Patents by Inventor Brian Robert Lin

Brian Robert Lin 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: 10506289
    Abstract: A method includes receiving an indication from a client computing device that a first user has selected one or more options from a composer interface to schedule a live video for broadcast by the first user at a future start time. The method also includes determining one or more second users who are connected to the first user in a social graph and sending a first notification to each of the second users. Each notification includes a first selectable option to receive a future notification about the live video. The method also includes sending a second notification to each of the second users who selected the first selectable option, the second notification including a second selectable option to view the live video. The method also includes providing the live video for display to the second users who select the second selectable option.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Howard Akumiah, Brady John Brayley Voss, Brian Robert Lin, Valerie Chao, William B. Harding
  • Publication number: 20180192141
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an indication that a first user has selected an option to broadcast a live video at a future start time and determining one or more second users who are connected to the first user in a social graph. The method also includes sending a notification to each of the second users about the live video. Each notification includes a selectable option to view the live video. The method also includes providing a lobby interface for display to the particular second user in response to receiving an indication that a particular second user has selected the selectable option to view the live video within a predetermined amount of time before the future start time of the live video. The lobby interface enables the second users to interact with one another before the future start time of the live video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Howard Akumiah, Brady John Brayley Voss, Brian Robert Lin, Valerie Chao, William B. Harding
  • Publication number: 20180192143
    Abstract: A method includes receiving an indication from a client computing device that a first user has selected one or more options from a composer interface to schedule a live video for broadcast by the first user at a future start time. The method also includes determining one or more second users who are connected to the first user in a social graph and sending a first notification to each of the second users. Each notification includes a first selectable option to receive a future notification about the live video. The method also includes sending a second notification to each of the second users who selected the first selectable option, the second notification including a second selectable option to view the live video. The method also includes providing the live video for display to the second users who select the second selectable option.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Howard Akumiah, Brady John Brayley Voss, Brian Robert Lin, Valerie Chao, William B. Harding