Patents by Inventor Alex Himel

Alex Himel 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).

  • Publication number: 20190026285
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, from a client system associated with a first user of the online social network, an indication of a check-in at a geographical location by the first user, generating multiple reaction-cards based at least in part on the check-in, each reaction-card being associated with a structured query referencing the geographical location, each reaction-card including one or more search results matching the structured query associated with the reaction-card. The method also includes sending, to the client system, in response to receiving the indication of the check-in, instructions for presenting one or more of the reaction-cards, wherein the reaction-cards are presented in ranked order based on a relevance of the structured query associated with the respective reaction-card to the geographic location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Alex Himel, Matej Hrescak, Samuel Wharton Lessin, Matthew D. Wyndowe, Henry Zheng Zhang
  • Patent number: 10147147
    Abstract: A social networking system (SNS) may determine the integrity of a social application. In particular, the SNS can receive communications and tags associated with different subsets of the communications from the social application. Thereafter, the SNS can distribute the communications, and monitor for user interactions performed on the communications. Subsequently, feedback indicating the integrity of the social application can be provided. The feedback can be based on the user interactions performed on the communications. The feedback can also be provided according to the tags. In particular, a set of feedback information can be provided for each tag, where the set is based on the user interactions performed on the subset of communications associated with the tag. By providing feedback in this manner, A-B testing can be performed. In one embodiment, the operating state for the social application can be determined based on the integrity of the SNS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Himel, Gabriel Levi, Carl Philip Sjogreen, Wayne Kao
  • Patent number: 10120909
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a social graph by a social-networking system. The social graph includes a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges connecting the nodes. The social-networking system may receive a trigger action from a first user. In response to the trigger action, the social-networking system may generate reaction-cards based at least in part on the trigger action where each reaction-card is associated with a structured query referencing nodes and edges of the social graph. The social-networking system may calculate a reaction-card score for each reaction-card, where the reaction-card score is based on a relevance of the structured query associated with the reaction-card to the trigger action and user-engagement factors. The social-networking system may then send each reaction-card having a reaction-card score greater than a threshold reaction-card score to the first user for display on a page currently accessed by the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Himel, Matej Hrescak, Samuel Wharton Lessin, Matthew D. Wyndowe, Henry Zheng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20180210886
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, from a client system of a first user, an input from the first user indicating a query-domain and one or more query-filters, generating a card cluster comprising a plurality of cards referencing a plurality of objects corresponding to the indicated query-domain and one or more query-filters, ranking the plurality of cards based on one or more user-engagement factors, and sending, to the client system in response to the input from the first user, instructions for displaying the card cluster to the first user, the cards of the card cluster being ordered based on the rankings associated with the cards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Avichal Garg, Ming Hua, Michael Vernal, Yang Qin, Dan Ionut Fechete, Xinpan Xiao, Yu Huang, Lu D. Chen, Saurabh Prafulla Chakradeo, Dharmesh A. Bhatt, Alex Himel
  • Patent number: 10019765
    Abstract: A social networking system (SNS) may determine the integrity of a social application. In particular, the SNS can receive communications and tags associated with different subsets of the communications from the social application. Thereafter, the SNS can distribute the communications, and monitor for user interactions performed on the communications. Subsequently, feedback indicating the integrity of the social application can be provided. The feedback can be based on the user interactions performed on the communications. The feedback can also be provided according to the tags. In particular, a set of feedback information can be provided for each tag, where the set is based on the user interactions performed on the subset of communications associated with the tag. By providing feedback in this manner, A-B testing can be performed. In one embodiment, the operating state for the social application can be determined based on the integrity of the SNS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Himel, Gabriel Levi, Carl Philip Sjogreen, Wayne Kao
  • Patent number: 9959320
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, from a client device of a user of an online social network, an input from the user to access a card-stack interface, generating a plurality of cards, where each card comprises a suggested query referencing a query-domain associated with the online social network and one or more query-filters, and where each query-filter references one or more objects of the online social network, each card further comprising one or more search results corresponding to the suggested query, and each search result referencing an object of the online social network matching the suggested query of the card; and sending, to the client device in response to the input from the first user, the card-stack interface for display to the first user, wherein the card-stack interface comprises one or more of the generated cards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Avichal Garg, Ming Hua, Michael Vernal, Yang Qin, Dan Ionut Fechete, Xinpan Xiao, Yu Huang, Lu D. Chen, Saurabh Prafulla Chakradeo, Dharmesh A. Bhatt, Alex Himel
  • Publication number: 20170365015
    Abstract: A social networking system (SNS) may determine the integrity of a social application. In particular, the SNS can receive communications and tags associated with different subsets of the communications from the social application. Thereafter, the SNS can distribute the communications, and monitor for user interactions performed on the communications. Subsequently, feedback indicating the integrity of the social application can be provided. The feedback can be based on the user interactions performed on the communications. The feedback can also be provided according to the tags. In particular, a set of feedback information can be provided for each tag, where the set is based on the user interactions performed on the subset of communications associated with the tag. By providing feedback in this manner, A-B testing can be performed. In one embodiment, the operating state for the social application can be determined based on the integrity of the SNS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Alex Himel, Gabriel Levi, Carl Philip Sjogreen, Wayne Kao
  • Patent number: 9742854
    Abstract: Third-party systems outside of a social networking system allow a user of the third-party systems that is also a user of the social networking system to perform an action on the third-party system that are communicated to the social-networking system. Additional actions on the third-party system may be associated with the action. These additional actions are communicated to the social networking system, which identifies the action from the third-party system and associates the additional actions with the identified action. The social networking system may notify the user that performed the action of the additional actions. Also, the social networking system may notify additional social networking system users of the action and of additional actions on the third-party system associated with the action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Austin Daniel Haugen, Alex Himel, Zachary Ethan Carpen Rait, Andrew Rothbart
