Patents by Inventor Joshua Daniel Hartman

Joshua Daniel Hartman 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: 10581789
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and methods for managing multiple messages. In one example, a method includes determining a message transmission frequency threshold for a member of an online social networking service using responses from the member; receiving a message that is to be transmitted to the member; storing the message, without transmitting the message to the member, in a digest of messages for the member; and transmitting the digest to the member in response to a send score for the digest exceeding a send score threshold, the send score calculated using the number of messages in the digest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Rishi Jobanputra, Romer E. Rosales-Delmoral, Joshua Daniel Hartman, Shubhanshu Nagar, Ryan Oblak, Cameron Alexander Lee, Hsiao-Ping Tseng, Shaunak Chatterjee, Rupesh Gupta
  • Patent number: 10395260
    Abstract: A system and method for the federation of content items of a social network based on personalized relevance includes obtaining content items from first and second content item sources. Profile data for a member of the social network is obtained from the electronic data storage. A relevance score of the content item to the profile data of the member is determined for each of the content items. A utility value is determined based on the selection value, the value metric for content items from the first content item source, and the relevance score. A user device associated with the member displays the content items based on their respective utility values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Joshua Daniel Hartman, Kai Chao, Anuj Goyal
  • Publication number: 20190182200
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and methods for managing multiple messages. In one example, a method includes determining a message transmission frequency threshold for a member of an online social networking service using responses from the member; receiving a message that is to be transmitted to the member; storing the message, without transmitting the message to the member, in a digest of messages for the member; and transmitting the digest to the member in response to a send score for the digest exceeding a send score threshold, the send score calculated using the number of messages in the digest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Rishi Jobanputra, Romer E. Rosales-Delmoral, Joshua Daniel Hartman, Shubhanshu Nagar, Ryan Oblak, Cameron Alexander Lee, Hsiao-Ping Tseng, Shaunak Chatterjee, Rupesh Gupta
  • Patent number: 10263941
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and methods for managing multiple messages. In one example, a method includes determining a message transmission frequency threshold for a member of an online social networking service using responses from the member; receiving a message that is to be transmitted to the member; storing the message, without transmitting the message to the member, in a digest of messages for the member; and transmitting the digest to the member in response to a send score for the digest exceeding a send score threshold, the send score calculated using the number of messages in the digest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Rishi Jobanputra, Romer E. Rosales, Joshua Daniel Hartman, Shubhanshu Nagar, Ryan Oblak, Cameron Alexander Lee, Hsiao-Ping Tseng, Shaunak Chatterjee, Rupesh Gupta
  • Publication number: 20190005518
    Abstract: Systems and methods for federating social network content items include determining an engagement value for content items based on previous interactions with content items from first and second content item sources stored in an electronic data storage, certain content items having selection metrics and value metrics according to varying selection schemas and a value schema. A utility value is generated for each of the at least some of the content items, the utility value including an engagement component and a monetary component. A user device displays the content items in an order based on the utility values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Joshua Daniel Hartman, Bee-Chung Chen
  • Patent number: 10083454
    Abstract: Systems and methods for federating social network content items include determining an engagement value for content items based on previous interactions with content items from first and second content item sources stored in an electronic data storage, certain content items having selection metrics and value metrics according to varying selection schemas and a value schema. A utility value is generated for each of the at least some of the content items, the utility value including an engagement component and a monetary component. A user device displays the content items in an order based on the utility values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Joshua Daniel Hartman, Bee-Chung Chen
  • Publication number: 20180034764
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and methods for selecting an application to handle a message. In one example, a method includes receiving a first message from a first member of an online social networking service using a first computing device, the first message addressed to a second member of the online social networking service, determining which application the first member used to generate the first message, receiving a second message from the second member, the second message being a reply message to the first message, and transmitting the second message to the first computing device that includes an instruction that the determined application is to handle the second message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Rishi Jobanputra, Romer E. Rosales, Joshua Daniel Hartman, Shubhanshu Nagar, Ryan Oblak, Cameron Alexander Lee, Hsiao-Ping Tseng, Shaunak Chatterjee, Steven David Heidel
  • Publication number: 20170222963
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and methods for managing multiple messages. In one example, a method includes determining a message transmission frequency threshold for a member of an online social networking service using responses from the member; receiving a message that is to be transmitted to the member; storing the message, without transmitting the message to the member, in a digest of messages for the member; and transmitting the digest to the member response to a send score for the digest exceeding a send score threshold, the send score calculated using the number of messages in the digest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Rishi Jobanputra, Romer E. Rosales, Joshua Daniel Hartman, Shubhanshu Nagar, Ryan Oblak, Cameron Alexander Lee, Hsiao-Ping Tseng, Shaunak Chatterjee, Rupesh Gupta
  • Publication number: 20160343009
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing push notifications of social network content items include determining first and second engagement values for first and second content items, respectively, provided by first and second content item sources, respectively, based on previous interactions with content items. First and second utility values are determined for the first and second content items, respectively, based on a mathematical operation applied to the first and second engagement values, respectively, the first and second selection metrics, respectively, and, for the first utility value, the value metric. One of the first and second content items are determined as a push content item based on a difference between the first and second utility values and displayed on a user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Alexander Ovsiankin, Daniel Wong, Rishi Jobanputra, Rupesh Gupta, Ravi Kiran Holur Vijay, Hsiao-Ping Tseng, Joshua Daniel Hartman
