Patents by Inventor Nicholas Scott LaGrow

Nicholas Scott LaGrow 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 surveying users
    Patent number: 10375199
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can determine at least one survey to be presented to users of the social networking system, wherein the survey is targeted to a number of users at each time interval. A uniform distribution of users that may be surveyed is determined, wherein users in the uniform distribution are each assigned a numerical value. A sampling window that references a numerical range that is adjusted upon completion of each time interval is determined, wherein users that have been assigned a numerical value within the numerical range are eligible for the survey.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Shiyu Zhao, Matthew K. Choi, Nicholas Scott LaGrow
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SURVEYING USERS
    Publication number: 20170195452
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can determine at least one survey to be presented to users of the social networking system, wherein the survey is targeted to a number of users at each time interval. A uniform distribution of users that may be surveyed is determined, wherein users in the uniform distribution are each assigned a numerical value. A sampling window that references a numerical range that is adjusted upon completion of each time interval is determined, wherein users that have been assigned a numerical value within the numerical range are eligible for the survey.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Shiyu Zhao, Matthew K. Choi, Nicholas Scott LaGrow