Patents by Inventor Matthew Ethan Warshauer

Matthew Ethan Warshauer 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 providing anniversary information
    Patent number: 10460400
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can determine one or more social networking system anniversary events associated with a first user, the anniversary event having a month and a day that is identical to the current month and day. The one or more anniversary events are filtered using filtering criteria. An indication, such as a notification or a promotion, relating to the one or more anniversary events is generated based on satisfaction of the filtering criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Omid Aziz, Yuankai Ge, Bradley Wu, Stefanie Lynn Ostrowski, John Jarman Rogers, Jr., Michael Benjamin Nowak, Jonathan B. Gheller, Evan Gabriel Brooks, Brady R. Lauback, Matthew Ethan Warshauer
  • Sending Safety-Check Prompts
    Publication number: 20190141003
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes determining that an emergency event has occurred. The method also includes determining a geographic area affected by the emergency event. The method also includes determining that a user has entered the geographic area within a pre-determined amount of time after the occurrence of the emergency event. The method also includes sending a prompt to the user to indicate whether the user is safe. The method also includes receiving from the user a response indicating whether the user is safe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Peter Michael Cottle, Emily M. Tucker, Matthew Ethan Warshauer, Sriya Santhanam
  • Promoting social memories on online social networks
    Patent number: 10270732
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes retrieving a previous communication associated with a user on an online social network, the previous communication having been made on a date in the past; calculating a distribution-probability score for the previous communication reflecting a probability that the previous communication will be shared on the online social network by the user; and sending the previous communication to the user, wherein the distribution-probability score for the previous communication satisfies a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Omid Aziz, Bradley Wu, Ajay Ramamurthy, Preeti Arunapuram, Zhenhuan Zhou, Genevieve Yuriko Williams, Xiao Liang, Matthew Ethan Warshauer, Tony Hsien-yu Liu
  • Promoting Social Memories on Online Social Networks
    Publication number: 20170359292
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes retrieving a previous communication associated with a user on an online social network, the previous communication having been made on a date in the past; calculating a distribution-probability score for the previous communication reflecting a probability that the previous communication will be shared on the online social network by the user; and sending the previous communication to the user, wherein the distribution-probability score for the previous communication satisfies a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Omid Aziz, Bradley Wu, Ajay Ramamurthy, Preeti Arunapuram, Zhenhuan Zhou, Genevieve Yuriko Williams, Xiao Liang, Matthew Ethan Warshauer, Tony Hsien-yu Liu
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ANNIVERSARY INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20170161388
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can determine one or more social networking system anniversary events associated with a first user, the anniversary event having a month and a day that is identical to the current month and day. The one or more anniversary events are filtered using filtering criteria. An indication, such as a notification or a promotion, relating to the one or more anniversary events is generated based on satisfaction of the filtering criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Omid Aziz, Yuankai Ge, Bradley Wu, Stefanie Lynn Ostrowski, John Jarman Rogers, Jr., Michael Benjamin Nowak, Jonathan B. Gheller, Evan Gabriel Brooks, Brady R. Lauback, Matthew Ethan Warshauer