Patents by Inventor Christopher Joseph Welch

Christopher Joseph Welch 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).

  • Color sampling for displaying content items
    Patent number: 10269145
    Abstract: An online system is configured to provide content items to users. The content item includes an image, and is displayed with a color block or colored border as an accent to the image. The color of the color block or colored bordered is dynamically selected based upon the image included in the content item, and is selected using a waterfall selection method comprising a sequence of different selection methods, each selection method configured to select a color based upon a most common color of the image that satisfies a respective set of selection criteria or determine that no color meets the respective set of selection criteria. The selection methods may comprise a dominant color selection method wherein the selected color corresponds to a most dominant color of the image, and a complementary color selection method wherein the select color is a complement of a dominant color of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Oren Belkin, Christopher Joseph Welch
  • COLOR SAMPLING FOR DISPLAYING CONTENT ITEMS
    Publication number: 20190114813
    Abstract: An online system is configured to provide content items to users. The content item includes an image, and is displayed with a color block or colored border as an accent to the image. The color of the color block or colored bordered is dynamically selected based upon the image included in the content item, and is selected using a waterfall selection method comprising a sequence of different selection methods, each selection method configured to select a color based upon a most common color of the image that satisfies a respective set of selection criteria or determine that no color meets the respective set of selection criteria. The selection methods may comprise a dominant color selection method wherein the selected color corresponds to a most dominant color of the image, and a complementary color selection method wherein the select color is a complement of a dominant color of the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Oren Belkin, Christopher Joseph Welch
  • Removal of aldehyde impurity by reactive polystyrene resini
    Patent number: 7563807
    Abstract: A purification method in the preparation of a substituted 8-arylquinoline, wherein the aryl group at the 8-position contains a substituent substituted-alkenyl group, utilizes a polystyrene-based sulfonylhydrazine reactive resin to remove an aldehyde impurity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Merck & Co. Inc.
    Inventors: Mirlinda Biba, Paul Compton Collins, Christopher Joseph Welch, David A. Conlon, Antoinette Drahus
  • Display panel of a programmed computer system with a graphical user interface
    Patent number: D852215
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Kory Matthew Westerhold, Robin Maxime Clediere, Patrick Joseph Roark Underwood, Christopher Joseph Welch, Mohammed Abid, Shali Myhanh Nguyen, Brody Jay Larson, Cristobal Alvaro Castilla Lacomba, John Evans, Ryan Freitas, Brittany Holthus Lawrence, Nicholas Aaron Merola, Christine Serrone Gray
  • Display panel of a programmed computer system with a graphical user interface
    Patent number: D852216
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Kory Matthew Westerhold, Robin Maxime Clediere, Patrick Joseph Roark Underwood, Christopher Joseph Welch, Mohammed Abid, Shali Myhanh Nguyen, Brody Jay Larson, Cristobal Alvaro Castilla Lacomba, John Evans, Ryan Freitas, Brittany Holthus Lawrence, Nicholas Aaron Merola, Christine Serrone Gray