Patents by Inventor Joshua Van Dyke WATZMAN

Joshua Van Dyke WATZMAN 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: 11137869
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a cover feed interaction history from a device associated with a user of a social-networking system. An order for a plurality of content boards may be determined based on the cover feed interaction history (e.g., viewing history, download status, the current order of content boards in the cover feed, user interaction history, whether the user bookmarked or pinned a particular content board), user information related to the user, and device information about device-based events and device status. Finally, the order for the content boards may be sent to the device. The determination of the order for the content boards may be based on the cover feed interaction history, recency of content included in the content boards, popularity of the content, relevance of content to the user, or device-based events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Luke St. Clair, Daniel Weaver, Joshua Van Dyke Watzman, Daniel Schafer
  • Patent number: 11048381
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: 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
  • Publication number: 20200249784
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a cover feed interaction history from a device associated with a user of a social-networking system. An order for a plurality of content boards may be determined based on the cover feed interaction history (e.g., viewing history, download status, the current order of content boards in the cover feed, user interaction history, whether the user bookmarked or pinned a particular content board), user information related to the user, and device information about device-based events and device status. Finally, the order for the content boards may be sent to the device. The determination of the order for the content boards may be based on the cover feed interaction history, recency of content included in the content boards, popularity of the content, relevance of content to the user, or device-based events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Luke St. Clair, Daniel Weaver, Joshua Van Dyke Watzman, Daniel Schafer
  • Patent number: 10649607
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a cover feed interaction history from a device associated with a user of a social-networking system. An order for a plurality of content boards may be determined based on the cover feed interaction history (e.g., viewing history, download status, the current order of content boards in the cover feed, user interaction history, whether the user bookmarked or pinned a particular content board), user information related to the user, and device information about device-based events and device status. Finally, the order for the content boards may be sent to the device. The determination of the order for the content boards may be based on the cover feed interaction history, recency of content included in the content boards, popularity of the content, relevance of content to the user, or device-based events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Luke St. Clair, Daniel Weaver, Joshua Van Dyke Watzman, Daniel Schafer
  • Patent number: 10303330
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 10249007
    Abstract: In one embodiment, user information for a user of a social-networking system is retrieved. Device information is determined for a device associated with the user. Based on the device information or the user information, content associated with the user is retrieved. Using the retrieved content, a content board is composed for use in a cover feed displayed on the device The content board may comprise a background image. Finally, the content board is sent to the device. In one embodiment, updated information for content associated with the user is retrieved. The updated information may be associated with content that was included in a previously-provided content board. Using the updated information, an update to the previously-provided content boards is composed. Finally, the updates may be sent to the previously-provided content boards to the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Neel Ishwar Murarka, Niv Seker, Adam Mosseri, Francis Luu, Carl Philip Sjogreen, Cory Rudolph Ondrejka, Bret Steven Taylor, Luke St. Clair, Daniel Weaver, Joshua Van Dyke Watzman, Daniel Schafer, William S. Bailey, Philip Fung
  • Publication number: 20160283067
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    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
  • Patent number: 9396502
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 9256674
    Abstract: One embodiment selects from a plurality of actions performed by one or more users of a social networking system a first action and one or more second actions, wherein each action has one or more attributes; computes a score for each second action by comparing the one or more attributes of each second action with the one or more attributes of the first action; ranks the one or more second actions according to the score computed for each second action; and selects from the one or more second actions one or more highest-ranking second actions as being related to the first action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne Kao, Daniel Schafer, Joshua Van Dyke Watzman
  • Publication number: 20140208232
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Inventors: 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
  • Publication number: 20140189524
    Abstract: In one embodiment, user information for a user of a social-networking system is retrieved. Device information is determined for a device associated with the user. Based on the device information or the user information, content associated with the user is retrieved. Using the retrieved content, a content board is composed for use in a cover feed displayed on the device The content board may comprise a background image. Finally, the content board is sent to the device. In one embodiment, updated information for content associated with the user is retrieved. The updated information may be associated with content that was included in a previously-provided content board. Using the updated information, an update to the previously-provided content boards is composed. Finally, the updates may be sent to the previously-provided content boards to the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Neel Ishwar Murarka, Niv Seker, Adam Mosseri, Francis Luu, Carl Philip Sjogreen, Cory Rudolph Ondrejka, Bret Steven Taylor, Luke St. Clair, Daniel Weaver, Joshua Van Dyke Watzman, Daniel Schafer, William S. Bailey
  • Publication number: 20140189539
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a cover feed interaction history from a device associated with a user of a social-networking system. An order for a plurality of content boards may be determined based on the cover feed interaction history (e.g., viewing history, download status, the current order of content boards in the cover feed, user interaction history, whether the user bookmarked or pinned a particular content board), user information related to the user, and device information about device-based events and device status. Finally, the order for the content boards may be sent to the device. The determination of the order for the content boards may be based on the cover feed interaction history, recency of content included in the content boards, popularity of the content, relevance of content to the user, or device-based events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Luke St. Clair, Daniel Weaver, Joshua Van Dyke Watzman, Daniel Schafer
  • Publication number: 20140143258
    Abstract: One embodiment selects from a plurality of actions performed by one or more users of a social networking system a first action and one or more second actions, wherein each action has one or more attributes; computes a score for each second action by comparing the one or more attributes of each second action with the one or more attributes of the first action; ranks the one or more second actions according to the score computed for each second action; and selects from the one or more second actions one or more highest-ranking second actions as being related to the first action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne Kao, Daniel Schafer, Joshua Van Dyke Watzman
  • Patent number: 8700636
    Abstract: One embodiment selects from a plurality of actions performed by one or more users of a social networking system a first action and one or more second actions, wherein each action has one or more attributes; computes a score for each second action by comparing the one or more attributes of each second action with the one or more attributes of the first action; ranks the one or more second actions according to the score computed for each second action; and selects from the one or more second actions one or more highest-ranking second actions as being related to the first action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne Kao, Daniel Schafer, Joshua Van Dyke Watzman
  • Publication number: 20120072428
    Abstract: One embodiment selects from a plurality of actions performed by one or more users of a social networking system a first action and one or more second actions, wherein each action has one or more attributes; computes a score for each second action by comparing the one or more attributes of each second action with the one or more attributes of the first action; ranks the one or more second actions according to the score computed for each second action; and selects from the one or more second actions one or more highest-ranking second actions as being related to the first action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Wayne KAO, Daniel SCHAFER, Joshua Van Dyke WATZMAN