Patents by Inventor Alana Conner

Alana Conner 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).

  • Notifying users of offensive content
    Patent number: 11032222
    Abstract: Techniques are described that determine when content to be shared by a user may be offensive, and providing the user with a notification that the content may be offensive. In some examples, the user may be provided with a notification that includes a selectable option allowing the user to withdraw or undo the content from being shared, additional information regarding why the content was determined to be offensive, content sharing guidelines, and/or advice for how to revise the content to be less offensive. In some examples, the notification may be presented for a predetermined period of time, and the content may be held in a pending state and not shared with other users until expiration of the predetermined period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Francesco Fogu, Mindi Yuan, Yoav Shapira, Alana Conner
  • Notifying users of offensive content
    Patent number: 11019015
    Abstract: Techniques are described that determine when content to be shared by a user may be offensive, and providing the user with a notification that the content may be offensive. In some examples, the user may be provided with a notification that includes a selectable option allowing the user to withdraw or undo the content from being shared, additional information regarding why the content was determined to be offensive, content sharing guidelines, and/or advice for how to revise the content to be less offensive. In some examples, the notification may be presented for a predetermined period of time, and the content may be held in a pending state and not shared with other users until expiration of the predetermined period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoav Shapira, Alana Conner, Mindi Yuan, Francesco Fogu, Samuel James Parker, Fan Yang
  • NOTIFYING USERS OF OFFENSIVE CONTENT
    Publication number: 20210058352
    Abstract: Techniques are described that determine when content to be shared by a user may be offensive, and providing the user with a notification that the content may be offensive. In some examples, the user may be provided with a notification that includes a selectable option allowing the user to withdraw or undo the content from being shared, additional information regarding why the content was determined to be offensive, content sharing guidelines, and/or advice for how to revise the content to be less offensive. In some examples, the notification may be presented for a predetermined period of time, and the content may be held in a pending state and not shared with other users until expiration of the predetermined period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Francesco Fogu, Mindi Yuan, Yoav Shapira, Alana Conner