Patents by Inventor Kent Lindstrom

Kent 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).

  • Patent number: 10798190
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a profile page of a user of an online social network, determining whether content on an external web site has been update by the user, and if the content on the external web site has been updated, then updating the profile page of the user to include the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: William K. Tiu, Jr., Kent Lindstrom, Ross Ainsley MacKinnon
  • Patent number: 10412179
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving from a user of an online social network an identifier of a web site and content on the web site that the user desires to track, determining whether the content has been updated on the web site, and if the content has been updated, then communicating a notification to the user that the web site has been updated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: William K. Tiu, Jr., Kent Lindstrom, Ross Ainsley MacKinnon
  • Patent number: 10353915
    Abstract: Updates to landing pages of users in an online social network are fed from external sources so that content maintained by any one user can be consolidated in a single location regardless of where the changes are made to the content. When an update event occurs, users of the online social network are notified according to various criteria that they have set. With this feature, users can browse through content of other users efficiently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: William K. Tiu, Jr., Kent Lindstrom, Ross Ainsley MacKinnon
  • Patent number: 10275410
    Abstract: Updates to landing pages of users in an online social network are fed from external sources so that content maintained by any one user can be consolidated in a single location regardless of where the changes are made to the content. When an update event occurs, users of the online social network are notified according to various criteria that they have set. With this feature, users can browse through content of other users efficiently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: William K. Tiu, Jr., Kent Lindstrom, Ross Ainsley MacKinnon
  • Patent number: 10171599
    Abstract: Updates to landing pages of users in an online social network are fed from external sources so that content maintained by any one user can be consolidated in a single location regardless of where the changes are made to the content. When an update event occurs, users of the online social network are notified according to various criteria that they have set. With this feature, users can browse through content of other users efficiently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: William K. Tiu, Jr., Kent Lindstrom, Ross Ainsley MacKinnon
  • Patent number: 9798789
    Abstract: Content maintained in an online social network or other online communities is tracked for changes and updates. The content may include user profiles, digital photos, digital audio and video files, testimonials, and identification of users who are friends. When such change or update occurs, users of the online social network or online community are notified according to various criteria that they have set. The notification may be provided by e-mail, an RSS feed, or a web page when accessed. With this feature, users can browse through content of other users with efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Kent Lindstrom, Ross A. MacKinnon
  • Publication number: 20150012535
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a profile page of a user of an online social network, determining whether content on an external web site has been update by the user, and if the content on the external web site has been updated, then updating the profile page of the user to include the content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: William K. Tiu, JR., Kent Lindstrom, Ross Ainsley MacKinnon, Lars Eilstrup Rasmussen, Joshua Keith Duck
  • Patent number: 8874546
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a profile page of a user of an online social network, determining whether content on an external web site has been update by the user, and if the content on the external web site has been updated, then updating the profile page of the user to include the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: William K. Tiu, Jr., Kent Lindstrom, Ross Ainsley MacKinnon
  • Patent number: 8874612
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a profile page of a user on an online social network, accessing cached content from a syndicated feed, determining the last time the content from the syndicated 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 syndicated feed and updating the profile page of the user to include updated content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: William K. Tiu, Jr., Kent Lindstrom, Ross Ainsley MacKinnon
  • Publication number: 20140164521
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a social-networking system, a query for content that has been changed, added to, or updated on the social-networking system by a first user of the social-networking system, wherein the query is received from a third-party system that is separate from and external to the social-networking system; determining, by the social-networking system, whether content associated with the first user has been changed, added to, or updated on the social-networking system; and sending information to the third-party system responsive to the query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: William K. Tiu, Kent Lindstrom, Ross A. Mackinnon
  • Patent number: 8694542
    Abstract: Updates to landing pages of users in an online social network are fed from external sources so that content maintained by any one user can be consolidated in a single location regardless of where the changes are made to the content. When an update event occurs, users of the online social network are notified according to various criteria that they have set. With this feature, users can browse through content of other users efficiently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: William K. Tiu, Jr., Kent Lindstrom, Ross Ainsley MacKinnon
  • Publication number: 20120084363
    Abstract: Updates to landing pages of users in an online social network are fed from external sources so that content maintained by any one user can be consolidated in a single location regardless of where the changes are made to the content. When an update event occurs, users of the online social network are notified according to various criteria that they have set. With this feature, users can browse through content of other users efficiently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Inventors: William K. Tiu, JR., Kent Lindstrom, Ross Ainsley MacKinnon
  • Publication number: 20120079026
    Abstract: Updates to landing pages of users in an online social network are fed from external sources so that content maintained by any one user can be consolidated in a single location regardless of where the changes are made to the content. When an update event occurs, users of the online social network are notified according to various criteria that they have set. With this feature, users can browse through content of other users efficiently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventors: William K. Tiu, JR., Kent Lindstrom, Ross Ainsley MacKinnon
  • Publication number: 20120079025
    Abstract: Updates to landing pages of users in an online social network are fed from external sources so that content maintained by any one user can be consolidated in a single location regardless of where the changes are made to the content. When an update event occurs, users of the online social network are notified according to various criteria that they have set. With this feature, users can browse through content of other users efficiently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventors: William K. Tiu, JR., Kent Lindstrom, Ross Ainsley MacKinnon
  • Publication number: 20120036260
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a profile page of a user of an online social network, determining whether content on an external web site has been update by the user, and if the content on the external web site has been updated, then updating the profile page of the user to include the content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventors: William K. Tiu, JR., Kent Lindstrom, Ross Ainsley MacKinnon
  • Publication number: 20120036191
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a profile page of a user on an online social network, accessing cached content from a syndicated feed, determining the last time the content from the syndicated 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 syndicated feed and updating the profile page of the user to include updated content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventors: William K. Tiu, JR., Kent Lindstrom, Ross Ainsley MacKinnon
  • Publication number: 20120036213
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving from a user of an online social network an identifier of a web site and content on the web site that the user desires to track, determining whether the content has been updated on the web site, and if the content has been updated, then communicating a notification to the user that the web site has been updated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventors: William K. Tiu, JR., Kent Lindstrom, Ross Ainsley MacKinnon
  • Publication number: 20120030286
    Abstract: Updates to landing pages of users in an online social network are fed from external sources so that content maintained by any one user can be consolidated in a single location regardless of where the changes are made to the content. When an update event occurs, users of the online social network are notified according to various criteria that they have set. With this feature, users can browse through content of other users efficiently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: William K. Tiu, JR., Kent Lindstrom, Ross Ainsley MacKinnon
  • Patent number: 8037093
    Abstract: Updates to landing pages of users in an online social network are fed from external sources so that content maintained by any one user can be consolidated in a single location regardless of where the changes are made to the content. When an update event occurs, users of the online social network are notified according to various criteria that they have set. With this feature, users can browse through content of other users efficiently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: William K. Tiu, Jr., Kent Lindstrom, Ross Ainsley MacKinnon
  • Publication number: 20080065604
    Abstract: Updates to landing pages of users in an online social network are fed from external sources so that content maintained by any one user can be consolidated in a single location regardless of where the changes are made to the content. When an update event occurs, users of the online social network are notified according to various criteria that they have set. With this feature, users can browse through content of other users efficiently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2007
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventors: William K. Tiu, Kent Lindstrom, Ross Ainsley MacKinnon