Patents by Inventor Erica Jean Virtue

Erica Jean Virtue 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: 11947557
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes, by one or more computing devices, receiving, from a client system of a first user of an online social network, a text post inputted by the first user, parsing the text post to identify a query associated with the text post, sending, to the client system, instructions for presenting a confirmation prompt requesting confirmation of the identified query from the first user, receiving, from the client system, a confirmation of the identified query from the first user, generating, in response to receiving the confirmation, a recommendation list responsive to the query, wherein the recommendation list comprises references to one or more objects referenced in one or more prior comments associated with one or more prior posts of the online social network associated with the query, and sending, to the client system, instructions for presenting the recommendation list to the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Liu, Erica Jean Virtue, Gregory Paul Whalin
  • Publication number: 20240046323
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can provide an interface for accessing user recommendations for an entity, wherein the interface is provided in a page associated with the entity. Information describing the user recommendations for the entity can be provided in the interface. The information including at least a recommendation score for the entity, the recommendation score being determined based at least in part on the user recommendations for the entity, wherein the recommendation score indicates whether users recommend the entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Erica Jean Virtue, Liwen Lin
  • Publication number: 20230117735
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes, by one or more computing devices, receiving, from a client system of a first user of an online social network, a text post inputted by the first user, parsing the text post to identify a query associated with the text post, sending, to the client system, instructions for presenting a confirmation prompt requesting confirmation of the identified query from the first user, receiving, from the client system, a confirmation of the identified query from the first user, generating, in response to receiving the confirmation, a recommendation list responsive to the query, wherein the recommendation list comprises references to one or more objects referenced in one or more prior comments associated with one or more prior posts of the online social network associated with the query, and sending, to the client system, instructions for presenting the recommendation list to the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Jin Liu, Erica Jean Virtue, Gregory Paul Whalin
  • Patent number: 11531678
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes, by a client system of a user of an online social network, sending, to one or more computing devices of the online social network, a text post inputted by the user. The text post is associated with a query. The method includes receiving, from the one or more computing devices in response to the text post, an initial recommendation list. The initial recommendation list includes references to one or more objects referenced in comments associated with one or more prior posts associated with the query. The method includes sending, to the one or more computing devices, a request for updates to the initial recommendation list. Moreover, the method includes receiving, from the one or more computing devices in response to the request, an updated recommendation list comprising references to one or more objects referenced in comments associated with the text post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Liu, Erica Jean Virtue, Gregory Paul Whalin
  • Publication number: 20200012639
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes, by a client system of a user of an online social network, sending, to one or more computing devices of the online social network, a text post inputted by the user. The text post is associated with a query. The method includes receiving, from the one or more computing devices in response to the text post, an initial recommendation list. The initial recommendation list includes references to one or more objects referenced in comments associated with one or more prior posts associated with the query. The method includes sending, to the one or more computing devices, a request for updates to the initial recommendation list. Moreover, the method includes receiving, from the one or more computing devices in response to the request, an updated recommendation list comprising references to one or more objects referenced in comments associated with the text post.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Jin Liu, Erica Jean Virtue, Gregory Paul Whalin
  • Patent number: 10452671
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a text post from a client system of a first user of an online social network and parsing the text post to identify a query associated with the post. The method includes receiving one or more comments responsive to the text post from one or more second users of the online social network and determining, for each of the comments, whether the comment includes a recommendation responsive to the query. Moreover, the method includes identifying, for each comment with a responsive recommendation, one or more objects of the online social network associated with the recommendation and generating an aggregated recommendation list responsive to the query, where the list includes references to one or more of the identified objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Liu, Erica Jean Virtue, Gregory Paul Whalin
  • Publication number: 20170308589
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a text post from a client system of a first user of an online social network and parsing the text post to identify a query associated with the post. The method includes receiving one or more comments responsive to the text post from one or more second users of the online social network and determining, for each of the comments, whether the comment includes a recommendation responsive to the query. Moreover, the method includes identifying, for each comment with a responsive recommendation, one or more objects of the online social network associated with the recommendation and generating an aggregated recommendation list responsive to the query, where the list includes references to one or more of the identified objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Jin Liu, Erica Jean Virtue, Gregory Paul Whalin