Patents by Inventor Chamath Palihapitiya

Chamath Palihapitiya 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: 10769663
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a geo-social networking system records location data of a user, generate a set of recommendations based on the user's location data, and present one or more recommendations of the set of recommendations to the user based on the user's current location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: David Edward Braginsky, Chamath Palihapitiya, Matthew Nicholas Papakipos
  • Patent number: 10621625
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an indication of a reward-generating event comprising an action performed by a first user of a social-networking system in response to an advertisement. The advertisement may have been selected by the social-networking system based at least in part on a bid amount from an advertiser. The method may further include updating a social graph of the social-networking system based on the reward-generating event, wherein updating the social graph comprises adding an edge connecting a first node to a second node corresponding to the advertisement or an entity associated with the advertisement. The method may further include determining and allocating a first portion of the bid amount to allocate to the first user and a second portion of the bid amount to allocate to the social-networking system based on the reward generating event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Chamath Palihapitiya, Mary Graham
  • Publication number: 20170169479
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an indication of a reward-generating event comprising an action performed by a first user of a social-networking system in response to an advertisement. The advertisement may have been selected by the social-networking system based at least in part on a bid amount from an advertiser. The method may further include updating a social graph of the social-networking system based on the reward-generating event, wherein updating the social graph comprises adding an edge connecting a first node to a second node corresponding to the advertisement or an entity associated with the advertisement. The method may further include determining and allocating a first portion of the bid amount to allocate to the first user and a second portion of the bid amount to allocate to the social-networking system based on the reward generating event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Chamath Palihapitiya, Mary Graham
  • Patent number: 9626692
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an indication of a reward-generating event associated with an advertisement. The reward-generating event includes an action by a user in response to the advertisement being presented to the user. The method also includes determining based at least in part on the action by the user a reward to allocate to the user for the reward-generating event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Chamath Palihapitiya, Mary Graham
  • Patent number: 8727852
    Abstract: A programmed computer for executing a poker game including transmitting draws of cards to players; receiving from each player a location of each card from the draws in one of three rows for each player, the first row holding a maximum of three cards, and the second and third rows each holding a maximum of five cards; displaying the cards from the draws such that the suit and rank of cards and card locations for one player are visible to another player; comparing the corresponding rows of each player and generating a score for each player; and determining whether any player is eligible for bonus treatment in the following round.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Project Pineapple, LLC
    Inventors: Chamath Palihapitiya, Diego Berdakin
  • Publication number: 20140100943
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an indication of a reward-generating event associated with an advertisement. The reward-generating event includes an action by a user in response to the advertisement being presented to the user. The method also includes determining based at least in part on the action by the user a reward to allocate to the user for the reward-generating event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Inventors: Chamath Palihapitiya, Mary Graham
  • Publication number: 20120233238
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a geo-social networking system records location data of a user, generate a set of recommendations based on the user's location data, and present one or more recommendations of the set of recommendations to the user based on the user's current location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: David Edward Braginsky, Chamath Palihapitiya, Matthew Nicholas Papakipos