Patents by Inventor Charles Chu-Shin Wu

Charles Chu-Shin Wu 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: 20190327211
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving from an initiating user a request for information of a target user, accessing information associated with the initiating user comprising one or more attributes, determining whether the initiating user is permitted to access information related to the target user based on privacy settings of the target user, wherein the privacy settings require the initiating user attributes to satisfy one or more social, spatiotemporal, geographic, or temporal conditions, and blocking the initiating user from accessing information of the target user in response to determining that the initiating user does not fulfill the requirements of the privacy settings of the target user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventor: Charles Chu-Shin Wu
  • Patent number: 10382403
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a social networking system provides people look up service and establish anonymous communication session between users; creates contact association for future communication between users; and configures one or more privacy settings for users. The method may comprise receiving from an initiating user a request for information of a target user, determining location information associated with the initiating user, accessing one or more privacy settings of the target user to determine if the initiating user fulfills a requirement based on one or more social, spatiotemporal, geographic or temporal conditions associated with the target user and the location information associated with the initiating user, and in response to determining that the initiating user fulfills the requirement, providing the requested information of the target user to the initiating user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles Chu-Shin Wu
  • Publication number: 20180152419
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a social networking system provides people look up service and establish anonymous communication session between users; creates contact association for future communication between users; and configures one or more privacy settings for users. The method may comprise receiving from an initiating user a request for information of a target user, determining location information associated with the initiating user, accessing one or more privacy settings of the target user to determine if the initiating user fulfills a requirement based on one or more social, spatiotemporal, geographic or temporal conditions associated with the target user and the location information associated with the initiating user, and in response to determining that the initiating user fulfills the requirement, providing the requested information of the target user to the initiating user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventor: Charles Chu-Shin Wu
  • Patent number: 9917816
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a social networking system provides people look up service and establish anonymous communication session between users; creates contact association for future communication between users; and configures one or more privacy settings for users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles Chu-Shin Wu
  • Publication number: 20170111327
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a social networking system provides people look up service and establish anonymous communication session between users; creates contact association for future communication between users; and configures one or more privacy settings for users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventor: Charles Chu-Shin Wu
  • Patent number: 9553878
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a social networking system provides people look up service and establish anonymous communication session between users; creates contact association for future communication between users; and configures one or more privacy settings for users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles Chu-Shin Wu
  • Publication number: 20120042392
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a social networking system provides people look up service and establish anonymous communication session between users; creates contact association for future communication between users; and configures one or more privacy settings for users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventor: Charles Chu-Shin Wu