Patents by Inventor John Cotant Christensen

John Cotant Christensen 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).

  • Patent number: 11669341
    Abstract: Techniques are described that enable a user to create a secondary user account on a social networking system that shares a unique identifier with a primary user account. In some cases, a social networking system receives a first request to create a first user account, where the first request comprises a unique identifier such as a phone number or email address associated with a user. The social networking system creates the first user account associated with the unique identifier. The social networking system then receives a second request to create a second user account, where the second request also comprises the unique identifier associated with the user. The social networking system creates the second user account associated with the unique identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew Rudin, Xiqi Liu, Borja Moreno-Fernandez, John Cotant Christensen
  • Publication number: 20210382724
    Abstract: Techniques are described that enable a user to create a secondary user account on a social networking system that shares a unique identifier with a primary user account. In some cases, a social networking system receives a first request to create a first user account, where the first request comprises a unique identifier such as a phone number or email address associated with a user. The social networking system creates the first user account associated with the unique identifier. The social networking system then receives a second request to create a second user account, where the second request also comprises the unique identifier associated with the user. The social networking system creates the second user account associated with the unique identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Matthew Rudin, Xiqi Liu, Borja Moreno-Fernandez, John Cotant Christensen
  • Patent number: 10817564
    Abstract: An online system maintains a plurality of content items for presentation to users in one or more feeds of content items, the users including a plurality of content creators providing content items for presentation. The online system identifies a first set of content items provided by a content creator. The online system identifies a viewing set of users who viewed one or more content items in the first set of content items. The online system identifies a second set of content items provided by other content creators and viewed by the viewing set of users. The online system ranks the second set of content items and generates a feed of content items for the content creator including the ranked content items. The online system provides the generated feed for presentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: David Abraham Harris, Michael David Revow, Jeffrey Chien, John Cotant Christensen