Patents by Inventor Igor Ribiero de Assis

Igor Ribiero de Assis 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).

  • Aggregating news events on online social networks
    Patent number: 10997257
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a first set of posts that includes a number of posts of the online social network posted within a first timeframe. In particular embodiments, each post is associated with one or more topics of a number of topics of the online social network. The method also includes determining a trending topic from the plurality of topics of the online social network; and generating a news-event object associated with the trending topic. In particular embodiments, the news-event object includes a seed post from the first set of posts and a tagging-algorithm for identifying posts matching the trending topic. The method also includes identifying, by the tagging-algorithm, one or more posts from the first set of posts that match the trending topic; and generating one or more search-results modules. In particular embodiments, each search-results module includes one or more search results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Veselin S. Stoyanov, Igor Ribiero de Assis, Alexander Perelygin
  • Aggregating News Events on Online Social Networks
    Publication number: 20160232241
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a first set of posts that includes a number of posts of the online social network posted within a first timeframe. In particular embodiments, each post is associated with one or more topics of a number of topics of the online social network. The method also includes determining a trending topic from the plurality of topics of the online social network; and generating a news-event object associated with the trending topic. In particular embodiments, the news-event object includes a seed post from the first set of posts and a tagging-algorithm for identifying posts matching the trending topic. The method also includes identifying, by the tagging-algorithm, one or more posts from the first set of posts that match the trending topic; and generating one or more search-results modules. In particular embodiments, each search-results module includes one or more search results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Veselin S. Stoyanov, Igor Ribiero de Assis, Alexander Perelygin