Patents by Inventor Matthew Michael Willis

Matthew Michael Willis 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).

  • Associating user interactions across multiple applications on a client device
    Patent number: 9509768
    Abstract: An online system transmits third-party content originating from a third-party system to a client device. The third-party content includes a pointer to a third-party application associated with the third-party system. When the client device receives an interaction with the third-party content from a user of the client device, the client device executes the third-party application and generates an attribution identifier from which the user's identity cannot be determined. The attribution identifier is transmitted to the online system. Subsequently, the client device determines information describing interactions by the user with the third-party application that is transmitted to the third-party system along with the attribution identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Holly Marie Ormseth, Daniel Kim, Matthew Michael Willis, Jaed Uavechanichkul, Chen Chen, Sean Elliott Dy, Shayne Mikel Sweeney
  • Associating User Interactions Across Multiple Applications On A Client Device
    Publication number: 20150326651
    Abstract: An online system transmits third-party content originating from a third-party system to a client device. The third-party content includes a pointer to a third-party application associated with the third-party system. When the client device receives an interaction with the third-party content from a user of the client device, the client device executes the third-party application and generates an attribution identifier from which the user's identity cannot be determined. The attribution identifier is transmitted to the online system. Subsequently, the client device determines information describing interactions by the user with the third-party application that is transmitted to the third-party system along with the attribution identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Holly Marie Ormseth, Daniel Kim, Matthew Michael Willis, Jaed Uavechanichkul, Chen Chen, Sean Elliott Dy, Shayne Mikel Sweeney