  • Publication number: 20160292163
    Abstract: A system and method for behavior influenced search ranking may include obtaining, via a network interface, a search term from a user device. An initial result including a first group of the user profiles may be generated based on user profiles from a social network in relation to the search term, the user profiles stored in a profile database. A rank of each of the first group of the user profiles may be determined based, at least in part, on interactions from an activity database corresponding to the first group of the user profiles, the activity database storing information indicative of activities related to the social network, the activities including the interactions. The user device may display a second group of the user profiles, including at least some of the first group of the user profiles, according to the rank of the first group of the user profiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Qi He, Bee-Chung Chen, Joshua Daniel Hartman, Zhenhao Hua, Hsiao-Ping Tseng
  • Patent number: 9413838
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing push notifications of social network content items include determining first and second engagement values for first and second content items, respectively, provided by first and second content item sources, respectively, based on previous interactions with content items. First and second utility values are determined for the first and second content items, respectively, based on a mathematical operation applied to the first and second engagement values, respectively, the first and second selection metrics, respectively, and, for the first utility value, the value metric. One of the first and second content items are determined as a push content item based on a difference between the first and second utility values and displayed on a user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: LinkedIn Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander Ovsiankin, Daniel Wong, Rishi Jobanputra, Rupesh Gupta, Ravi Kiran Holur Vijay, Hsiao-Ping Tseng, Joshua Daniel Hartman
  • Publication number: 20160224560
    Abstract: A system and method for the federation of content items of a social network based on personalized relevance includes obtaining content items from first and second content item sources. Profile data for a member of the social network is obtained from the electronic data storage. A relevance score of the content item to the profile data of the member is determined for each of the content items. A utility value is determined based on the selection value, the value metric for content items from the first content item source, and the relevance score. A user device associated with the member displays the content items based on their respective utility values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Joshua Daniel Hartman, Kai Chao, Anuj Goyal
  • Publication number: 20160224683
    Abstract: Systems and methods for blending content items in a social network include identifying at least one content item type for each of a plurality of content items stored in an electronic data storage. A utility value is determined individually for each of the content items, based, at least in part, on an engagement value and a monetary value of each of the content items. The content items are ranked according to the utility values and blending concepts to obtain a ranking. The content items are displayed on a user interface according to the ranking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Cory Michael Hicks, Anand R. lyer, Keith O. Langston, Jayendraraj Ramamurthi, Joshua Daniel Hartman
  • Publication number: 20160224681
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing diversity of content items of a social network includes determining a utility score individually for each of a plurality of content items. The plurality of content items are ranked according to their individually determined utility scores. At least some of the plurality of content items are assigned to positions in a user interface according to the rank. The assigning of positions is iteratively adjusted according to a diversity criterion. A user interface displays the at least some of the plurality of content items according to the positions as iteratively adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Anand R. Iyer, Cory Michael Hicks, Kai Chao, Joshua Daniel Hartman
  • Publication number: 20160225013
    Abstract: Systems and methods for federating social network content items include determining an engagement value for content items based on previous interactions with content items from first and second content item sources stored in an electronic data storage, certain content items having selection metrics and value metrics according to varying selection schemas and a value schema. A utility value is generated for each of the at least some of the content items, the utility value including an engagement component and a monetary component. A user device displays the content items in an order based on the utility values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Joshua Daniel Hartman, Bee-Chung Chen
  • Publication number: 20160224682
    Abstract: A system and method for the relevance driven aggregation of content items in a social network includes obtaining, with a processor, from each of a plurality of content item sources, at least some of a plurality of content items of the plurality of content item sources. An aggregated content item is made up of a set of the plurality of content items is generated based, at least in part, on a utility value of each of the some of the plurality of content items. A utility value of the aggregated content item is determined. A user interface displays the aggregated content item based on the utility value of the aggregated content item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Anand R. Iyer, Joshua Daniel Hartman
  • Publication number: 20160224559
    Abstract: Systems and methods of ranking adjustment of federated content items in a social network include causing content items from a first content item source to be selectively displayed on a user interface, the content items form the first content item source being ranked according to a first ranking schema. Content items from a second content item source are displayed on the user interface based, at least in part, on a ranking according to a second ranking schema. Activity data related to interactions with the content items are obtained from the first content item source. A utility value adjustment to be applied to the first ranking schema is determined based on the activity data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Cory Michael Hicks, Anand R. Iyer, Keith O. Langston, Jayendraraj Ramamurthi, Joshua Daniel Hartman, Rupesh Gupta, Bee-Chung Chen, Deepak Agarwal
  • Publication number: 20160226989
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing push notifications of social network content items include determining first and second engagement values for first and second content items, respectively, provided by first and second content item sources, respectively, based on previous interactions with content items. First and second utility values are determined for the first and second content items, respectively, based on a mathematical operation applied to the first and second engagement values, respectively, the first and second selection metrics, respectively, and, for the first utility value, the value metric. One of the first and second content items are determined as a push content item based on a difference between the first and second utility values and displayed on a user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Alexander Ovsiankin, Daniel Wong, Rishi Jobanputra, Rupesh Gupta, Ravi Kiran Holur Vijay, Hsiao-Ping Tseng, Joshua Daniel Hartman