Patents by Inventor Anand R. lyer

Anand R. lyer 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).

  • BLENDING OF CONTENT ITEM TYPES IN A SOCIAL NETWORK
    Publication number: 20160224683
    Abstract: Systems and methods for blending content items in a social network include identifying at least one content item type for each of a plurality of content items stored in an electronic data storage. A utility value is determined individually for each of the content items, based, at least in part, on an engagement value and a monetary value of each of the content items. The content items are ranked according to the utility values and blending concepts to obtain a ranking. The content items are displayed on a user interface according to the ranking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Cory Michael Hicks, Anand R. lyer, Keith O. Langston, Jayendraraj Ramamurthi, Joshua Daniel Hartman