Patents by Inventor Benjamin J. Gertzfield

Benjamin J. Gertzfield 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).

  • DYNAMIC PLACE VISIBILITY IN GEO-SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150012596
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a user of a social networking system requests to search for a place near the user's current location. The social networking system generates a list of places near the user's current location, select a sub-set from the list of places based on visibility and activity of the user and the user's social contacts for each place in the list, and returns the sub-set to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Joshua Redstone, Benjamin J. Gertzfield, Eyal M. Sharon, Srinivasa P. Narayanan, Daniel Jeng-Ping Hui
  • Dynamic place visibility in geo-social networking system
    Patent number: 8832093
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a user of a social networking system requests to search for a place near the user's current location. The social networking system generates a list of places near the user's current location, select a sub-set from the list of places based on visibility and activity of the user and the user's social contacts for each place in the list, and returns the sub-set to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Redstone, Benjamin J. Gertzfield, Eyal M. Sharon, Srinivasa P. Narayanan, Daniel Jeng-Ping Hui
  • DYNAMIC PLACE VISIBILITY IN GEO-SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120047147
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a user of a social networking system requests to search for a place near the user's current location. The social networking system generates a list of places near the user's current location, select a sub-set from the list of places based on visibility and activity of the user and the user's social contacts for each place in the list, and returns the sub-set to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventors: Joshua Redstone, Benjamin J. Gertzfield, Eyal M. Sharon, Srinivasa P. Narayanan, Daniel Jeng-Ping Hui