Patents by Inventor Kurt Mcculloch

Kurt Mcculloch 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).

  • Sharing content to multiple public and private targets in a social network
    Patent number: 10785181
    Abstract: Described herein is a technique to facilitate the sharing of a content item presented in a content feed of a social networking service. Upon detecting that a member has selected an option to share a content item, a content sharing interface is presented. The content sharing interface includes options share the content item publically via a content feed, and privately via a messaging service. The content sharing interface provides a ranked list of recommended recipients, where the recommended recipients in the list are selected and ordered based on several factors, including factors relating to the relationship between the sharing member and the recommended recipients, as well as factors relating to the subject matter of the content item and the likelihood that a recommended recipient would be interested in the content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Arpit Dhariwal, Christopher Szeto, Qianru Zhang, Jesse Jyh-Cherng Hsia, Birjodh Tiwana, Haiyang Liu, Kurt Mcculloch
  • SHARING CONTENT TO MULTIPLE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE TARGETS IN A SOCIAL NETWORK
    Publication number: 20190190875
    Abstract: Described herein is a technique to facilitate the sharing of a content item presented in a content feed of a social networking service. Upon detecting that a member has selected an option to share a content item, a content sharing interface is presented. The content sharing interface includes options share the content item publically via a content feed, and privately via a messaging service. The content sharing interface provides a ranked list of recommended recipients, where the recommended recipients in the list are selected and ordered based on several factors, including factors relating to the relationship between the sharing member and the recommended recipients, as well as factors relating to the subject matter of the content item and the likelihood that a recommended recipient would be interested in the content item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Arpit Dhariwal, Christopher Szeto, Qianru Zhang, Jesse Jyh-Cherng Hsia, Birjodh Tiwana, Haiyang Liu, Kurt Mcculloch