Patents by Inventor Alan Grant McConnell

Alan Grant McConnell 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).

  • Synchronizing Conversation Threads Corresponding to a Common Content Item
    Publication number: 20190014173
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a user post associated with a plurality of documents which are associated with a common content object and a plurality of respective interactive features provided from a plurality of respective web domains, and updating the plurality of interactive features with the user post by synchronizing the plurality of interactive features and a moderation of the user post based on a set of character strings and one or more moderation rules associated with the plurality of respective web domains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Ashoat Tevosyan, Holly Marie Ormseth, Amy Mercy Hwang, Varun Vikram Bhartia, Alan Grant McConnell, Todd Michael Hamilton
  • Synchronizing conversation threads corresponding to a common content item
    Patent number: 10097631
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a first document including at least one content item and an interactive feature which allows users to post comments or additional content in response to the content item. The first document is associated with at least one entity, and is provided from a first web domain. A second document is selected from a second web domain, where the second document has a common content item with the first document, is also associated with the entity, and has its own interactive feature for user posts. A user post is received in connection with the first document, and the interactive features of the first document and the second document are synchronized so that the user post appears in both documents at substantially the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Ashoat Tevosyan, Holly Marie Ormseth, Amy Mercy Hwang, Varun Vikram Bhartia, Alan Grant McConnell, Todd Michael Hamilton
  • Synchronizing Conversation Threads Corresponding to a Common Content Item
    Publication number: 20170019474
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a first document including at least one content item and an interactive feature which allows users to post comments or additional content in response to the content item. The first document is associated with at least one entity, and is provided from a first web domain. A second document is selected from a second web domain, where the second document has a common content item with the first document, is also associated with the entity, and has its own interactive feature for user posts. A user post is received in connection with the first document, and the interactive features of the first document and the second document are synchronized so that the user post appears in both documents at substantially the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Ashoat Tevosyan, Holly Marie Ormseth, Amy Mercy Hwang, Varun Vikram Bhartia, Alan Grant McConnell, Todd Michael Hamilton