a probability score the mobile-client system has the one or more attributes by comparing the social-graph information associated with the first user and the http-header information with a database of a social-networking system, and sending the multimedia object to the mobile-client system in response to the request, the multimedia object being customized based on at least the determined one or more attributes of the mobile-client system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Wenqi Shao, Alex Bain, Yingyi Liang, James Sadewhite, Tsz Kuen Ching
  • Patent number: 9414219
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request for a content object from a mobile-client system of a user, accessing SIM-card information associated with the mobile-client system the user, determining a carrier based at least on the SIM-card information, and sending the webpage to the mobile-client system in response to the request, where the content object has been customized based on the determined carrier of the mobile-client system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Wenqi Shao, Alex Bain, Yingyi Liang, James Sadewhite, Tsz Kuen Ching
  • Publication number: 20140376403
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request for a content object from a mobile-client system of a user, accessing SIM-card information associated with the mobile-client system the user, determining a carrier based at least on the SIM-card information, and sending the webpage to the mobile-client system in response to the request, where the content object has been customized based on the determined carrier of the mobile-client system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Wenqi Shao, Alex Bain, Yingyi Liang, James Sadewhite, Tsz Kuen Ching