Patents by Inventor Darren Lee Delaye

Darren Lee Delaye 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).

  • Content access control in a social network
    Patent number: 9923899
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods associated with a social network application. A plurality of posts associated with a client system user is displayed. First and second posts in the plurality of posts are respectively associated with first and second recipient groups. While the posts are displayed, a content item area is displayed. An input, comprising a content item, is received from the user in the content item area. An affordance is presented that enables the user to designate access control information corresponding distribution entities. The content item and the access control information are transmitted to a system whereupon access to the content item is restricted in accordance with the access control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan W. Terleski, Darren Lee Delaye
  • CONTENT ACCESS CONTROL IN A SOCIAL NETWORK
    Publication number: 20160112428
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods associated with a social network application. A plurality of posts associated with a client system user is displayed. First and second posts in the plurality of posts are respectively associated with first and second recipient groups. While the posts are displayed, a content item area is displayed. An input, comprising a content item, is received from the user in the content item area. An affordance is presented that enables the user to designate access control information corresponding distribution entities. The content item and the access control information are transmitted to a system whereupon access to the content item is restricted in accordance with the access control information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Jonathan W. Terleski, Darren Lee Delaye
  • Content access control in a social network
    Patent number: 9253196
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods associated with a social network application. A plurality of posts associated with a client system user is displayed. First and second posts in the plurality of posts are respectively associated with first and second recipient groups. While the posts are displayed, a post input area independent of the plurality of posts is also displayed. When the user selects the post input area, it is expanded by displacing the plurality of posts. Concurrently, a content item area is displayed within the expanded post input area. An input, comprising a content item, is received from the user in the content item area. An affordance is presented that enables the user to designate access control information corresponding distribution entities. The content item and the access control information are transmitted to a system whereupon access to the content item is restricted in accordance with the access control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan Terleski, Darren Lee Delaye
  • Content Access Control in Social Network
    Publication number: 20150334117
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods associated with a social network application. A plurality of posts associated with a client system user is displayed. First and second posts in the plurality of posts are respectively associated with first and second recipient groups. While the posts are displayed, a post input area independent of the plurality of posts is also displayed. When the user selects the post input area, it is expanded by displacing the plurality of posts. Concurrently, a content item area is displayed within the expanded post input area. An input, comprising a content item, is received from the user in the content item area. An affordance is presented that enables the user to designate access control information corresponding distribution entities. The content item and the access control information are transmitted to a system whereupon access to the content item is restricted in accordance with the access control information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Jonathan Terleski, Darren Lee Delaye