Patents by Inventor Adit Vaidya

Adit Vaidya 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).

  • Selecting content items provided to groups including a social networking system user based on interaction with the content items by social networking system users
    Patent number: 10360223
    Abstract: A social networking system maintains various groups that each include one or more users and maintains information describing interactions by users with the social networking system. The social networking system selects various content items provided to groups including the user based on amounts of interaction with content items provided to groups including the user by other social networking system users as well as amounts of time since the social networking system obtained various content items provided to the groups. Information describing the selected content items is presented to the user by the social networking system outside of pages of content maintained by the social networking system for groups to which the selected content items were provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Yanping Li, Li Ju, Adit Vaidya
  • Accounting for user interaction with a social networking system when notifying the user of content provided to a group maintained by the social networking system including that user
    Patent number: 10122672
    Abstract: A social networking system maintains various groups that each include one or more users and maintains information describing interactions by users with the social networking system. Based on interactions with the social networking system by the user, the social networking system determines a time interval when the user most frequently interacts with the social networking system. Additionally, the social networking system selects various content items provided to groups including the user based on amounts of interaction with content items provided to groups including the user by other social networking system users. During the time interval when the user most frequently interacts with the social networking system, information identifying a set of the selected content items is presented to the user via the social networking system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Li Ju, Pawel Bara, Adit Vaidya, Felix Wong
  • ACCOUNTING FOR USER INTERACTION WITH A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM WHEN NOTIFYING THE USER OF CONTENT PROVIDED TO A GROUP MAINTAINED BY THE SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM INCLUDING THAT USER
    Publication number: 20170187665
    Abstract: A social networking system maintains various groups that each include one or more users and maintains information describing interactions by users with the social networking system. Based on interactions with the social networking system by the user, the social networking system determines a time interval when the user most frequently interacts with the social networking system. Additionally, the social networking system selects various content items provided to groups including the user based on amounts of interaction with content items provided to groups including the user by other social networking system users. During the time interval when the user most frequently interacts with the social networking system, information identifying a set of the selected content items is presented to the user via the social networking system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Li Ju, Pawel Bara, Adit Vaidya, Felix Wong
  • SELECTING CONTENT ITEMS PROVIDED TO GROUPS INCLUDING A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM USER BASED ON INTERACTION WITH THE CONTENT ITEMS BY SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM USERS
    Publication number: 20170187813
    Abstract: A social networking system maintains various groups that each include one or more users and maintains information describing interactions by users with the social networking system. The social networking system selects various content items provided to groups including the user based on amounts of interaction with content items provided to groups including the user by other social networking system users as well as amounts of time since the social networking system obtained various content items provided to the groups. Information describing the selected content items is presented to the user by the social networking system outside of pages of content maintained by the social networking system for groups to which the selected content items were provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Yanping Li, Li Ju, Adit Vaidya
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING CALLS TO ACTION FOR SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM RESOURCES
    Publication number: 20160371749
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can receive a request to create a call to action for a page within a social networking system. Information associated with the page can be acquired from the social networking system. One or more options for creating the call to action for the page can be provided based on the information associated with the page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Tony Hsien-yu Liu, Eyal Michael Sharon, David Shein, Adit Vaidya, Aaron Gia-Li Chou