Patents by Inventor Jessica Gronski
Jessica Gronski 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).
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Patent number: 11048381Abstract: When a user sees a content item presented by a social networking system, the user may select an option to save the content item. The saved content item may be reinserted in a newsfeed presented to the user, integrated into collections, archived, used for notifications to the user, or otherwise subsequently presented to the user. A plug-in may be used to save content items accessed through websites external to the social networking system. As privacy settings associated with a saved content item are modified, the modified privacy settings are applied to the saved content item, which may prevent the user saving the content item from subsequently viewing the saved content item.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2019Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Jane Leibrock, Loren Alfred Cheng, Matthew Brown, Jessica Gronski, Marc Horowitz, William Jacobs, Zhengzheng Pan, Xiao Ou Wang, Joshua Van Dyke Watzman, Luke Woods, Rachel Margaret Wong
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Patent number: 10585550Abstract: A method includes monitoring an activity stream to identify actions that match stored sponsored story specifications, for providing one or more sponsored stories to a viewing user. The sponsored story specifications include a visual specification for the sponsored story, and matched sponsored stories are ranked for a viewing user. Users can set privacy preferences related to sponsored stories. The ranking and privacy settings contribute to which sponsored stories are provided for display to the viewing user.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2017Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Kent Schoen, Ning Li, Robert Kang Xing Jin, Philip Anastasios Zigoris, Jessica Gronski, Jordan Walke, Eric Michel Giovanola
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Patent number: 10303330Abstract: When a user sees a content item presented by a social networking system, the user may select an option to save the content item. The saved content item may be reinserted in a newsfeed presented to the user, integrated into collections, archived, used for notifications to the user, or otherwise subsequently presented to the user. A plug-in may be used to save content items accessed through websites external to the social networking system. As privacy settings associated with a saved content item are modified, the modified privacy settings are applied to the saved content item, which may prevent the user saving the content item from subsequently viewing the saved content item.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2016Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Jane Leibrock, Loren Alfred Cheng, Matthew Brown, Jessica Gronski, Marc Horowitz, William Jacobs, Zhengzheng Pan, Xiao Ou Wang, Joshua Van Dyke Watzman, Luke Woods, Rachel Margaret Wong
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Publication number: 20170357384Abstract: A method includes monitoring an activity stream to identify actions that match stored sponsored story specifications, for providing one or more sponsored stories to a viewing user. The sponsored story specifications include a visual specification for the sponsored story, and matched sponsored stories are ranked for a viewing user. Users can set privacy preferences related to sponsored stories. The ranking and privacy settings contribute to which sponsored stories are provided for display to the viewing user.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2017Publication date: December 14, 2017Inventors: Kent Schoen, Ning Li, Robert Kang Xing Jin, Philip Anastasios Zigoris, Jessica Gronski, Jordan Walke, Eric Michel Giovanola
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Patent number: 9823806Abstract: A method includes monitoring an activity stream to identify actions that match stored sponsored story specifications, for providing one or more sponsored stories to a viewing user. The sponsored story specifications include a visual specification for the sponsored story, and matched sponsored stories are ranked for a viewing user. Users can set privacy preferences related to sponsored stories. The ranking and privacy settings contribute to which sponsored stories are provided for display to the viewing user.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2013Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Kent Schoen, Ning Li, Robert Kang Xing Jin, Philip Anastasios Zigoris, Jessica Gronski, Jordan Walke, Eric Michel Giovanola
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Patent number: 9740360Abstract: A method includes monitoring an activity stream to identify actions that match stored sponsored story specifications, for providing one or more sponsored stories to a viewing user. The sponsored story specifications include a visual specification for the sponsored story, and matched sponsored stories are ranked for a viewing user. Users can set privacy preferences related to sponsored stories. The ranking and privacy settings contribute to which sponsored stories are provided for display to the viewing user.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2013Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Kent Schoen, Ning Li, Robert Kang Xing Jin, Philip Anastasios Zigoris, Jessica Gronski, Jordan Walke, Eric Michel Giovanola
