Patents by Inventor Brett R. Welch

Brett R. Welch 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).

  • Multi-post stories
    Patent number: 9917804
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a social-networking system, an identifier corresponding to a first post item stored in the social-networking system. A first set of users is associated with the first post item. The method also includes receiving, at the social-networking system, a second post item. A second set of users is associated with the second post item. The method additionally includes associating the first and second post items with a story structure. The method further includes providing one of the post items in the story structure to a client for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Gabriel Valdivia, Gemma Louise Silvers, Thiago Griep Hirai, Daniel K. Gibson, Brett R. Welch, Daria Stroganova, Razvan Racasanu
  • Multi-Post Stories
    Publication number: 20170149714
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a social-networking system, an identifier corresponding to a first post item stored in the social-networking system. A first set of users is associated with the first post item. The method also includes receiving, at the social-networking system, a second post item. A second set of users is associated with the second post item. The method additionally includes associating the first and second post items with a story structure. The method further includes providing one of the post items in the story structure to a client for display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Gabriel Valdivia, Gemma Louise Silvers, Thiago Griep Hirai, Daniel K. Gibson, Brett R. Welch, Daria Stroganova, Razvan Racasanu