Patents Assigned to Platform, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11662986
    Abstract: A computer program compiled for a machine learning accelerator hardware and associated with a default input data size is received. An execution of an operation of the computer program is initiated. It is identified that a data size of an input data of the operation is smaller than the default input data size. The smaller data size of the input data of the operation rather than the default input data size is caused to be transferred to the machine learning accelerator hardware for the input data of the operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Garret Ray Catron, Jordan Samuel Fix, Bertrand Allen Maher, Nicholas Gibson, Nadathur Rajagopalan Satish, Roman Dzhabarov, Hector Yuen
  • Patent number: 11663812
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request to access a first record in a plurality of records, where the first record describes a first set of attributes of a first entity, determining the first record is linked to a globally unique entity identifier, identifying one or more second records linked to the unique entity identifier, where the one or more second records describe one or more second sets of attributes of the first entity, generating a fused record comprising descriptions of attributes of the first entity from the first set and second sets of attributes, where the fused record is generated by deduping the plurality of records to associated the first record and the one or more second record with the unique entity identifier and compiling the first set and one or more second sets of attributes, and sending, in response responsive to the request to access the first record, instructions for presenting the fused record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventor: Markku Salkola
  • Patent number: 11663678
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, from a client system associated with a user, a user request comprising a reference to a target object, accessing visual data from the client system, wherein the visual data comprises images portraying the target object and one or more additional objects, and wherein attribute information of the target object is recorded in a multimodal dialog state, resolving the reference to the target object based on the attribute information recorded in the multimodal dialog state, determining relational information between the target object and one or more of the additional objects portrayed in the visual data, and sending, to the client system, instructions for presenting a response to the user request, wherein the response comprises the attribute information and the determined relational information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Shivani Poddar, Seungwhan Moon, Paul Anthony Crook, Rajen Subba
  • Patent number: 11665340
    Abstract: A disclosed computer-implemented method may include (1) selecting, from a video stream, a reference frame and a current frame, (2) collecting a reference histogram of the reference frame and a current histogram of the current frame, and (3) generating a smoothed reference histogram by applying a smoothing function to at least a portion of the reference histogram. In some examples, the computer-implemented method may also include (1) determining a similarity metric between the smoothed reference histogram and the current histogram and, (2) when the similarity metric is greater than a threshold value, applying weighted prediction during a motion estimation portion of an encoding of the video stream. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Junqiang Lan, Guogang Hua, Harikrishna Madadi Reddy, Chung-Fu Lin, Xing Cindy Chen, Sujith Srinivasan
  • Patent number: 11663246
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media are configured to apply a spectral clustering technique to at least a portion of a similarity graph to generate clusters of geographic sub-regions constituting geographic regions. A tf-idf technique is performed to determine pages of a social networking system associated with a geographic region as potential local suggestions for a user associated with a geographic sub-region in the geographic region. References to at least a portion of the pages are presented as local suggestions to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Apaorn Tanglertsampan, Jason Eric Brewer, Bradley Ray Green
  • Patent number: 11663477
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can be configured to determine a video embedding for a video content item based at least in part on a first machine learning model. A set of music embeddings can be determined for a set of music content items based at least in part on a second machine learning model. The set of music content items can be ranked based at least in part on the video embedding and the set of music embeddings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Parth Popatlal Detroja, Bokai Cao, Amit Kumar Singh
  • Patent number: 11659661
    Abstract: A cable includes a wiring assembly with a knuckle and wires bundled together. The cable also includes a connector assembly with a connector having connections for the wires, where the connections are arranged along a longitudinal axis. In some embodiments, the connector assembly captures an end of the wiring assembly, and the knuckle of the wiring assembly is pivotally connected to the connector assembly. In some embodiments, the cable includes circuitry configured to authenticate the cable to a device connected to the cable by the connector and/or to authenticate the device connected to the cable. A control system includes control elements and/or subsystems coupled with a backplane adjacent to one another and cables configured to connect to the control elements and/or subsystems. Wiring assemblies of the cables can articulate to be parallel to each respective connector. Further, each cable can authenticate the cables and/or the control elements or subsystems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Bedrock Automation Platforms Inc.
