Patents by Inventor Wade P. Fuller

Wade P. Fuller 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).

  • Determining influence across social networks
    Patent number: 9830365
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates user interaction. During operation, the system obtains user data for a first user and a second user connected to the first user in a social network. Next, the system uses the user data to calculate one or more influence scores between the first and second users. The system then constructs an influence graph of a set of users comprising the first and second users by creating a first node representing the first user, creating a second node representing the second user, and using the one or more influence scores as edge weights of directed edges between the first and second nodes. Finally, the system uses the influence graph to facilitate interaction among the users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: INTUIT INC.
    Inventors: Preetam K. Ojha, Dharin L. Nanavati, Wade P. Fuller
  • Determining influence across social networks
    Patent number: 9342624
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates user interaction. During operation, the system obtains user data for a first user and a second user connected to the first user in a social network. Next, the system uses the user data to calculate one or more influence scores between the first and second users. The system then constructs an influence graph of a set of users comprising the first and second users by creating a first node representing the first user, creating a second node representing the second user, and using the one or more influence scores as edge weights of directed edges between the first and second nodes. Finally, the system uses the influence graph to facilitate interaction among the users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: INTUIT INC.
    Inventors: Preetam K. Ojha, Dharin L. Nanavati, Wade P. Fuller