Patents by Inventor Adam Michael Beaton

Adam Michael Beaton 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).

  • Controlling operation of a machine and describing actions performed by the machine through a social networking system
    Patent number: 9667633
    Abstract: A social networking system includes information identifying a machine (e.g., a robot, a drone, a computer, a thermostat, etc.) and a connection between the machine and an owner of the machine, which is a user of the social networking system capable of authorizing an action by the machine. The owner of the machine associates permissions associated with various actions by the machine, where a permission associated with an action identifies one or more criteria for performing the action. Permissions may specify types of connections between social networking system users and the owner of the machine via the social networking system to allow social networking system users with specific types of connections to the owner of the machine to perform certain actions using the machine. Information describing an action performed by the machine may be communicated to other users of the social networking system via any suitable communication channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott C. Wiley, Adam Michael Beaton, Alan Dean Olsen
  • CONTROLLING OPERATION OF A MACHINE AND DESCRIBING ACTIONS PERFORMED BY THE MACHINE THROUGH A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160241567
    Abstract: A social networking system includes information identifying a machine (e.g., a robot, a drone, a computer, a thermostat, etc.) and a connection between the machine and an owner of the machine, which is a user of the social networking system capable of authorizing an action by the machine. The owner of the machine associates permissions associated with various actions by the machine, where a permission associated with an action identifies one or more criteria for performing the action. Permissions may specify types of connections between social networking system users and the owner of the machine via the social networking system to allow social networking system users with specific types of connections to the owner of the machine to perform certain actions using the machine. Information describing an action performed by the machine may be communicated to other users of the social networking system via any suitable communication channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Scott C. Wiley, Adam Michael Beaton, Alan Dean Olsen
  • Controlling operation of a machine and describing actions performed by the machine through a social networking system
    Patent number: 9350743
    Abstract: A social networking system includes information identifying a machine (e.g., a robot, a drone, a computer, a thermostat, etc.) and a connection between the machine and an owner of the machine, which is a user of the social networking system capable of authorizing an action by the machine. The owner of the machine associates permissions associated with various actions by the machine, where a permission associated with an action identifies one or more criteria for performing the action. Permissions may specify types of connections between social networking system users and the owner of the machine via the social networking system to allow social networking system users with specific types of connections to the owner of the machine to perform certain actions using the machine. Information describing an action performed by the machine may be communicated to other users of the social networking system via any suitable communication channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott C. Wiley, Adam Michael Beaton, Alan Dean Olsen
  • CONTROLLING OPERATION OF A MACHINE AND DESCRIBING ACTIONS PERFORMED BY THE MACHINE THROUGH A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160099946
    Abstract: A social networking system includes information identifying a machine (e.g., a robot, a drone, a computer, a thermostat, etc.) and a connection between the machine and an owner of the machine, which is a user of the social networking system capable of authorizing an action by the machine. The owner of the machine associates permissions associated with various actions by the machine, where a permission associated with an action identifies one or more criteria for performing the action. Permissions may specify types of connections between social networking system users and the owner of the machine via the social networking system to allow social networking system users with specific types of connections to the owner of the machine to perform certain actions using the machine. Information describing an action performed by the machine may be communicated to other users of the social networking system via any suitable communication channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Scott C. Wiley, Adam Michael Beaton, Alan Dean Olsen