    Inventors: Albert Rooyakkers, James G. Calvin, Craig Markovic, Ken Doucette, Brian Anderson
  • Patent number: 11657252
    Abstract: A microprocessor system comprises a first processing element, a second processing element, a point-to-point connection between the first processing element and the second processing element, and a communication bus connecting together at least the first processing element and the second processing element. The first processing element includes a first matrix computing unit and the second processing element includes a second matrix computing unit. The point-to-point connection is configured to provide at least a result of the first processing element to a data joiner component of the second processing element configured to join at least the provided result of the first processing element with a result of the second matrix computing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Krishnakumar Nair, Dheevatsa Mudigere, Abdulkadir Utku Diril
  • Patent number: 11657111
    Abstract: A data-fetching and data-rendering system may, in response to receiving a page display request, construct a static, possibly nested query for retrieving all the data to be rendered for the page and store the query result in a data store. For a future page display request, the system may similarly construct a query and determine whether the query can be resolved from the data store. If not, the system may construct a “diff query” to fetch only the missing data. In some embodiments, in response to a subsequent page update request, the system may retrieve from the server all the data likely to be viewed or updated and render the data changes corresponding to the requested update. The system may then submit the data changes to the server and undo the rendering of the data changes when the server fails to process the data changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Jing Chen, Yuzhi Zheng, Laney Elizabeth Kuenzel, Timothy Robert Yung, Lewis Marshall Roch
  • Patent number: 11657253
    Abstract: For a content item with unknown tasks performed by a viewing user on an online system, the online system predicts a likelihood of interacting with each content item using a prediction model associated with a plurality of tasks. The prediction model comprises a plurality of independent layers, a plurality of shared layers and a plurality of separate layers. Each independent layer is configured to extract features, for each task, that are not shared across the plurality of tasks. The plurality of shared layers are configured to extract common features that are shared across the plurality of tasks. Each separate layer is configured to predict likelihood of the viewing user performing a task associated with the separate layer based on the features extracted from the plurality of independent layers and the plurality of shared layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Liang Xiong, Yan Zhu
  • Patent number: 11658835
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a user request to call a plurality of second users simultaneously from a client system associated with a first user via an assistant xbot, wherein the user request comprises one or more references referring the plurality of second users, identifying the plurality of second users by resolving the one or more references to a plurality of entity identifiers associated with the plurality of second users, respectively, and initiating a group call to the plurality of second users simultaneously based on the plurality of entity identifiers by the assistant xbot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventor: Noam Yakob Behar
  • Patent number: 11658519
    Abstract: An electromagnetic connector is disclosed that is configured to form a first magnetic circuit portion comprising multiple coils disposed about a first core member. The electromagnetic connector is configured to mate with a second electromagnetic connector that is configured to form a second magnetic circuit portion comprising a coil disposed about a second core member. When the electromagnetic connector is mated with the second electromagnetic connector, the first core member and the second core member are configured to couple the multiple coils of the electromagnetic connector to the coil of the second electromagnetic connector with a magnetic circuit formed from the first magnetic circuit portion and the second magnetic circuit portion. The magnetic circuit is configured to induce a signal in a first coil of the multiple coils and the coil of the second electromagnetic connector when a second coil of the multiple coils is energized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Bedrock Automation Platforms Inc.
