Patents by Inventor Eric Melz

Eric Melz 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: 10198448
    Abstract: A system, device, and method may include a network interface device configured to be communicatively coupled to a user interface. An electronic data storage may be configured to store social network data related to users having accessed a social network content item A processor, coupled to the network interface device and the electronic data storage, may be configured to identify a relationship among at least some of the users, determine a relevance of the relationship to a member of the social network associated with the social network content item based, at least in part, on a social network profile of the member and social network profiles of the users, and cause the network interface device to display, on the user interface, information related to the relationship on the user interface based, at least in part, on the relevance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Vinodh Jayaram, Bradley Scott Mauney, Udi Milo, Eric Melz, Nick Swartzendruber, Jason Chen, Aastha Jain, Prachi Gupta
  • Patent number: 9665584
    Abstract: A device, system, and method may include an electronic data storage configured to store social network data related to use of the social network by users. A processor, coupled to the electronic data storage, may be configured to determine a recommended action that a member of the social network may take to increase a likelihood of at least one of the uses of the social network to access a social network content item related to the member and determine an estimated statistical change in a rate at which the users may access the social network content item if the recommended action were implemented by the member based, at least in part, on the social network data stored in the electronic data storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: LinkedIn Corporation
    Inventors: Vinodh Jayaram, Bradley Scott Mauney, Ehud Milo, Eric Melz, Nick Swartzendruber, Jason Chen, Aastha Jain, Prachi Gupta
  • Publication number: 20140297749
    Abstract: A device, system, and method may include an electronic data storage configured to store social network data related to use of the social network by users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: LinkedIn Corporation
    Inventors: Vinodh Jayaram, Bradley Scott Mauney, Udi Milo, Eric Melz, Nick Swartzendruber, Jason Chen, Aastha Jain, Prachi Gupta
  • Publication number: 20140297631
    Abstract: A system, device, and method may include a network interface device configured to be communicatively coupled to a user interface. An electronic data storage may be configured to store social network data related to users having accessed a social network content item A processor, coupled to the network interface device and the electronic data storage, may be configured to identify a relationship among at least some of the users, determine a relevance of the relationship to a member of the social network associated with the social network content item based, at least in part, on a social network profile of the member and social network profiles of the users, and cause the network interface device to display, on the user interface, information related to the relationship on the user interface based, at least in part, on the relevance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: LinkedIn Corporation
    Inventors: Vinodh Jayaram, Bradley Scott Mauney, Udi Milo, Eric Melz, Nick Swartzendruber, Jason Chen, Aastha Jain, Prachi Gupta
  • Publication number: 20140298204
    Abstract: A device, system, and method may include a network interface device configured to be coupled to a user interface. An electronic data storage may be configured to store social network data. A processor, coupled to the network interface device and the electronic data storage, may be configured to cause the network interface device to display, on the user interface, social network content items, cause the network interface device to display, on the user interface, recommended actions related to the social network and a member of the social network associated with the user interface, the recommended actions being implementable based on a user input via the user interface, the recommended actions being displayed based on at least one display characteristic, and iteratively update the display characteristic based, at least in part, on an implementation, by the user, of at least one of the recommended actions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: LINKEDLN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vinodh Jayaram, BRADLEY SCOTT MAUNEY, UDI MILO, ERIC MELZ, NICK SWARTZENDRUBER, JASON CHEN, AASTHA JAIN, PRACHI GUPTA