Patents by Inventor Keith Peiris

Keith Peiris 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).

  • Publication number: 20170262514
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, from a client system of a first user of an online social network, a first structured query comprising a natural-language string generated by a context-free grammar model and references to one or more objects associated with the online social network; identifying one or more objects associated with the online social network matching the first structured query; and sending, to the client system, instructions for presenting a search-results interface comprising one or more of the search results corresponding to one or more of the identified objects, respectively, each search result comprising one or more snippets, each snippet comprising contextual information about the identified object corresponding to the search result, wherein at least one of the snippets of each search result comprises one or more references to the one or more objects referenced in the first structured query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Craig S. Campbell, Lars Eilstrup Rasmussen, Keith Peiris
  • Patent number: 9703844
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a social graph that includes a plurality of nodes and edges, receiving a structured query that includes references to selected nodes and edges, and generating search results corresponding to the structured query, where the search results include at least one snippet that includes references to the selected nodes and edges of the structured query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig S. Campbell, Lars Eilstrup Rasmussen, Keith Peiris
  • Publication number: 20140188862
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a social graph that includes a plurality of nodes and edges, receiving a structured query that includes references to selected nodes and edges, and generating search results corresponding to the structured query, where the search results include at least one snippet that includes references to the selected nodes and edges of the structured query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Inventors: Craig S. Campbell, Lars Eilstrup Rasmussen, Keith Peiris