Patents by Inventor Eyal M. Sharon

Eyal M. Sharon 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).

  • Sharing of location-based content item in social networking service
    Patent number: 10117044
    Abstract: A method and/or system allows a user of a social networking service to publish a content item tagged with location information for sharing with other users of the social networking service. The user publishing the content item performs operations on the originating device to generate the content item. The originating communication device attaches the location information to the content item, and transmits the content item to a social networking system. The social networking system may provide various location-based services based on the content item tagged with the location information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Eyal M. Sharon, Jed Stremel, Olumakinde A. Adeagbo, Wayne Chang, Joseph Hewitt, Matthew Cahill
  • SHARING OF LOCATION-BASED CONTENT ITEM IN SOCIAL NETWORKING SERVICE
    Publication number: 20150319590
    Abstract: A method and/or system allows a user of a social networking service to publish a content item tagged with location information for sharing with other users of the social networking service. The user publishing the content item performs operations on the originating device to generate the content item. The originating communication device attaches the location information to the content item, and transmits the content item to a social networking system. The social networking system may provide various location-based services based on the content item tagged with the location information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Eyal M. Sharon, Jed Stremel, Olumakinde A. Adeagbo, Wayne Sean Chang, Joseph Hewitt, Matthew Cahill
  • Sharing of location-based content item in social networking service
    Patent number: 9119027
    Abstract: A method and/or system allows a user of a social networking service to publish a content item tagged with location information for sharing with other users of the social networking service. The user publishing the content item performs operations on the originating device to generate the content item. The originating communication device attaches the location information to the content item, and transmits the content item to a social networking system. The social networking system may provide various location-based services based on the content item tagged with the location information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Eyal M. Sharon, Jed Stremel, Olumakinde A. Adeagbo, Wayne Chang, Joseph Hewitt, Matthew Cahill
  • DYNAMIC PLACE VISIBILITY IN GEO-SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150012596
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a user of a social networking system requests to search for a place near the user's current location. The social networking system generates a list of places near the user's current location, select a sub-set from the list of places based on visibility and activity of the user and the user's social contacts for each place in the list, and returns the sub-set to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Joshua Redstone, Benjamin J. Gertzfield, Eyal M. Sharon, Srinivasa P. Narayanan, Daniel Jeng-Ping Hui
  • Dynamic place visibility in geo-social networking system
    Patent number: 8832093
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a user of a social networking system requests to search for a place near the user's current location. The social networking system generates a list of places near the user's current location, select a sub-set from the list of places based on visibility and activity of the user and the user's social contacts for each place in the list, and returns the sub-set to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Redstone, Benjamin J. Gertzfield, Eyal M. Sharon, Srinivasa P. Narayanan, Daniel Jeng-Ping Hui
  • Location Ranking Using Social Graph Information
    Publication number: 20120190387
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a user of a social networking system requests to check in a place near the user's current location. The social networking system generates a list of places near the user's current location, ranks the places in the list of places near the user's current location by a distance between each place and the user's current location, as well as activity of the user and the user's social contacts for each place, and returns the ranked list to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Joshua Redstone, Eyal M. Sharon, Srinivasa P. Narayanan
  • Location ranking using social graph information
    Patent number: 8150844
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a user of a social networking system requests to check in a place near the user's current location. The social networking system generates a list of places near the user's current location, ranks the places in the list of places near the user's current location by a distance between each place and the user's current location, as well as activity of the user and the user's social contacts for each place, and returns the ranked list to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Redstone, Eyal M. Sharon, Srinivasa P. Narayanan
  • LOCATION RANKING USING SOCIAL GRAPH INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20120047129
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a user of a social networking system requests to check in a place near the user's current location. The social networking system generates a list of places near the user's current location, ranks the places in the list of places near the user's current location by a distance between each place and the user's current location, as well as activity of the user and the user's social contacts for each place, and returns the ranked list to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventors: Joshua Redstone, Eyal M. Sharon, Srinivasa P. Narayanan
  • DYNAMIC PLACE VISIBILITY IN GEO-SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120047147
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a user of a social networking system requests to search for a place near the user's current location. The social networking system generates a list of places near the user's current location, select a sub-set from the list of places based on visibility and activity of the user and the user's social contacts for each place in the list, and returns the sub-set to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventors: Joshua Redstone, Benjamin J. Gertzfield, Eyal M. Sharon, Srinivasa P. Narayanan, Daniel Jeng-Ping Hui
  • Sharing of Location-Based Content Item in Social Networking Service
    Publication number: 20110083101
    Abstract: A method and/or system allows a user of a social networking service to publish a content item tagged with location information for sharing with other users of the social networking service. The user publishing the content item performs operations on the originating device to generate the content item. The originating communication device attaches the location information to the content item, and transmits the content item to a social networking system. The social networking system may provide various location-based services based on the content item tagged with the location information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Inventors: Eyal M. Sharon, Jed Stremel, Olumakinde A. Adeagbo, Wayne Chang, Joseph Hewitt, Matthew Cahill