Patents by Inventor David Ross Ferguson

David Ross Ferguson 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).

  • Publication number: 20180020004
    Abstract: Techniques for managing groups on a mobile platform, comprising a mobile groups application. The mobile groups application including a groups management component to manage at least one group for a corresponding social networking application of a social networking system; and a groups rendering component to render a groups user interface (UI) view comprising at least one selectable group user interface element representative of the at least one group, the at least one selectable group UI element comprising a first selectable group UI element, wherein the first selectable group UI element is representative of a first group of the at least one group and the first group comprises at least one group member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: David Ross Ferguson, Jun Sun
  • Patent number: 9729555
    Abstract: Techniques for managing groups on a mobile platform, comprising a mobile groups application. The mobile groups application including a groups management component to manage at least one group for a corresponding social networking application of a social networking system; and a groups rendering component to render a groups user interface (UI) view comprising at least one selectable group user interface element representative of the at least one group, the at least one selectable group UI element comprising a first selectable group UI element, wherein the first selectable group UI element is representative of a first group of the at least one group and the first group comprises at least one group member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: David Ross Ferguson, Jun Sun
  • Publication number: 20160057154
    Abstract: Techniques for managing groups on a mobile platform, comprising a mobile groups application. The mobile groups application including a groups management component to manage at least one group for a corresponding social networking application of a social networking system; and a groups rendering component to render a groups user interface (UI) view comprising at least one selectable group user interface element representative of the at least one group, the at least one selectable group UI element comprising a first selectable group UI element, wherein the first selectable group UI element is representative of a first group of the at least one group and the first group comprises at least one group member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: David Ross Ferguson, Jun Sun
  • Patent number: 7581173
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for formatting web pages through categorizing properties and values for specifying the appearance of web pages. In one aspect, a method includes: grouping styles into a set of scheme groups, one or more of the styles being capable of specifying an aspect of appearance of an element of a web page; defining a plurality of combinations of styles to create a plurality of schemes respectively for the scheme groups; assigning one scheme from one of the scheme groups to a first web page; and generating a second web page to contain content of the first web page and styles of the schemes assigned to the first web page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Google, Inc.
    Inventors: David Ross Ferguson, John Joseph Jerger
  • Patent number: D798318
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: David Ross Ferguson, Jun Sun