Patents by Inventor Deborah Liu

Deborah Liu 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: 8504417
    Abstract: A social networking system leverages information obtained regarding user interactions with applications hosted through the social networking system as well as information obtained regarding purchases of application-related digital items and digital currencies to provide insight into user behavior. The social networking system can use these insights to enhance the user's experience of the applications, purchases, and the social networking system generally. For example, the social networking system can customize transaction flows, provide credit referrals, and provide users with aggregated yet personally tailored sales information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventor: Deborah Liu
  • Publication number: 20130103526
    Abstract: A social networking system leverages information obtained regarding user interactions with applications hosted through the social networking system as well as information obtained regarding purchases of application-related digital items and digital currencies to provide insight into user behavior. The social networking system can use these insights to enhance the user's experience of the applications, purchases, and the social networking system generally. For example, the social networking system can customize transaction flows, provide credit referrals, and provide users with aggregated yet personally tailored sales information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Inventor: Deborah Liu
  • Publication number: 20130103534
    Abstract: A social networking system leverages information obtained regarding user interactions with applications hosted through the social networking system as well as information obtained regarding purchases of application-related digital items and digital currencies to provide insight into user behavior. The social networking system can use these insights to enhance the user's experience of the applications, purchases, and the social networking system generally. For example, the social networking system can customize transaction flows, provide credit referrals, and provide users with aggregated yet personally tailored sales information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Inventor: Deborah Liu
  • Publication number: 20130103521
    Abstract: A social networking system leverages information obtained regarding user interactions with applications hosted through the social networking system as well as information obtained regarding purchases of application-related digital items and digital currencies to provide insight into user behavior. The social networking system can use these insights to enhance the user's experience of the applications, purchases, and the social networking system generally. For example, the social networking system can customize transaction flows, provide credit referrals, and provide users with aggregated yet personally tailored sales information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Inventor: Deborah Liu
  • Publication number: 20130103479
    Abstract: A social networking system leverages information obtained regarding user interactions with applications hosted through the social networking system as well as information obtained regarding purchases of application-related digital items and digital currencies to provide insight into user behavior. The social networking system can use these insights to enhance the user's experience of the applications, purchases, and the social networking system generally. For example, the social networking system can customize transaction flows, provide credit referrals, and provide users with aggregated yet personally tailored sales information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Inventor: Deborah Liu
  • Publication number: 20100257046
    Abstract: A system to facilitate invoicing for transactions established utilizing a network-based transaction system includes a server to support establishment of transactions between a plurality of entities. The system also includes a server to identify a plurality of transactions to which a first entity is a party, to identify first and second transactions that satisfy combinable criteria, and to provide to the first entity an indication of combinability of the first and second transactions that satisfy combinable criteria. A process to facilitate invoicing and a machine-readable medium that includes instructions to facilitate invoicing are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventors: Paul Fu, Erik Hansen, George Liang, Deborah Liu, Ngan-Ha D. Nguyen, Andrew Leigh Sandler
  • Publication number: 20100257045
    Abstract: A method to facilitate invoicing for transactions established utilizing a network-based transaction system includes supporting establishment of transactions between a plurality of entities in the network-based transaction system, and identifying as part of an invoice generation process, a plurality of transactions to which a first entity is a party. The method further includes identifying first and second transactions from the plurality of transactions that satisfy combinable criteria, and generating an invoice for at least the first and second transactions that satisfy the combinable criteria. The method can also be implemented in a system and on a machine-readable medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventors: Paul Fu, Erik Hansen, George Liang, Deborah Liu, Ngan-Ha D. Nguyen, Andrew Leigh Sandler
  • Patent number: 7742947
    Abstract: In one embodiment, establishment of transactions between a plurality of buyers and a plurality of sellers is supported in a network-based marketplace. As part of an invoice generation process, multiple transactions to which a first user of the network-based marketplace is a party are identified. Further, one or more subsets of these transactions that satisfy combinable criteria are identified, and an invoice is generated for at least one of the identified subsets of transactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Fu, Erik Beck Hansen, George Liang, Deborah Liu, Ngan-Ha D. Nguyen, Andrew Leigh Sandler
  • Publication number: 20050177448
    Abstract: In one embodiment, establishment of transactions between a plurality of buyers and a plurality of sellers is supported in a network-based marketplace. As part of an invoice generation process, multiple transactions to which a first user of the network-based marketplace is a party are identified. Further, one or more subsets of these transactions that satisfy combinable criteria are identified, and an invoice is generated for at least one of the identified subsets of transactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventors: Paul Fu, Erik Hansen, George Liang, Deborah Liu, Ngan-Ha Nguyen, Andrew Sandler