Patents by Inventor Brian Pantano

Brian Pantano 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).

  • Implementing menu pages in a social networking system
    Patent number: 9495714
    Abstract: A social networking system can generate or utilize a social menu in a social network page. The social menu can be generated based on a crowd-sourced user interaction, an external database of business offerings, an administrator interface of the social network page, or any combination thereof. A user interaction of one user account with a menu item of a social menu can be presented to another user account. A user account can select the menu item by querying the social networking system for creating a reference link to the menu item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Bush, Russell Heddleston, Brian Pantano
  • SOCIAL MENU PAGES
    Publication number: 20140157145
    Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure include a social networking system that can generate or utilize a social menu in a social network page. The social menu can be generated based on a crowd-sourced user interaction, an external database of business offerings, an administrator interface of the social network page, or any combination thereof. A user interaction of one user account with a menu item of a social menu can be presented to another user account. A user account can select the menu item by querying the social networking system for creating a reference link to the menu item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Inventors: Matthew Bush, Russell Heddleston, Brian Pantano