Patents by Inventor Kent L. Lindstrom

Kent L. Lindstrom 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).

  • Configuring a feed to track changes to user content in an online social network
    Patent number: 9571593
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a profile page of a user on an online social network, accessing cached content from a feed, determining the last time the content from the feed was updated, and if the last time the content was update was before a particular time, then updated the profile page of the user to include the cached content, else, accessing the feed and updating the profile page of the user to include updated content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: William K. Tiu, Jr., Kent L. Lindstrom, Ross Ainsley MacKinnon
  • CONFIGURING A FEED TO TRACK CHANGES TO USER CONTENT IN AN ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK
    Publication number: 20150007020
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a profile page of a user on an online social network, accessing cached content from a feed, determining the last time the content from the feed was updated, and if the last time the content was update was before a particular time, then updated the profile page of the user to include the cached content, else, accessing the feed and updating the profile page of the user to include updated content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: William K. Tiu, JR., Kent L. Lindstrom, Ross Ainsley MacKinnon