Patents by Inventor Nicholas Felton

Nicholas Felton 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).

  • Publication number: 20200382866
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces and techniques for managing audio exposure using a computer system (e.g., an electronic device). In accordance with some embodiments, the electronic device displays a graphical indication of a noise exposure level over a first period of time with an area of the graphical indication that is colored to represent the noise exposure level, the color of the area transitioning from a first color to a second color when the noise exposure level exceeds a first threshold. In accordance with some embodiments, the electronic device displays noise exposure levels attributable to a first output device type and a second output device type and, in response to selecting a filtering affordance, visually distinguishes a set of noise exposure levels attributable to the second output device type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventor: Nicholas FELTON
  • Patent number: 10764700
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces and techniques for monitoring noise exposure levels using an electronic device. In accordance with some embodiments, the electronic device displays a graphical indication of a noise exposure level over a first period of time with an area of the graphical indication that is colored to represent the noise exposure level, the color of the area transitioning from a first color to a second color when the noise exposure level exceeds a first threshold. In accordance with some embodiments, the electronic device displays noise exposure levels attributable to a first output device type and a second output device type and, in response to selecting a filtering affordance, visually distinguishes a set of noise exposure levels attributable to the second output device type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Nicholas Felton
  • Patent number: 10534821
    Abstract: A social networking system obtains specific structured data about a user via a composer interface having textual content with incomplete portions and input fields corresponding to the incomplete portions. The input fields map to data fields in the user's profile and are selected based on the social networking system's need for the information associated with the data fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Taaffe Lindsay, Samuel Lessin, Justin Alexander Shaffer, Nicholas Felton, Ryan Case
  • Patent number: 10277642
    Abstract: A composer interface provided by a social networking system allows a user to provide input, such as text data, to the social networking system. The composer interface allows the user to identify an action and/or an object related to the input. An action is structured data describing a relationship between objects defined by the social networking system. Based on the action identified as related to the input, the social networking system stores an association between the received input and the identified action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Taaffe Lindsay, Samuel Lessin, Justin Alexander Shaffer, Nicholas Felton, Ryan Case
  • Patent number: 9923981
    Abstract: The invention provides a display interface in a social networking system that enables the presentation of information related to a user in a timeline or map view. The system accesses information about a user of a social networking system, including both data about the user and social network activities related to the user. The system then selects one or more of these pieces of data and/or activities from a certain time period and gathers them into timeline units based on their relatedness and their relevance to users. These timeline units are ranked by relevance to the user, and are used to generate a timeline or map view for the user containing visual representations of the timeline units organized by location or time. The timeline or map view is then provided to other users of the social networking system that wish to view information about the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul M. McDonald, Ryan Case, Nicholas Felton, Drew W. Hamlin, Jeff Huang, Samuel Lessin, Ryan David Mack, Serkan Piantino, Josh Wiseman, Raylene Kay Yung, Mark E. Zuckerberg
  • Patent number: 9774641
    Abstract: A social networking system presents questions to a user on an interface associated with the social networking system to elicit information about the user that is missing from the user's profile or is otherwise outdated. The questions are selected based on a number of factors, such as the need for or value of the information item, probability of a response, or cost of collecting the information item. In presenting the selected question, the social networking system prompts a user for information about the user in a an interface associated with a page from the social networking system, an application external to the social networking system, or using a push notification or prompt. The questions may be formatted in various ways, such as an explicit question, confirmation, a selection of responses, or social context to encourage the user to respond to the question.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Lessin, Robert Taaffe Lindsay, Justin Alexander Shaffer, Nicholas Felton
  • Publication number: 20170026428
    Abstract: A social networking system presents questions to a user on an interface associated with the social networking system to elicit information about the user that is missing from the user's profile or is otherwise outdated. The questions are selected based on a number of factors, such as the need for or value of the information item, probability of a response, or cost of collecting the information item. In presenting the selected question, the social networking system prompts a user for information about the user in a an interface associated with a page from the social networking system, an application external to the social networking system, or using a push notification or prompt. The questions may be formatted in various ways, such as an explicit question, confirmation, a selection of responses, or social context to encourage the user to respond to the question.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Samuel Lessin, Robert Taaffe Lindsay, Justin Alexander Shaffer, Nicholas Felton
  • Patent number: 9494121
    Abstract: A fuel pump assembly comprises a pumping plunger for pressurizing fuel within a pumping chamber during a plunger pumping stroke; and a cam follower arrangement for imparting drive to the pumping plunger including a cam follower member which cooperates with the pumping plunger. The cam follower arrangement is biased into engagement with a cam drive while a degree of relative movement along the plunger axis is permitted between the cam follower member and the pumping plunger. At least one of the pumping plunger and the cam follower member includes a surface provided with a feature which defines together with a facing surface of the other of the pumping plunger and the cam follower member, a cushioning volume therebetween for receiving fluid to provide a cushioning effect as the pumping plunger and the cam follower member move into contact with one another, in use. The feature includes a flat central portion and an annular region which is conical in form and which is angled relative to the facing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Delphi International Operations Luxembourg, S.A.R.L.
