Patents by Inventor Christopher William Dentel

Christopher William Dentel 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: 10740368
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a first set of objects, identifying one or more configuration files based on attributes of the first set of objects and attribute types specified by the configuration files, receiving from a user an input of a query constraint corresponding to one of the identified configuration files, identifying a second set of objects matching the first query constraint, and sending to the user search results corresponding to the second set of objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher William Dentel, Lowell Bander
  • Publication number: 20170244805
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can obtain a set of configuration options for an event, the configuration options specifying information for grouping users that are participating in the event. A determination is made that a set of users have confirmed their participation in the event. Each user in the set is assigned to a respective group based at least in part on one or more criteria specified in the configuration options for the event. Each user assigned to a group is provided with information describing at least their respective group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: David Thomas Callies, Christopher William Dentel
  • Publication number: 20170185603
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a first set of objects, identifying one or more configuration files based on attributes of the first set of objects and attribute types specified by the configuration files, receiving from a user an input of a query constraint corresponding to one of the identified configuration files, identifying a second set of objects matching the first query constraint, and sending to the user search results corresponding to the second set of objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher William Dentel, Lowell Bander