    Inventors: James G. Calvin, Albert Rooyakkers, Michael Koran
  • Patent number: 11651473
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes generating an outputted sequence of warped images from a captured sequence of images. Using this captured sequence of images, a computing system may determine one or more three-dimensional locations of object features and a corresponding camera position for each image in the captured sequence of images. Utilizing the camera positions for each image, the computing system may determine a view path representing the perspective of a virtual camera. The computing system may identify one or more virtual camera positions for the virtual camera located on the view path, and subsequently warp one or more images from the sequence of captured images to represent the perspective of the virtual camera at each of the respective virtual camera positions. This results in a sequence of warped images that may be outputted for viewing and interaction on a client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrei Viktorovich Chtcherbatchenko, Francis Yunfeng Ge, Bo Yin, Shi Chen, Fabian Langguth, Johannes Peter Kopf, Suhib Fakhri Mahmod Alsisan, Richard Szeliski
  • Patent number: 11652560
    Abstract: An antenna system comprising (1) a plurality of transceivers capable of being calibrated over the air to improve beamforming and (2) at least one controller communicatively coupled to the plurality of transceivers, wherein the controller (A) identifies a set of partially overlapping subgroups that include the plurality of transceivers, (B) obtains leakage measurements taken in connection with signals emitted by at least one transceiver included in each of the partially overlapping subgroups, (C) identifies, within the leakage measurements, a subset of leakage measurements taken in connection with an overlapping transceiver and multiple non-overlapping transceivers included in the set of partially overlapping subgroups, and (D) calibrates, based at least in part on the subset of leakage measurements, the plurality of transceivers with respect to at least one feature to improve beamforming. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohammad Janani, Farbod Tabatabai, Kodanda Ram Reddy Engala, Djordje Tujkovic
  • Patent number: 11651451
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a user request from a client system associated with a user, generating a response to the user request which references one or more entities, generating a personalized recommendation based on the user request and the response, wherein the personalized recommendation references one or more of the entities of the response, and sending instructions for presenting the response and the personalized recommendation to the client system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Honglei Liu, Hao Zhou, Seungwhan Moon, Bing Liu, Yulong Qiu, Daniel Chai, Pararth Paresh Shah, Xiaolei Li, Rajen Subba, Hu Xu
  • Patent number: 11651448
    Abstract: A disclosed computer-implemented method may include receiving a request to generate a dating profile for a user of a community-based dating service of a social networking system based on information associated with the user and maintained by the social networking system. The method may also include accessing information associated with the user and maintained by the social networking system. The method may additionally include selecting, from the information associated with the user and maintained by the social networking system (1) a set of contextual information associated with the user, and (2) a set of media items associated with the user. The method may further include generating the dating profile for the user by arranging the set of contextual information and the set of media items within a dating interface of the social networking system. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventor: Jordan Springstroh
  • Patent number: 11653452
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board (FPCA) of a brain computer interface (BCI) module is configured to interconnect a plurality of emitter assemblies and a plurality of detector assemblies of the BCI module. The FPCA comprises a connector portion for connecting the FPCA to a controller of the BCI module, a plurality of rigid sections, a plurality of flexible sections. A first subset of rigid sections is configured to mount the plurality of emitter assemblies. A second subset of rigid sections is configured to mount the plurality of detector assemblies. Each flexible section is configured to attach the two or more rigid sections of the plurality of rigid sections to each other. The plurality of flexible sections allows the plurality of emitter assemblies and the plurality of detector assemblies to stretch to conform to a head of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: John Michael Sundberg, Alvin Alza Dominguez
  • Patent number: 11652550
    Abstract: Various of the disclosed embodiments relate to line-of-sight (LOS), e.g., optical, based networks. Systems and methods for determining where to place and how to configure nodes in an optically connected network across a geographic region are provided. Various factors concerning the region may be collected, including, e.g., building locations and height, building types, population densities, backbone connection locations, recurring weather factors, geographic elevation, etc. The algorithm may iteratively place nodes based upon the accessible range of a preceding contemplated node position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Andreas Gros, Yael Maguire, Karthik Yogeeswaran
  • Patent number: 11652337
    Abstract: The disclosed robotic system may include (1) a drive subsystem that translates the robotic system along a powerline conductor and (2) a rotation subsystem coupled to the drive subsystem, where (a) the rotation subsystem is coupled to a container that defines an arcuate volume about an axis such that the container partially surrounds the powerline conductor when the axis aligns with the powerline conductor, (b) the container carries a segment of fiber optic cable coupled to the powerline conductor, and (c) the rotation subsystem, while the drive subsystem translates the robotic system along the powerline conductor, rotates the container about the powerline conductor while the axis is aligned with the powerline conductor such that the segment of fiber optic cable is wrapped helically about the powerline conductor. Various other systems and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan M. Kuriloff, Benjamin Lagosz-Sinclair, Alex Edwin Symington, John J. Webster, Wayne Michael Kachmar
  • Patent number: D986272
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventor: Debashish Paul