Patents by Inventor Ian M. McCarthy

Ian M. McCarthy 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).

  • Increasing the relevance of digest emails to group members
    Patent number: 9137193
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates access to content associated with a group. During operation, the system provides, to a first user in the group, a digest email comprising a set of links to the content. Next, the system increases a relevance of the digest email to the first user by selecting a subject header for the digest email based on usage patterns associated with at least one of the first user and one or more other users related to the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: LinkedIn Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaohui Wu, Ian M. McCarthy, Mark E. Pascual, Vinh V. To
  • INCREASING THE RELEVANCE OF DIGEST EMAILS TO GROUP MEMBERS
    Publication number: 20140164526
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates access to content associated with a group. During operation, the system provides, to a first user in the group, a digest email comprising a set of links to the content. Next, the system increases a relevance of the digest email to the first user by selecting a subject header for the digest email based on usage patterns associated with at least one of the first user and one or more other users related to the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: LINKEDIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaohui Wu, Ian M. McCarthy, Mark E. Pascual, Vinh V. To