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Patent number: 9645702Abstract: A method includes monitoring an activity stream to identify actions that match stored sponsored story specifications, for providing one or more sponsored stories to a viewing user. The sponsored story specifications include a visual specification for the sponsored story, and matched sponsored stories are ranked for a viewing user. Users can set privacy preferences related to sponsored stories. The ranking and privacy settings contribute to which sponsored stories are provided for display to the viewing user.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2013Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Kent Schoen, Ning Li, Robert Kang Xing Jin, Philip Anastasios Zigoris, Jessica Gronski, Jordan Walke, Eric Michel Giovanola
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Publication number: 20160283067Abstract: When a user sees a content item presented by a social networking system, the user may select an option to save the content item. The saved content item may be reinserted in a newsfeed presented to the user, integrated into collections, archived, used for notifications to the user, or otherwise subsequently presented to the user. A plug-in may be used to save content items accessed through websites external to the social networking system. As privacy settings associated with a saved content item are modified, the modified privacy settings are applied to the saved content item, which may prevent the user saving the content item from subsequently viewing the saved content item.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2016Publication date: September 29, 2016Inventors: Jane Leibrock, Loren Alfred Cheng, Matthew Brown, Jessica Gronski, Marc Horowitz, William Jacobs, Zhengzheng Pan, Xiao Ou Wang, Joshua Van Dyke Watzman, Luke Woods, Rachel Margaret Wong
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Patent number: 9396502Abstract: When a user sees a content item presented by a social networking system, the user may select an option to save the content item. The saved content item may be reinserted in a newsfeed presented to the user, integrated into collections, archived, used for notifications to the user, or otherwise subsequently presented to the user. A plug-in may be used to save content items accessed through websites external to the social networking system. As privacy settings associated with a saved content item are modified, the modified privacy settings are applied to the saved content item, which may prevent the user saving the content item from subsequently viewing the saved content item.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2013Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Jane Leibrock, Loren Alfred Cheng, Matthew Brown, Jessica Gronski, Marc Horowitz, William Jacobs, Zhengzheng Pan, Xiao Ou Wang, Joshua Van Dyke Watzman, Luke Woods, Rachel Margaret Wong
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Patent number: 9098165Abstract: A method includes monitoring an activity stream to identify actions that match stored sponsored story specifications, for providing one or more sponsored stories to a viewing user. The sponsored story specifications include a visual specification for the sponsored story, and matched sponsored stories are ranked for a viewing user. Users can set privacy preferences related to sponsored stories. The ranking and privacy settings contribute to which sponsored stories are provided for display to the viewing user.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2013Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Kent Schoen, Ning Li, Robert Kang Xing Jin, Philip Anastasios Zigoris, Jessica Gronski, Jordan Walke, Eric Michel Giovanola
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Patent number: 9058089Abstract: A method includes receiving sponsor specifications designating story characteristics, monitoring an organic activity stream for entries matching the story characteristics, and, in response to identifying an entry as matching the story characteristics, providing for display the entry in a predetermined area of a web page.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2013Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Kent Schoen, Ning Li, Robert Kang-Xing Jin, Philip Anastasios Zigoris, Jessica Gronski, Jordan Walke, Eric Michel Giovanola
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Patent number: 8825888Abstract: A method includes monitoring an activity stream to identify actions that match stored sponsored story specifications, for providing one or more sponsored stories to a viewing user. The sponsored story specifications include a visual specification for the sponsored story, and matched sponsored stories are ranked for a viewing user. Users can set privacy preferences related to sponsored stories. The ranking and privacy settings contribute to which sponsored stories are provided for display to the viewing user.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2013Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Kent Schoen, Ning Li, Robert Kang-Xing Jin, Philip Anastasios Zigoris, Jessica Gronski, Jordan Walke, Eric Michel Giovanola
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Publication number: 20140208232Abstract: When a user sees a content item presented by a social networking system, the user may select an option to save the content item. The saved content item may be reinserted in a newsfeed presented to the user, integrated into collections, archived, used for notifications to the user, or otherwise subsequently presented to the user. A plug-in may be used to save content items accessed through websites external to the social networking system. As privacy settings associated with a saved content item are modified, the modified privacy settings are applied to the saved content item, which may prevent the user saving the content item from subsequently viewing the saved content item.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2013Publication date: July 24, 2014Inventors: Jane Leibrock, Loren Alfred Cheng, Matthew Brown, Jessica Gronski, Marc Horowitz, William Jacobs, Zhengzheng Pan, Xiao Ou, Joshua Van Dyke Watzman, Luke Woods, Rachel Margaret Wong