    Inventor: George Nicholas Felton
  • Patent number: 9491207
    Abstract: A social networking system presents questions to a user on an interface associated with the social networking system to elicit information about the user that is missing from the user's profile or is otherwise outdated. The questions are selected based on a number of factors, such as the need for or value of the information item, probability of a response, or cost of collecting the information item. In presenting the selected question, the social networking system prompts a user for information about the user in a an interface associated with a page from the social networking system, an application external to the social networking system, or using a push notification or prompt. The questions may be formatted in various ways, such as an explicit question, confirmation, a selection of responses, or social context to encourage the user to respond to the question.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Lessin, Robert Taaffe Lindsay, Justin Alexander Shaffer, Nicholas Felton
  • Publication number: 20160321370
    Abstract: A social networking system obtains specific structured data about a user via a composer interface having textual content with incomplete portions and input fields corresponding to the incomplete portions. The input fields map to data fields in the user's profile and are selected based on the social networking system's need for the information associated with the data fields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Robert Taaffe Lindsay, Samuel Lessin, Justin Alexander Shaffer, Nicholas Felton, Ryan Case
  • Patent number: 9436687
    Abstract: A social networking system obtains specific structured data about a user via a composer interface having textual content with incomplete portions and input fields corresponding to the incomplete potions. The input fields map to data fields in the user's profile and are selected based on the social networking system's need for the information associated with the data fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Taaffe Lindsay, Samuel Lessin, Justin Alexander Shaffer, Nicholas Felton, Ryan Case
  • Patent number: 9369983
    Abstract: In one embodiment, one or more computing devices receive, from one or more mobile devices respectively associated with one or more users, one or more sets of data, wherein each set of data comprises: a user identifier indicating to which user the set of data corresponds; a location where the corresponding user was at; and a time when the corresponding user was at the location. The computing devices store the one or more sets of data; and extract one or more statistics from the one or more sets of data that represent behavioral pattern of at least one of the one or more users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Nicholas Papakipos, David Harry Garcia, Ross David Bayer, Nicholas Felton, Justin Alexander Shaffer
  • Publication number: 20150373067
    Abstract: A social networking system presents questions to a user on an interface associated with the social networking system to elicit information about the user that is missing from the user's profile or is otherwise outdated. The questions are selected based on a number of factors, such as the need for or value of the information item, probability of a response, or cost of collecting the information item. In presenting the selected question, the social networking system prompts a user for information about the user in a an interface associated with a page from the social networking system, an application external to the social networking system, or using a push notification or prompt. The questions may be formatted in various ways, such as an explicit question, confirmation, a selection of responses, or social context to encourage the user to respond to the question.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Samuel Lessin, Robert Taaffe Lindsay, Justin Alexander Shaffer, Nicholas Felton
  • Patent number: 9131019
    Abstract: A social networking system presents questions to a user on an interface associated with the social networking system to elicit information about the user that is missing from the user's profile or is otherwise outdated. The questions are selected based on a number of factors, such as the need for or value of the information item, probability of a response, or cost of collecting the information item. In presenting the selected question, the social networking system prompts a user for information about the user in a an interface associated with a page from the social networking system, an application external to the social networking system, or using a push notification or prompt. The questions may be formatted in various ways, such as an explicit question, confirmation, a selection of responses, or social context to encourage the user to respond to the question.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Lessin, Robert Taaffe Lindsay, Justin Alexander Shaffer, Nicholas Felton
  • Publication number: 20150026264
    Abstract: The invention provides a display interface in a social networking system that enables the presentation of information related to a user in a timeline or map view. The system accesses information about a user of a social networking system, including both data about the user and social network activities related to the user. The system then selects one or more of these pieces of data and/or activities from a certain time period and gathers them into timeline units based on their relatedness and their relevance to users. These timeline units are ranked by relevance to the user, and are used to generate a timeline or map view for the user containing visual representations of the timeline units organized by location or time. The timeline or map view is then provided to other users of the social networking system that wish to view information about the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Paul M. McDonald, Ryan Case, Nicholas Felton, Drew W. Hamlin, Jeff Huang, Samuel Lessin, Ryan David Mack, Serkan Piantino, Josh Wiseman, Raylene Kay Yung, Mark E. Zuckerberg
  • Publication number: 20150011241
    Abstract: In one embodiment, one or more computing devices receive, from one or more mobile devices respectively associated with one or more users, one or more sets of data, wherein each set of data comprises: a user identifier indicating to which user the set of data corresponds; a location where the corresponding user was at; and a time when the corresponding user was at the location. The computing devices store the one or more sets of data; and extract one or more statistics from the one or more sets of data that represent behavioral pattern of at least one of the one or more users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Matthew Nicholas Papakipos, David Harry Garcia, Ross David Bayer, Nicholas Felton, Justin Alexander Shaffer
  • Publication number: 20140366849
    Abstract: A fuel pump assembly comprises a pumping plunger for pressurising fuel within a pumping chamber during a plunger pumping stroke; and a cam follower arrangement for imparting drive to the pumping plunger including a cam follower member which cooperates with the pumping plunger. The cam follower arrangement is biased into engagement with a cam drive whilst a degree of relative movement along the plunger axis is permitted between the cam follower member and the pumping plunger. At least one of the pumping plunger and the cam follower member includes a surface provided with a feature which defines together with a facing surface of the other of the pumping plunger and the cam follower member, a cushioning volume therebetween for receiving fluid to provide a cushioning effect as the pumping plunger and the cam follower member move into contact with one another, in use. The feature includes a flat central portion and an annular region which is conical in form and which is angled relative to the facing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventor: George Nicholas Felton
  • Patent number: D747329
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Lessin, Stefan Parker, Nicholas Felton, Mark E. Zuckerberg
  • Patent number: D834036
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Felton, Daniel Klatzko Gibson, Samuel Lessin, Stefan Parker, Steven Young, Mark E. Zuckerberg
  • Patent number: D872115
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Mario Azzi, Anton Davydov, Alan C. Dye, Nicholas Felton, Aurelio Guzmán, Stephen O. Lemay, Alexander Charles MacLean, Wyatt R. Mitchell, Marcel van Os, Christopher Wilson