Patents by Inventor David Harry Garcia

David Harry Garcia 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: 9497155
    Abstract: In particular embodiments, one or more computer systems of a social-networking system identify a user viewing video content on a first display device, identify the video content being viewed on the first display device by the user, and determine a second display device associated with the identified user. The one or more computer systems of the social-networking system determine an action related to the video content being viewed by the user on the first display device and provide one or more instructions to the determined second display device to display a call-to-action associated with the determined action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Ime Archibong, Gregory Joseph Badros, Colin Cameron Brennan Campbell, Robert Daniel, David Harry Garcia, Mark Heynen, Brian Krausz, Cameron Alexander Marlow, Justin Alexander Shaffer, Michael John McKenzie Toksvig, Erick Tseng, Patrick Underwood, Yoon Kean Wong
  • Patent number: 9491133
    Abstract: In particular embodiments, one or more computer systems of a social-networking system determine information associated with a product displayed on a display device and access a database of known products. The one or more computer systems of the social-networking system determine, by comparing the database of known products with the determined information associated with the product, an identity of the product displayed on the display device. The one or more computer systems of the social-networking system provide one or more instructions to display media content related to the identified product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Joseph Badros, David Harry Garcia, Mark Heynen, Brian Krausz, Cameron Alexander Marlow, Michael John McKenzie Toksvig, Erick Tseng
  • Patent number: 9479488
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request at a wireless access point from a client system to access a network through the wireless access point. The wireless access point sends an identifier associated with the client system to a social-networking system, the social-networking system including user profiles arranged in one or more social graphs. The social graphs store relationships between the user profiles. The method further includes receiving at the wireless access point from the social-networking system an authorization determination. The authorization determination is based upon a first user profile of the plurality of user profiles. The first user profile includes the identifier associated with the client system. The method further includes providing the client system with access to the network through the wireless access point in accordance with the authorization determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Erick Tseng, Mohit Talwar, Adrian Potra, Michael John McKenzie Toksvig, David Harry Garcia
  • Patent number: 9467414
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a request to create a note is received from a first user. The note includes a message and a first location of the first user. A note record is created of the message, the first location, and a first user-interest associated with the first user. A number of second users are identified based on second locations of the second users, and second user-interests associated with the second users. The message is sent to the identified second users. In response to sending the message, the current location of the first user is determined compared to the first location. If the first user is within a predetermined distance from the first location, a notification is sent to the first user indicating that the message has been sent to the second users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Garrod Bosworth, David Harry Garcia, Kenneth M. Lau
  • Publication number: 20160286284
    Abstract: In particular embodiments, one or more computer systems of a social-networking system determine available media content from one or more content sources and query a social graph of a social-networking system for social content associated with a user of the social-networking system. The social graph includes nodes and edges connecting the nodes. The nodes include user nodes that are each associated with a particular user of the social-networking system. The one or more computer systems of the social-networking system determine, using the social content and the available media content, a plurality of social coefficients for the user, determine, based on the determined social coefficients, recommended media content for the user, and provide the recommended media content for display in a programming guide on a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Ime Archibong, Colin Cameron Brennan Campbell, Robert Daniel, David Harry Garcia, Austin Haugen, Mark Heynen, Brian Krausz, Michael John McKenzie Toksvig, Erick Tseng, Yoon Kean Wong
  • Publication number: 20160277303
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computer system receives an indication of a power state of a client device, identifies messages to be sent to the client device, determines a transmit cost and a value of each of the messages, and stores at least one of the messages in a queue based on the transmit cost and value of the message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: David Harry Garcia, Michael John McKenzie Toksvig
  • Patent number: 9412136
    Abstract: A social networking system determines common location information included in a set of posts between a set of users. Using the determined common location information, the social networking system generates a message interface for grouping a set of messages into a conversation thread. For example, the messages may be grouped into a conversation thread based on common location information in the messages and being associated with participants sharing a social relationship. When a group conversation is created, the social networking system presents a message interface containing the conversation thread to one or more participants of the thread. The social networking system adds the set of messages to the conversation thread based on social information about the social relationships among the participants of the conversation thread. The social networking system then presents the message interface for display to one or more of the participants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Ben Gertzfield, Lucy Congyun Zhang, Benjamin Peter Davenport, Jonathan David Perlow, David Harry Garcia
  • Patent number: 9407691
    Abstract: Methods and systems directed to a call-termination triggered social interface that leverages information associated with an incoming phone number for display to a user of a mobile device post-call and permits the user to conveniently issue commands to the mobile device or social networking system to take specific actions for the number or entity associated with the number on the social network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Nicholas Papakipos, David Harry Garcia, Paul Tarjan
  • Publication number: 20160212588
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a geo-social networking system determines a user's current location, calculates a novelty score for the location representing the user's degree of familiarity, and surfaces content within a geographic and temporal radius based on the novelty score for display to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: David Harry Garcia, Samuel Odio
  • Patent number: 9386354
    Abstract: In particular embodiments, one or more computer systems of a social-networking system determine available media content from one or more content sources and query a social graph of a social-networking system for social content associated with a user of the social-networking system. The social graph includes nodes and edges connecting the nodes. The nodes include user nodes that are each associated with a particular user of the social-networking system. The one or more computer systems of the social-networking system determine, using the social content and the available media content, a plurality of social coefficients for the user, determine, based on the determined social coefficients, recommended media content for the user, and provide the recommended media content for display in a programming guide on a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Ime Archibong, Colin Cameron Brennan Campbell, Robert Daniel, David Harry Garcia, Austin Haugen, Mark Heynen, Brian Krausz, Michael John McKenzie Toksvig, Erick Tseng, Yoon Kean Wong
