Patents by Inventor Anton P. Kast

Anton P. Kast 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: 9535992
    Abstract: Determining an item to present to a first user is disclosed. Preference information is received that comprises the preferences of a plurality of users associated with one or more items. User correlations are determined from the received preference information. For the first user, a set of other users most correlated with the first user is determined. One or more items are presented to the first user based at least in part on the preferences of the other users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: LinkedIn Corporation
    Inventor: Anton P. Kast
  • Publication number: 20140330825
    Abstract: Determining an item to present to a first user is disclosed. Preference information is received that comprises the preferences of a plurality of users associated with one or more items. User correlations are determined from the received preference information. For the first user, a set of other users most correlated with the first user is determined. One or more items are presented to the first user based at least in part on the preferences of the other users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventor: Anton P. Kast
  • Patent number: 8869042
    Abstract: Determining an item to present to a first user is disclosed. Preference information is received that comprises the preferences of a plurality of users associated with one or more items. User correlations are determined from the received preference information. For the first user, a set of other users most correlated with the first user is determined. One or more items are presented to the first user based at least in part on the preferences of the other users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: LinkedIn Corporation
    Inventor: Anton P. Kast
  • Patent number: 8818928
    Abstract: Evaluating an item based on user reputation information is disclosed. Sharing event data is received. A graph is materialized from the received sharing event data. User reputation scores are determined based at least in part on the graph. A score is assigned to the item based at least in part on the user reputation scores of users associated with the item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: LinkedIn Corporation
    Inventors: Anton P. Kast, Wesley Grant Augur
  • Patent number: 8775354
    Abstract: Evaluating an item based on user reputation information is disclosed. Sharing event data is received. A graph is materialized from the received sharing event data. User reputation scores are determined based at least in part on the graph. A score is assigned to the item based at least in part on the user reputation scores of users associated with the item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: LinkedIn Corporation
    Inventors: Anton P. Kast, Wesley Grant Augur
  • Patent number: 8725673
    Abstract: Evaluating an item based on user reputation information is disclosed. Sharing event data is received. A graph is materialized from the received sharing event data. User reputation scores are determined based at least in part on the graph. A score is assigned to the item based at least in part on the user reputation scores of users associated with the item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: LinkedIn Corporation
    Inventors: Anton P. Kast, Wesley Grant Augur
  • Publication number: 20130297408
    Abstract: Selecting an advertisement is disclosed. A preference event associated with a first advertisement is received from a first user. A quality score for the first advertisement is determined based at least in part on the received preference event. An advertisement fulfillment request is received. The request is responded to by selecting an advertisement based at least in part on the quality score of the first advertisement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Anton P. Kast, Robert D. Buch
  • Publication number: 20130290118
    Abstract: Promoting a candidate content item included in a plurality of content items is disclosed. A preference event by the first user is detected. A plurality of user reputation scores is received. For the candidate content item in the plurality of candidate content items, a content reputation score is determined based at least in part on a portion of the received user reputation scores. A determination of whether to promote the candidate content item is made based at least in part on the content reputation score. The candidate content item is promoted if it is determined that the candidate content item should be promoted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Anton P. Kast, R. Kevin Rose
  • Publication number: 20130290306
    Abstract: Determining an item to present to a first user is disclosed. Preference information is received that comprises the preferences of a plurality of users associated with one or more items. User correlations are determined from the received preference information. For the first user, a set of other users most correlated with the first user is determined. One or more items are presented to the first user based at least in part on the preferences of the other users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventor: Anton P. Kast
  • Patent number: 8555173
    Abstract: Determining an item to present to a first user is disclosed. Preference information is received that comprises the preferences of a plurality of users associated with one or more items. User correlations are determined from the received preference information. For the first user, a set of other users most correlated with the first user is determined. One or more items are presented to the first user based at least in part on the preferences of the other users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Linkedin Corporation
    Inventor: Anton P. Kast
  • Publication number: 20130238634
    Abstract: Evaluating an item based on user reputation information is disclosed. Sharing event data is received. A graph is materialized from the received sharing event data. User reputation scores are determined based at least in part on the graph. A score is assigned to the item based at least in part on the user reputation scores of users associated with the item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Linkedln Corporation
    Inventors: Anton P. Kast, Wesley Grant Augur
  • Publication number: 20130238633
    Abstract: Evaluating an item based on user reputation information is disclosed. Sharing event data is received. A graph is materialized from the received sharing event data. User reputation scores are determined based at least in part on the graph. A score is assigned to the item based at least in part on the user reputation scores of users associated with the item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Linkedln Corporation
    Inventors: Anton P. Kast, Wesley Grant Augur
  • Publication number: 20130066884
    Abstract: Evaluating an item based on user reputation information is disclosed. Sharing event data is received. A graph is materialized from the received sharing event data. User reputation scores are determined based at least in part on the graph. A score is assigned to the item based at least in part on the user reputation scores of users associated with the item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2010
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: DIGG, INC.
    Inventors: Anton P. Kast, Wesley Grant Augur
  • Publication number: 20130067348
    Abstract: Determining an item to present to a first user is disclosed. Preference information is received that comprises the preferences of a plurality of users associated with one or more items. User correlations are determined from the received preference information. For the first user, a set of other users most correlated with the first user is determined. One or more items are presented to the first user based at least in part on the preferences of the other users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2010
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: DIGG, INC.
    Inventor: Anton P. Kast
  • Publication number: 20130066673
    Abstract: Promoting a candidate content item included in a plurality of content items is disclosed. A plurality of user reputation scores is received. For the candidate content item in the plurality of candidate content items, a content reputation score is determined based at least in part on a portion of the received user reputation scores. A determination of whether to promote the candidate content item is made based at least in part on the content reputation score and a dynamically adjusted threshold. The candidate content item is promoted if it is determined that the candidate content item should be promoted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: R. Kevin Rose, Anton P. Kast, Brian W. Link
  • Publication number: 20130066822
    Abstract: Promoting a candidate content item included in a plurality of content items is disclosed. A plurality of user reputation scores is received. For the candidate content item in the plurality of candidate content items, a content reputation score is determined based at least in part on a portion of the received user reputation scores. A determination of whether to promote the candidate content item is made based at least in part on the content reputation score. The candidate content item is promoted if it is determined that the candidate content item should be promoted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Anton P. Kast, R. Kevin Rose
  • Publication number: 20130066719
    Abstract: Selecting an advertisement is disclosed. A preference event associated with a first advertisement is received from a first user. A quality score for the first advertisement is determined based at least in part on the received preference event. An advertisement fulfillment request is received. The request is responded to by selecting an advertisement based at least in part on the quality score of the first advertisement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2010
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: DIGG, INC.
    Inventors: Anton P. Kast, Robert D. Buch