Patents by Inventor Catherine Cissy Lee

Catherine Cissy Lee 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: 20230087276
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems and methods that facilitate purchase of objects from merchants. For example, a user may browse a website available from an object management service and identify objects that they desire to purchase. Rather than having to locate the seller of those objects to make a purchase, the implementations described herein facilitate a connection between the user and the merchant so that the merchant's sales are increased and the user is provided an efficient and safe shopping experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Jon Jenkins, Catherine Cissy Lee
  • Patent number: 11494826
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems and methods that facilitate purchase of objects from merchants. For example, a user may browse a website available from an object management service and identify objects that they desire to purchase. Rather than having to locate the seller of those objects to make a purchase, the implementations described herein facilitate a connection between the user and the merchant so that the merchant's sales are increased and the user is provided an efficient and safe shopping experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Pinterest, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon Jenkins, Catherine Cissy Lee
  • Patent number: 10109003
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems and methods that facilitate purchase of objects from merchants. For example, a user may browse a website available from an object management service and identify objects that they desire to purchase. Rather than having to locate the seller of those objects to make a purchase, the implementations described herein facilitate a connection between the user and the merchant so that the merchant's sales are increased and the user is provided an efficient and safe shopping experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Pinterest, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon Jenkins, Catherine Cissy Lee
  • Patent number: 9967276
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a social networking system receives a request by a first user for user comments associated with a content object, accesses a data store of user comments to retrieve a set of user comments associated with the content object, orders the set of user comments based on a time value associated with each comment of the set of user comment, adjusts the order of user comments based on social graph information of the first user, and presents the adjusted list of user comments to the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Ray C. He, Austin Haugen, Catherine Cissy Lee, Evan Sharp
  • Publication number: 20170187740
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a social networking system receives a request by a first user for user comments associated with a content object, accesses a data store of user comments to retrieve a set of user comments associated with the content object, orders the set of user comments based on a time value associated with each comment of the set of user comment, adjusts the order of user comments based on social graph information of the first user, and presents the adjusted list of user comments to the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Ray C. He, Austin Haugen, Catherine Cissy Lee, Evan Sharp
  • Patent number: 9646173
    Abstract: In particular embodiments, one or more computing devices associated with a third-party system generate a web page comprising one or more references configured to cause a client device to send a request to a web site of a social-networking system to access a user comment, wherein the user comment is associated with content on a third-party web site hosted by the third-party system. The request comprises a first URL that references the web site of the social-networking system, and the first URL comprises a second URL that references the third-party web site and comprises a content identifier for the content, and the request is to cause the web site of the social-networking system to access the user comment in a data store of the social-networking system. The one or more computing devices associated with the third-party system may send the web page to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Ray C. He, Austin Haugen, Catherine Cissy Lee, Evan Sharp
  • Patent number: 9639628
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a social networking system receives a request by a first user for user comments associated with a content object, accesses a data store of user comments to retrieve a set of user comments associated with the content object, orders the set of user comments based on a time value associated with each comment of the set of user comment, adjusts the order of user comments based on social graph information of the first user, and presents the adjusted list of user comments to the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Ray C. He, Austin Haugen, Catherine Cissy Lee, Evan Sharp
  • Publication number: 20160196448
    Abstract: In particular embodiments, one or more computing devices associated with a third-party system generate a web page comprising one or more references configured to cause a client device to send a request to a web site of a social-networking system to access a user comment, wherein the user comment is associated with content on a third-party web site hosted by the third-party system. The request comprises a first URL that references the web site of the social-networking system, and the first URL comprises a second URL that references the third-party web site and comprises a content identifier for the content, and the request is to cause the web site of the social-networking system to access the user comment in a data store of the social-networking system. The one or more computing devices associated with the third-party system may send the web page to the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Ray C. He, Austin Haugen, Catherine Cissy Lee, Evan Sharp
  • Patent number: 9311678
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a user comment system receives a user comment associated with a content object, assigns one or more privacy settings to the user comment, and stores the user comment in a data store in association with an identifier unique to the content object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Ray C. He, Austin Haugen, Catherine Cissy Lee, Evan Sharp
  • Publication number: 20160026732
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a social networking system receives a request by a first user for user comments associated with a content object, accesses a data store of user comments to retrieve a set of user comments associated with the content object, orders the set of user comments based on a time value associated with each comment of the set of user comment, adjusts the order of user comments based on social graph information of the first user, and presents the adjusted list of user comments to the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Ray C. He, Austin Haugen, Catherine Cissy Lee, Evan Sharp
  • Patent number: 9183307
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a social networking system receives a request by a first user for user comments associated with a content object, accesses a data store of user comments to retrieve a set of user comments associated with the content object, orders the set of user comments based on a time value associated with each comment of the set of user comment, adjusts the order of user comments based on social graph information of the first user, and presents the adjusted list of user comments to the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Ray C. He, Austin Haugen, Catherine Cissy Lee, Evan Sharp
  • Publication number: 20120159635
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a user comment system receives a user comment associated with a content object, assigns one or more privacy settings to the user comment, and stores the user comment in a data store in association with an identifier unique to the content object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Ray C. He, Austin Haugen, Catherine Cissy Lee, Evan Sharp
  • Publication number: 20120158753
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a social networking system receives a request by a first user for user comments associated with a content object, accesses a data store of user comments to retrieve a set of user comments associated with the content object, orders the set of user comments based on a time value associated with each comment of the set of user comment, adjusts the order of user comments based on social graph information of the first user, and presents the adjusted list of user comments to the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Ray C. He, Austin Haugen, Catherine Cissy Lee, Evan Sharp