Patents by Inventor Alexander Beutel

Alexander Beutel 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).

  • Patent number: 9825985
    Abstract: Disclosed here are methods, systems, paradigms and structures for determining fraudulent content in a social network. The methods include identifying a plurality of users of the social network who perform a plurality of tasks within the social network in a lockstep manner. In the method, the plurality of users are determined to be performing a given task in the lockstep manner when the plurality of users each perform the given task within a predefined duration of time, where the predefined duration of time is associated with the given task. The method further includes identifying content data generated by the performance of the plurality of tasks by each of the plurality of users. The method further includes determining at least a portion of the content data generated by the performance of the plurality of tasks as fraudulent content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Beutel, Wanhong Xu
  • Publication number: 20150264079
    Abstract: Disclosed here are methods, systems, paradigms and structures for determining fraudulent content in a social network. The methods include identifying a plurality of users of the social network who perform a plurality of tasks within the social network in a lockstep manner. In the method, the plurality of users are determined to be performing a given task in the lockstep manner when the plurality of users each perform the given task within a predefined duration of time, where the predefined duration of time is associated with the given task. The method further includes identifying content data generated by the performance of the plurality of tasks by each of the plurality of users. The method further includes determining at least a portion of the content data generated by the performance of the plurality of tasks as fraudulent content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Alexander Beutel, Wanhong Xu
  • Patent number: 9077744
    Abstract: Disclosed here are methods, systems, paradigms and structures for determining fraudulent content in a social network. The methods include identifying a plurality of users of the social network who perform a plurality of tasks within the social network in a lockstep manner. In the method, the plurality of users are determined to be performing a given task in the lockstep manner when the plurality of users each perform the given task within a predefined duration of time, where the predefined duration of time is associated with the given task. The method further includes identifying content data generated by the performance of the plurality of tasks by each of the plurality of users. The method further includes determining at least a portion of the content data generated by the performance of the plurality of tasks as fraudulent content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Alexander Beutel, Wanhong Xu
  • Publication number: 20140259156
    Abstract: Disclosed here are methods, systems, paradigms and structures for determining fraudulent content in a social network. The methods include identifying a plurality of users of the social network who perform a plurality of tasks within the social network in a lockstep manner. In the method, the plurality of users are determined to be performing a given task in the lockstep manner when the plurality of users each perform the given task within a predefined duration of time, where the predefined duration of time is associated with the given task. The method further includes identifying content data generated by the performance of the plurality of tasks by each of the plurality of users. The method further includes determining at least a portion of the content data generated by the performance of the plurality of tasks as fraudulent content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Alexander Beutel, Wanhong Xu