Patents by Inventor Christopher John Leggetter

Christopher John Leggetter 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).

  • Selecting content with an external link for presentation based on user interaction with external content
    Patent number: 10387516
    Abstract: An online system receives posts that include links to various external pages and presents those posts to users of the online system. When the online system determines an opportunity to present a post to a particular viewing user of the online system, the online system determines a quality metric and an associated value score for the post. The quality metric is determined as a likelihood that the viewing user will view the external page for less than a threshold time period, and is used to adjust the associated value score. The online system compares the value score of the post to the value scores of other posts and selects one or more of the compared posts for presentation to the viewing user of the online system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Lu Wang, Shengbo Guo, Grace Louise Jackson, Kristin S. Hendrix, Yue Zhuo, Seyoung Park, Yixian Zhu, Christopher John Leggetter, James Li, Michael Charles Bailey
  • SELECTING CONTENT WITH AN EXTERNAL LINK FOR PRESENTATION BASED ON USER INTERACTION WITH EXTERNAL CONTENT
    Publication number: 20190102466
    Abstract: An online system receives posts that include links to various external pages and presents those posts to users of the online system. When the online system determines an opportunity to present a post to a particular viewing user of the online system, the online system determines a quality metric and an associated value score for the post. The quality metric is determined as a likelihood that the viewing user will view the external page for less than a threshold time period, and is used to adjust the associated value score. The online system compares the value score of the post to the value scores of other posts and selects one or more of the compared posts for presentation to the viewing user of the online system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Lu Wang, Shengbo Guo, Grace Louise Jackson, Kristin S. Hendrix, Yue Zhuo, Seyoung Park, Yixian Zhu, Christopher John Leggetter, James Li, Michael Charles Bailey
  • System and method for internet marketing by endorsements
    Patent number: 8219492
    Abstract: A method of facilitating the endorsement of products through Internet advertisements accepts a bid for an endorsement, enables communication, associated with the bid, between an advertiser and a potential endorser, and serves an endorsement associated with the bid. In one implementation, the endorsement is displayed together with a symbol verifying the endorser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Su-Lin Wu, Erick Cantu-Paz, Christopher John Leggetter
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERNET MARKETING BY ENDORSEMENTS
    Publication number: 20090157559
    Abstract: A method of facilitating the endorsement of products through Internet advertisements accepts a bid for an endorsement, enables communication, associated with the bid, between an advertiser and a potential endorser, and serves an endorsement associated with the bid. In one implementation, the endorsement is displayed together with a symbol verifying the endorser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: YAHOO! INC.
    Inventors: Su-Lin Wu, Erick Cantu-Paz, Christopher John Leggetter