Patents by Inventor Kwok Ngai Eric Lo

Kwok Ngai Eric Lo 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).

  • Providing structured data in real-time communications
    Patent number: 10304102
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods for improving a user experience for performing transactions between potential buyers and sellers online via real-time communications. For example, a social marketplace system enables a potential buyer to initiate a real-time communication with a seller without the potential buyer having to provide contextual information regarding the item to the seller. In one or more embodiments, the social marketplace system provides a banner, in connection with the real-time communication, populated with structured data associated with the item that the potential buyer and the seller are discussing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Derek Chirk Yin Cheng, Kwok Ngai Eric Lo, Lui Lui Wong, Stephen Moore Davis, Bowen Pan, Christopher Richard Tanner, Francesco Fogu, Shuo Song
  • Identifying sold indicators in social networking system listings
    Patent number: 10078864
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed toward systems and methods for identifying sold indicators within for-sale groups hosted by a social networking system. For example, systems and methods described herein identify information and social networking activities associated with a sale listing to determine whether an item advertised by the sale listing has been sold. Furthermore, systems and methods can prompt a seller associated with the sale listing to take action with regard to the sale listing in response to a determination that the item advertised by the sale listing has been sold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Deborah Liu, Mary Pao-an Ku, Kwok Ngai Eric Lo, Bowen Pan
  • PROVIDING STRUCTURED DATA IN REAL-TIME COMMUNICATIONS
    Publication number: 20170200209
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods for improving a user experience for performing transactions between potential buyers and sellers online via real-time communications. For example, a social marketplace system enables a potential buyer to initiate a real-time communication with a seller without the potential buyer having to provide contextual information regarding the item to the seller. In one or more embodiments, the social marketplace system provides a banner, in connection with the real-time communication, populated with structured data associated with the item that the potential buyer and the seller are discussing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Derek Chirk Yin Cheng, Kwok Ngai Eric Lo, Lui Lui Wong, Stephen Moore Davis, Bowen Pan, Christopher Richard Tanner, Francesco Fogu, Shuo Song
  • IDENTIFYING SOLD INDICATORS IN SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM LISTINGS
    Publication number: 20160314519
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed toward systems and methods for identifying sold indicators within for-sale groups hosted by a social networking system. For example, systems and methods described herein identify information and social networking activities associated with a sale listing to determine whether an item advertised by the sale listing has been sold. Furthermore, systems and methods can prompt a seller associated with the sale listing to take action with regard to the sale listing in response to a determination that the item advertised by the sale listing has been sold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Deborah Liu, Mary Pao-an Ku, Kwok Ngai Eric Lo, Bowen Pan