Patents by Inventor Menahem Dan Fedida

Menahem Dan Fedida 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).

  • Techniques for sharing a device location via a messaging system
    Patent number: 11678136
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method may include receiving, in a messaging client executing on a first client device, a location request from a second client device; determining whether the second client device is authorized to send the location request to the first client device; starting a timer in response to receiving the location request when the second client device is authorized; and sending a location of the first client device to the second client device when the timer expires. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS, INC.
    Inventors: Benoit Charles Henri Reitz, Menahem Dan Fedida, Felix Leupold
  • Techniques for sharing a device location via a messaging system
    Patent number: 10904697
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method may include receiving, in a messaging client executing on a first client device, a location request from a second client device; determining whether the second client device is authorized to send the location request to the first client device; starting a timer in response to receiving the location request when the second client device is authorized; and sending a location of the first client device to the second client device when the timer expires. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Benoit Charles Henri Reitz, Menahem Dan Fedida, Felix Leupold
  • TECHNIQUES FOR SHARING A DEVICE LOCATION VIA A MESSAGING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190306658
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method may include receiving, in a messaging client executing on a first client device, a location request from a second client device; determining whether the second client device is authorized to send the location request to the first client device; starting a timer in response to receiving the location request when the second client device is authorized; and sending a location of the first client device to the second client device when the timer expires. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Benoît Charles Henri Reitz, Menahem Dan Fedida, Felix Leupold
  • Techniques for sharing a device location via a messaging system
    Patent number: 10368193
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method may include receiving, in a messaging client executing on a first client device, a location request from a second client device; determining whether the second client device is authorized to send the location request to the first client device; starting a timer in response to receiving the location request when the second client device is authorized; and sending a location of the first client device to the second client device when the timer expires. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Benoît Charles Henri Reitz, Menahem Dan Fedida, Felix Leupold
  • TECHNIQUES FOR SHARING A DEVICE LOCATION VIA A MESSAGING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180234795
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method may include receiving, in a messaging client executing on a first client device, a location request from a second client device; determining whether the second client device is authorized to send the location request to the first client device; starting a timer in response to receiving the location request when the second client device is authorized; and sending a location of the first client device to the second client device when the timer expires. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Benoît Charles Henri Reitz, Menahem Dan Fedida, Felix Leupold