  • Patent number: 9497154
    Abstract: A social networking system includes a mechanism for generating nodes in the social graph corresponding to web content external to the social networking system. These nodes allow the social networking system to track user interactions within the social networking system about web content external to the social networking system. The web content markup language document(s) include one or more tags, which contain information for defining the node in the social networking system. Users may then interact with the node, and these interactions are tracked by the social networking system. From this, the social networking system generates analytics, which include historical data and user demographic and behavioral information, and which can be provided to the web content provider via the social networking system. A user interface within the social networking system can be used to provide access to the analytics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Taaffe Lindsay, Alex Himel
  • Publication number: 20160055160
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a social graph by a social-networking system. The social graph includes a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges connecting the nodes. The social-networking system may receive a trigger action from a first user. In response to the trigger action, the social-networking system may generate reaction-cards based at least in part on the trigger action where each reaction-card is associated with a structured query referencing nodes and edges of the social graph. The social-networking system may calculate a reaction-card score for each reaction-card, where the reaction-card score is based on a relevance of the structured query associated with the reaction-card to the trigger action and user-engagement factors. The social-networking system may then send each reaction-card having a reaction-card score greater than a threshold reaction-card score to the first user for display on a page currently accessed by the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Alex Himel, Matej Hrescak, Samuel Wharton Lessin, Matthew D. Wyndowe, Henry Zheng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20150178397
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, from a client device of a user of an online social network, an input from the user to access a card-stack interface, generating a plurality of cards, where each card comprises a suggested query referencing a query-domain associated with the online social network and one or more query-filters, and where each query-filter references one or more objects of the online social network, each card further comprising one or more search results corresponding to the suggested query, and each search result referencing an object of the online social network matching the suggested query of the card; and sending, to the client device in response to the input from the first user, the card-stack interface for display to the first user, wherein the card-stack interface comprises one or more of the generated cards
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Avichal Garg, Ming Hua, Michael Vernal, Yang Qin, Dan Ionut Fechete, Xinpan Xiao, Yu Huang, Lu D. Chen, Saurabh Prafulla Chakradeo, Dharmesh A. Bhatt, Alex Himel
  • Patent number: 8949250
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a social graph including a number of nodes and a number of edges connecting the nodes. Each of the edges between two of the nodes represent a single degree of separation between them. The nodes include a first node corresponding to a first user associated with an online social network and a number of second nodes that each correspond to a concept or a second user associated with the online social network. The method also includes generating a number of cards. Each card includes a suggested query referencing a query-domain associated with the online social network and zero or more query-filters for the query-domain. Each query-filter references one or more nodes of the number of nodes or one or more edges of the number of edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Avichal Garg, Ming Hua, Michael Vernal, Yang Qin, Dan Ionut Fechete, Xinpan Xiao, Yu Huang, Lu D. Chen, Saurabh Prafulla Chakradeo, Dharmesh A. Bhatt, Alex Himel
  • Publication number: 20140229857
    Abstract: By interacting with an interface element associated with a third-party system and presented by a social networking system, a user of the social networking system performs an action on the third-party system. For example, the interface element is displayed in a story describing content from the third-party system. The interface element is associated with an action performed on the third-party system, so when a user accesses the interface element a request to perform the action is sent from the social networking system to the third-party system. When the third-party system performs the action, a description of the action is sent back to the social networking system, which may present a confirmation of the action to the user. For example, the appearance of the interface element is modified to indicate that the action was performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Austin Daniel Haugen, Zachary Rait, Alex Himel, Alexander Scott Wyler
  • Publication number: 20140222911
    Abstract: Third-party systems outside of a social networking system allow a user of the third-party systems that is also a user of the social networking system to perform an action on the third-party system that are communicated to the social-networking system. Additional actions on the third-party system may be associated with the action. These additional actions are communicated to the social networking system, which identifies the action from the third-party system and associates the additional actions with the identified action. The social networking system may notify the user that performed the action of the additional actions. Also, the social networking system may notify additional social networking system users of the action and of additional actions on the third-party system associated with the action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Austin Daniel Haugen, Alex Himel, Zachary Rait, Andrew Rothbart
  • Publication number: 20140006489
    Abstract: A social networking system (SNS) may determine the integrity of a social application. In particular, the SNS can receive communications and tags associated with different subsets of the communications from the social application. Thereafter, the SNS can distribute the communications, and monitor for user interactions performed on the communications. Subsequently, feedback indicating the integrity of the social application can be provided. The feedback can be based on the user interactions performed on the communications. The feedback can also be provided according to the tags. In particular, a set of feedback information can be provided for each tag, where the set is based on the user interactions performed on the subset of communications associated with the tag. By providing feedback in this manner, A-B testing can be performed. In one embodiment, the operating state for the social application can be determined based on the integrity of the SNS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Alex Himel, Gabriel Levi, Carl Philip Sjogreen, Wayne Kao
  • Publication number: 20120151322
    Abstract: A social networking system includes a mechanism for generating nodes in the social graph corresponding to web content external to the social networking system. These nodes allow the social networking system to track user interactions within the social networking system about web content external to the social networking system. The web content markup language document(s) include one or more tags, which contain information for defining the node in the social networking system. Users may then interact with the node, and these interactions are tracked by the social networking system. From this, the social networking system generates analytics, which include historical data and user demographic and behavioral information, and which can be provided to the web content provider via the social networking system. A user interface within the social networking system can be used to provide access to the analytics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: Robert Taaffe Lindsay, Alex Himel