Patents by Inventor Luke Dennis Walsh

Luke Dennis Walsh 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).

  • Systems and methods for generating previews of content protected by authentication protocols
    Patent number: 10579808
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include (1) acquiring, from a user of a social networking system, a hyperlink to a protected content item, hosted by a content provider system, that is protected by an authentication protocol, (2) sending a request for metadata associated with the protected content item to the content provider system, where the request includes authentication information associated with the authentication protocol, (3) receiving, in response to the content provider system approving the request, metadata associated with the protected content item from the content provider system, where the metadata includes information sufficient to generate a preview of the protected content item, and (4) generating a preview of the protected content item based on the metadata received from the content provider system. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Michael Baldwin, Luke Dennis Walsh, Joel Micha Krebs, Connor Treacy
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING PREVIEWS OF CONTENT PROTECTED BY AUTHENTICATION PROTOCOLS
    Publication number: 20190147178
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include (1) acquiring, from a user of a social networking system, a hyperlink to a protected content item, hosted by a content provider system, that is protected by an authentication protocol, (2) sending a request for metadata associated with the protected content item to the content provider system, where the request includes authentication information associated with the authentication protocol, (3) receiving, in response to the content provider system approving the request, metadata associated with the protected content item from the content provider system, where the metadata includes information sufficient to generate a preview of the protected content item, and (4) generating a preview of the protected content item based on the metadata received from the content provider system. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Robert Michael Baldwin, Luke Dennis Walsh, Joel Micha Krebs, Connor Treacy