Patents by Inventor John-Alistair C. George

John-Alistair C. George 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).

  • Enabling participation in an online community using visual machine-readable symbols
    Patent number: 10579224
    Abstract: A facility for coordinating an online discussion is described. The facility receives an indication that a user has captured a machine-readable symbol encoding an identifier that identifies a particular online discussion. In response, the facility incorporates into an online forum that hosts this online discussion an indication that this user captured a symbol encoding an identifier that identifies this online discussion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: John-Alistair C. George, Adam Connelly
  • ENABLING PARTICIPATION IN AN ONLINE COMMUNITY USING VISUAL MACHINE-READABLE SYMBOLS
    Publication number: 20170329474
    Abstract: A facility for coordinating an online discussion is described. The facility receives an indication that a user has captured a machine-readable symbol encoding an identifier that identifies a particular online discussion. In response, the facility incorporates into an online forum that hosts this online discussion an indication that this user captured a symbol encoding an identifier that identifies this online discussion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: John-Alistair C. George, Adam Connelly
  • Enabling participation in an online community using visual machine-readable symbols
    Patent number: 9740372
    Abstract: A facility for coordinating an online discussion is described. The facility receives an indication that a user has captured a machine-readable symbol encoding an identifier that identifies a particular online discussion. In response, the facility incorporates into an online forum that hosts this online discussion an indication that this user captured a symbol encoding an identifier that identifies this online discussion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: John-Alistair C. George, Adam Connelly
  • ENABLING PARTICIPATION IN AN ONLINE COMMUNITY USING VISUAL MACHINE-READABLE SYMBOLS
    Publication number: 20170052660
    Abstract: A facility for coordinating an online discussion is described. The facility receives an indication that a user has captured a machine-readable symbol encoding an identifier that identifies a particular online discussion. In response, the facility incorporates into an online forum that hosts this online discussion an indication that this user captured a symbol encoding an identifier that identifies this online discussion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: John-Alistair C. George, Adam Connelly
  • Enabling participation in an online community using visual machine-readable symbols
    Patent number: 9124661
    Abstract: A facility for coordinating an online discussion is described. The facility receives an indication that a user has captured a machine-readable symbol encoding an identifier that identifies a particular online discussion. In response, the facility incorporates into an online forum that hosts this online discussion an indication that this user captured a symbol encoding an identifier that identifies this online discussion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: John-Alistair C. George, Adam Connelly
  • Enabling Participation in an Online Community using Visual Machine-Readable Symbols
    Publication number: 20150039423
    Abstract: A facility for coordinating an online discussion is described. The facility receives an indication that a user has captured a machine-readable symbol encoding an identifier that identifies a particular online discussion. In response, the facility incorporates into an online forum that hosts this online discussion an indication that this user captured a symbol encoding an identifier that identifies this online discussion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: John-Alistair C. George, Adam Connelly