Patents by Inventor Blake Ross

Blake Ross 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: 9576045
    Abstract: Users of a social networking system post questions for other users to answer. Questions are automatically tagged based on keywords extracted from text within the posted questions as well as user-selected tags. Answers may be voted on and sorted by social information related to the browsing user. Affinities for tags are recorded based on users' interactions with the question and answer service. Affinities for tags may also be used to target questions to other users and sort answers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Blake Ross, Venkataramanan Iyer Nandagopal
  • Patent number: 8972894
    Abstract: Users of a social networking system post questions for other users to answer. Questions are automatically tagged based on keywords extracted from text within the posted questions as well as user-selected tags. Users also browse questions asked by other users on the social networking system using an interface that displays questions by topics and sub-topics. Answers may be voted on and sorted by social information related to the browsing user. Affinities for tags are recorded based on users' interactions with the question and answer service. Affinities for tags may also be used to target questions to other users and sort answers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Blake Ross, Venkataramanan Iyer Nandagopal
  • Publication number: 20140297754
    Abstract: Users of a social networking system post questions for other users to answer. Questions are automatically tagged based on keywords extracted from text within the posted questions as well as user-selected tags. Users also browse questions asked by other users on the social networking system using an interface that displays questions by topics and sub-topics. Answers may be voted on and sorted by social information related to the browsing user. Affinities for tags are recorded based on users' interactions with the question and answer service. Affinities for tags may also be used to target questions to other users and sort answers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Blake Ross, Venkataramanan Iyer Nandagopal
  • Patent number: 8812982
    Abstract: Users of a social networking system post questions for other users to answer. Questions are automatically tagged based on keywords extracted from text within the posted questions as well as user-selected tags. Users also browse questions asked by other users on the social networking system using an interface that displays questions by topics and sub-topics. Answers may be voted on and sorted by social information related to the browsing user. Affinities for tags are recorded based on users' interactions with the question and answer service. Affinities for tags may also be used to target questions to other users and sort answers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Blake Ross, Venkataramanan Iyer Nandagopal
  • Publication number: 20120167007
    Abstract: Users of a social networking system post questions for other users to answer. Questions are automatically tagged based on keywords extracted from text within the posted questions as well as user-selected tags. Users also browse questions asked by other users on the social networking system using an interface that displays questions by topics and sub-topics. Answers may be voted on and sorted by social information related to the browsing user. Affinities for tags are recorded based on users' interactions with the question and answer service. Affinities for tags may also be used to target questions to other users and sort answers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Blake Ross, Venkataramanan Iyer Nandagopal
  • Publication number: 20120166457
    Abstract: Users of a social networking system post questions for other users to answer. Questions are automatically tagged based on keywords extracted from text within the posted questions as well as user-selected tags. Answers may be voted on and sorted by social information related to the browsing user. Affinities for tags are recorded based on users' interactions with the question and answer service. Affinities for tags may also be used to target questions to other users and sort answers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Blake Ross, Venkataramanan Iyer Nandagopal
  • Patent number: 5967660
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of providing accelerated thermal fatigue testing of an engine component, comprising: (i) impinging one or more torch flames directly on a selected area of the test specimen (i.e. metallic engine cylinder head) to heat such area to a critical test temperature that exceeds the normal maximum loading temperature of the specimen in normal use by about 10-25%, and holding such temperature for a period of 0.01-2.0 minutes; (ii) at the end of the holding period (ie. Water jet water in head jacket, or air in ports) quenching the heated area of the test specimen to a temperature that is about 75% below that of the normal maximum loading temperature and holding such quenching temperature for about 1-3 minutes; and (iii) repeating steps (i) and (ii) until a crack is induced in the test specimen while recording the history of temperature and time involved in such repeated steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Akpan, Jeff Lee Branson, Blake Ross, John Loncke, Long T. Dinh, Richard Piekos