Patents by Inventor Benjamin K. Billings

Benjamin K. Billings 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).

  • Granting permission to act on behalf of a user in a social networking system
    Patent number: 9602541
    Abstract: A social networking system allows entities to delegate actions performed on behalf of the entity to social networking system users by assigning one or more roles to social networking system users. Roles may be assigned based on information associated with the entity by the social networking system. Different roles are associated with sets of permissions specifying actions a user associated with a role is authorized to perform on behalf of the entity via the social networking system. Certain permissions of a role associated with the user may be associated with additional users by the user. A persona including a subset of information associated with a user by the social networking system may be created for a user assigned a role, allowing the user to limit information accessible to additional users connected to the persona.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Kar Hong Wong, Benjamin K. Billings, Joshua D. Williams, Cameron Chuk Hing Wu, Christopher Triolo
  • GRANTING PERMISSION TO ACT ON BEHALF OF A USER IN A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150256557
    Abstract: A social networking system allows entities to delegate actions performed on behalf of the entity to social networking system users by assigning one or more roles to social networking system users. Roles may be assigned based on information associated with the entity by the social networking system. Different roles are associated with sets of permissions specifying actions a user associated with a role is authorized to perform on behalf of the entity via the social networking system. Certain permissions of a role associated with the user may be associated with additional users by the user. A persona including a subset of information associated with a user by the social networking system may be created for a user assigned a role, allowing the user to limit information accessible to additional users connected to the persona.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Kar Hong Wong, Benjamin K. Billings, Joshua D. Williams, Cameron Chuk Hing Wu, Christopher Triolo