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Publication number: 20140122249Abstract: A method includes monitoring an activity stream to identify actions that match stored sponsored story specifications, for providing one or more sponsored stories to a viewing user. The sponsored story specifications include a visual specification for the sponsored story, and matched sponsored stories are ranked for a viewing user. Users can set privacy preferences related to sponsored stories. The ranking and privacy settings contribute to which sponsored stories are provided for display to the viewing user.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2013Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: FACEBOOK, INC.Inventors: Kent Schoen, Ning Li, Robert Kang Xing Jin, Philip Anastasios Zigoris, Jessica Gronski, Jordan Walke, Eric Michel Giovanola
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Publication number: 20140123034Abstract: A method includes monitoring an activity stream to identify actions that match stored sponsored story specifications, for providing one or more sponsored stories to a viewing user. The sponsored story specifications include a visual specification for the sponsored story, and matched sponsored stories are ranked for a viewing user. Users can set privacy preferences related to sponsored stories. The ranking and privacy settings contribute to which sponsored stories are provided for display to the viewing user.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2013Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: FACEBOOK, INC.Inventors: Kent Schoen, Ning Li, Robert Kang Xing Jin, Philip Anastasios Zigoris, Jessica Gronski, Jordan Walke, Eric Michel Giovanola
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Publication number: 20140115500Abstract: A method includes monitoring an activity stream to identify actions that match stored sponsored story specifications, for providing one or more sponsored stories to a viewing user. The sponsored story specifications include a visual specification for the sponsored story, and matched sponsored stories are ranked for a viewing user. Users can set privacy preferences related to sponsored stories. The ranking and privacy settings contribute to which sponsored stories are provided for display to the viewing user.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2013Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: FACEBOOK, INC.Inventors: Kent Schoen, Ning Li, Robert Kang Xing Jin, Philip Anastasios Zigoris, Jessica Gronski, Jordan Walke, Eric Michel Giovanola
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Publication number: 20140108965Abstract: A method includes monitoring an activity stream to identify actions that match stored sponsored story specifications, for providing one or more sponsored stories to a viewing user. The sponsored story specifications include a visual specification for the sponsored story, and matched sponsored stories are ranked for a viewing user. Users can set privacy preferences related to sponsored stories. The ranking and privacy settings contribute to which sponsored stories are provided for display to the viewing user.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Kent Schoen, Ning Li, Robert Kang Xing Jin, Philip Anastasios Zigoris, Jessica Gronski, Jordan Walke, Eric Michel Giovanola
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Patent number: 8676894Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a first selection of an entity associated with a user of a social-networking system; receiving a second selection of a type of user interaction with the entity; and providing the first and second selections for use in a sponsored-story specification. The use of the first and second selections in the sponsored-story specification facilitate entries in an organic activity stream of the social-networking system that match the sponsored-story specification being provided for display in pre-determined areas of web pages.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Kent Schoen, Ning Li, Robert Kang Xing Jin, Philip Anastasios Zigoris, Jessica Gronski, Jordan Walke, Eric Michel Giovanola
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Patent number: 8655987Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a bid to display in a predetermined area of a web page an organic-activity-stream entry matching particular story characteristics. The bid includes a bid amount and one or more targeting criteria. The method includes, n response to identifying an organic-activity-stream entry as matching the story characteristics, providing for display the organic-activity-stream entry in a predetermined area of a web page based at least in part on the bid amount and targeting criteria.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2012Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Kent Schoen, Ning Li, Robert Kang Xing Jin, Phillip Anastasios Zigoris, Jessica Gronski, Jordan Walke, Eric Michel Giovanola
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Publication number: 20140040042Abstract: A method includes monitoring an activity stream to identify actions that match stored sponsored story specifications, for providing one or more sponsored stories to a viewing user. The sponsored story specifications include a visual specification for the sponsored story, and matched sponsored stories are ranked for a viewing user. Users can set privacy preferences related to sponsored stories. The ranking and privacy settings contribute to which sponsored stories are provided for display to the viewing user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2013Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Kent Schoen, Ning Li, Robert Kang-Xing Jin, Philip Anastasios Zigoris, Jessica Gronski, Jordan Walke, Eric Michel Giovanola