Patents by Inventor Candace Williams

Candace Williams 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).

  • Publication number: 20230376525
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for receiving a set of images at a social media system, wherein each image includes one or more recognized features associated with one or more lightness values; indexing each image using the one or more recognized features and the associated range of lightness values; receiving a query; determining a first group of images that is responsive to the query; determining that the query triggers a lightness filter to be displayed on the user device; providing the first group of images for display on a user interface with one or more lightness filter indicators; and in response to a user selection of one of the one or more lightness filter indicators: filtering the first group of images to determine a filtered group of images, and updating the images provided for display according to the filtered group of images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: Pinterest, Inc.
    Inventors: Rahim Daya, Laksh Bhasin, Xixia Wang, Stephanie Rogers, Candace Williams, Ricardo Kuchimpos, Candice Morgan, Larkin Brown
  • Patent number: 11762899
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for receiving a set of images at a social media system, wherein each image includes one or more recognized features associated with one or more lightness values; indexing each image using the one or more recognized features and the associated range of lightness values; receiving a query; determining a first group of images that is responsive to the query; determining that the query triggers a lightness filter to be displayed on the user device; providing the first group of images for display on a user interface with one or more lightness filter indicators; and in response to a user selection of one of the one or more lightness filter indicators: filtering the first group of images to determine a filtered group of images, and updating the images provided for display according to the filtered group of images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Pinterest, Inc.
    Inventors: Rahim Daya, Laksh Bhasin, Xixia Wang, Stephanie Rogers, Candace Williams, Ricardo Kuchimpos, Candice Morgan, Larkin Brown
  • Publication number: 20210382440
    Abstract: A time and date display device is provided. The device includes a housing having a power source therein. A plurality of discrete displays is disposed across a front face of the housing, wherein the plurality of discrete displays is operably connected to the power source. The plurality of discrete displays includes an analog time display, a digital time display, and a date display. In some embodiments, a plurality of feet is disposed on a rear face of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventor: Candace Williams
  • Patent number: 10891331
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for receiving a set of images at a social media system, wherein each image includes one or more recognized features associated with one or more lightness values; indexing each image using the one or more recognized features and the associated range of lightness values; receiving a query; determining a first group of images that is responsive to the query; determining that the query triggers a lightness filter to be displayed on the user device; providing the first group of images for display on a user interface with one or more lightness filter indicators; and in response to a user selection of one of the one or more lightness filter indicators: filtering the first group of images to determine a filtered group of images, and updating the images provided for display according to the filtered group of images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Pinterest, Inc.
    Inventors: Rahim Daya, Laksh Bhasin, Xixia Wang, Stephanie Rogers, Candace Williams, Ricardo Kuchimpos, Candice Morgan, Larkin Brown