  • Patent number: 9385987
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computer system determines a wireless transmit cost for each of one or more outgoing messages for a first user, and transmits to the first user's mobile device at least one of the one or more outgoing messages based on the mobile device's power state and respective wireless transmit costs of the one or more outgoing messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: David Harry Garcia, Michael John McKenzie Toksvig
  • Publication number: 20160191446
    Abstract: Techniques for prompting communication among members of a social network are described. A social server may include an interaction detection component configured to detect a user interaction of a first user with an information unit. An information component of the social server may be configured to store an association between the first user and the information unit. A correlation component of the social server may be configured to correlate the first user with one or more other users based upon one or more stored associations. A messaging server may include a display component and a messaging component. The display component may be configured to provide a prompt to the first user suggesting that the first user initiate a communication with the one or more other users, the prompt based at least in part on the correlation. The messaging component may be configured to initiate a communication with the one or more other users in response to a selection of the prompt by the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin Leon Grol-Prokopczyk, David Harry Garcia, Lior Berry
  • Publication number: 20160182688
    Abstract: In particular embodiments, the newsfeed is rendered to a particular user using the locally stored copy of the resource, instead of pulling it back from the server-side. Thus, a user may see his or her content even before it is completely uploaded to the social networking system. In particular embodiments, the user may interact with the content, for example, by adding comments, captions, “likes”, etc. to the content even before it has been completely uploaded to the social networking system. In this manner, the user is provided an increased feeling of responsiveness that is independent of the current wireless link condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Justin Mitchell, David Harry Garcia, Samuel Odio
  • Patent number: 9369983
    Abstract: In one embodiment, one or more computing devices receive, from one or more mobile devices respectively associated with one or more users, one or more sets of data, wherein each set of data comprises: a user identifier indicating to which user the set of data corresponds; a location where the corresponding user was at; and a time when the corresponding user was at the location. The computing devices store the one or more sets of data; and extract one or more statistics from the one or more sets of data that represent behavioral pattern of at least one of the one or more users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Nicholas Papakipos, David Harry Garcia, Ross David Bayer, Nicholas Felton, Justin Alexander Shaffer
  • Publication number: 20160165421
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes generating a waveform fingerprint based on captured ambient audio data; calculating a location of the computing system; sending the generated waveform fingerprint and the location to a server; and receiving instructions from the server to adjust one or more device settings of an output device of the computing system. The instructions being based at least in part on identifying one or more audio fingerprints that match the generated waveform fingerprint and correlating one or more of the identified audio fingerprints to a physical environment of the computing system. The method also includes adjusting one or more of the device settings of the output device of the computing system in accordance with the received instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Matthew Nicholas Papakipos, David Harry Garcia
  • Publication number: 20160140971
    Abstract: In particular embodiments, one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embody software that is operable when executed to receive an audio waveform fingerprint and a client-determined location from a client device. The received audio waveform fingerprint may be compared to a database of stored audio waveform fingerprints, each stored audio waveform fingerprint associated with an object in an object database. One or more matching audio waveform fingerprints may be found from a comparison set of audio waveform fingerprints obtained from the audio waveform fingerprint database. Location information associated with a location of the client device may be determined, and the location information may be sent to the client device. The client device may be operable to update the client-determined location based at least in part on the location information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Matthew Nicholas Papakipos, David Harry Garcia
  • Publication number: 20160140120
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a geo-social networking system automatically tags one or more social contacts of a first user to a photo of the first user by ranking the social contacts based on spatial and temporal proximity to the first user, and in response to the first user's selection of one or more top ranked social contacts, associating the selected social contacts to the photo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventor: David Harry Garcia
  • Publication number: 20160132723
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a mobile device automatically captures image frames by acquiring a real-time video sequence, selecting one or more frames from the real-time video sequence based on social network information and identity recognition, and storing the selected one or more frames in a local storage of the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Andrew Garrod Bosworth, David Harry Garcia, Oswald Soleio Cuervo
  • Publication number: 20160132486
    Abstract: Particular embodiments determine that a textual term is not associated with a known meaning. The textual term may be related to one or more users of the social-networking system. A determination is made as to whether the textual term should be added to a glossary. If so, then the textual term is added to the glossary. Information related to one or more textual terms in the glossary is provided to enhance auto-correction, provide predictive text input suggestions, or augment social graph data. Particular embodiments discover new textual terms by mining information, wherein the information was received from one or more users of the social-networking system, was generated for one or more users of the social-networking system, is marked as being associated with one or more users of the social-networking system, or includes an identifier for each of one or more users of the social-networking system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Jasper Reid Hauser, Luke St. Clair, David Harry Garcia, Jenny Yuen
  • Patent number: 9305320
    Abstract: In particular embodiments, the newsfeed is rendered to a particular user using the locally stored copy of the resource, instead of pulling it back from the server-side. Thus, a user may see his or her content even before it is completely uploaded to the social networking system. In particular embodiments, the user may interact with the content, for example, by adding comments, captions, “likes”, etc. to the content even before it has been completely uploaded to the social networking system. In this manner, the user is provided an increased feeling of responsiveness that is independent of the current wireless link condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Mitchell, David Harry Garcia, Samuel Odio