Patents by Inventor Alexander Urim

Alexander Urim 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).

  • Device specific handling of user interface components
    Patent number: 10303526
    Abstract: One embodiment receives a request for a screen of a user interface (UI) of a software application from a second computing device, wherein the screen comprises one or more UI components; accesses a set of features of the second computing device; for each UI component contained in the screen, generates first code for rendering and displaying the UI component on the second computing device based on the set of features of the second computing device; and transmits the first code to the second computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Urim, Lee Williams Byron, Wayne Jin Chang, Phillip Fung
  • Mobile ticker
    Patent number: 9373147
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving from a server, by a mobile computing device, real-time activity stories for display by the mobile computing device. The real-time activity stories are sent automatically by the server to the mobile computing device while a user is interacting with the mobile computing device. The method also includes receiving from the server, by the mobile computing device, news-feed stories for display by the mobile computing device. The news-feed stories are sent by the server to the mobile computing device in response to requests from the mobile computing device for the news-feed stories. The method also includes displaying, by the mobile computing device, to the user the real-time activity stories and the news-feed stories in a scrollable visual stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Francis Luu, Alexander Urim, Rose Yao
  • Mobile Ticker
    Publication number: 20140096062
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving from a server, by a mobile computing device, real-time activity stories for display by the mobile computing device. The real-time activity stories are sent automatically by the server to the mobile computing device while a user is interacting with the mobile computing device. The method also includes receiving from the server, by the mobile computing device, news-feed stories for display by the mobile computing device. The news-feed stories are sent by the server to the mobile computing device in response to requests from the mobile computing device for the news-feed stories. The method also includes displaying, by the mobile computing device, to the user the real-time activity stories and the news-feed stories in a scrollable visual stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: Francis Luu, Alexander Urim, Rose Yao
  • Device Specific Handling of User Interface Components
    Publication number: 20120233239
    Abstract: One embodiment receives a request for a screen of a user interface (UI) of a software application from a second computing device, wherein the screen comprises one or more UI components; accesses a set of features of the second computing device; for each UI component contained in the screen, generates first code for rendering and displaying the UI component on the second computing device based on the set of features of the second computing device; and transmits the first code to the second computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Alexander Urim, Lee Williams Byron, Wayne Jin Chang, Phillip Fung