Patents by Inventor Peter Henry Martinazzi
Peter Henry Martinazzi 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).
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Patent number: 11757813Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for increasing messaging activity in a messaging system. Using the interactions of users with each other and/or with the messaging system, the disclosed systems and methods can predict how likely a pairing of two or more users are to engage in a highly active messaging thread. Based on this prediction, the disclosed methods and systems can, for example, more effectively organize contact lists and conduct promotional efforts associated with messaging features.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.Inventors: Ariel Benjamin Evnine, Lada Ariana Adamic, Peter Henry Martinazzi, Ojus Abhimanyu Patil
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Patent number: 11360637Abstract: Techniques to configure the network distribution of media compositions for reception are described. An apparatus may comprise a user interface component operative to display a messaging interface in association with a first user account with a messaging system, the messaging interface comprising a visual indicator for a second user account with the messaging system, the visual indicator comprising a media composition availability indicator, the media composition availability indicator associated with an inclusion of the first user account in a media composition distribution group for the second user account; receive a user selection of the media composition availability indicator in the messaging interface; and display the media composition in response to the user selection of the media composition availability indicator; and a messaging component operative to receive a media composition package associated with the first user account, the media composition package comprising the media composition.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2019Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: META PLATFORMS, INC.Inventors: Peter Henry Martinazzi, Richard Kenneth Zadorozny, Jennifer A. Burge, Christian Xavier Dalonzo
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Publication number: 20220080324Abstract: This disclosure is directed to enabling access to a game instance through a messenger application. A client-side player component facilitates communication between a game instance on the client device and a backend server of a social networking system. The communication information can be stored in or retrieved from a social graph of the social networking system. The game instance can be initialized from a social platform of the social networking system, and the game can be played without leaving the messenger application.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: Andrea Vaccari, Richard Kenneth Zadorozny, Jeremy Harrison Goldberg, Peter Henry Martinazzi, Lei Guang, Yang Li, Jennifer A. Burge
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Patent number: 11185787Abstract: This disclosure is directed to enabling access to a game instance through a messenger application. A client-side player component facilitates communication between a game instance on the client device and a backend server of a social networking system. The communication information can be stored in or retrieved from a social graph of the social networking system. The game instance can be initialized from a social platform of the social networking system, and the game can be played without leaving the messenger application.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2019Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.Inventors: Andrea Vaccari, Richard Kenneth Zadorozny, Jeremy Harrison Goldberg, Peter Henry Martinazzi, Lei Guang, Li Yang, Jennifer A. Burge
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Publication number: 20210328950Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for increasing messaging activity in a messaging system. Using the interactions of users with each other and/or with the messaging system, the disclosed systems and methods can predict how likely a pairing of two or more users are to engage in a highly active messaging thread. Based on this prediction, the disclosed methods and systems can, for example, more effectively organize contact lists and conduct promotional efforts associated with messaging features.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2020Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Ariel Benjamin Evnine, Lada Ariana Adamic, Peter Henry Martinazzi, Ojus Abhimanyu Patil
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Patent number: 11146646Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes launching, by a client system of a first user, a video-call session to enable a video stream for display in a small-overlay-window on a display of the client system of the first user; receiving, by the client system of the first user, a video stream comprising video from a client system of a second user; determining at least one property for the small-overlay-window based on information associated with the second user; and displaying the video stream in the small-overlay-window, wherein the small-overlay-window is customized based on the determined at least one property, and wherein the small-overlay-window is positioned directly over an interface of an active application running on the client system of the first user.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2018Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Stephane Taine, Edward Young Zhang, Dwayne B. Mercredi, Michael Leggett, Brendan Benjamin Aronoff, Peter Henry Martinazzi, Evan Patrick Noon, Duckjin Kang, John Randall Ehrhardt
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Patent number: 11138255Abstract: The present disclosure is directed toward systems, computer-readable media, and methods for providing customized media effects for use in media communications. For example, systems and methods described herein utilize search terms along with contextual information associated with a client-computing device and characteristic information associated with a digital media item to identify pre-generated media effects and to generate dynamic media effects. Systems and methods described herein score and rank the identified and generated media effects to as to provide listings of media effects that are most likely to appeal to a user of the client-computing device.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2017Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Peter Henry Martinazzi, Christian Xavier Dalonzo, Jennifer A. Burge, Xiaobin Wu, Chih Shao Lee, Puneet Sethi, Jennifer Terra Hansen
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Patent number: 11140111Abstract: Techniques to configure the network distribution of media compositions for transmission are described. An apparatus may comprise a user interface component of a messaging client on a client device operative to receive a media composition via a composition interface, the messaging client associated with a user account with a messaging system; and receive a transmission command via the composition interface; and a messaging component operative to transmit a media composition package from the client device to the messaging system in response to the transmission command, the media composition package comprising the media composition, the media composition package addressed to a media composition distribution group for the user account, the media composition distribution group determined based on, at least in part, a messaging history for the user account with the messaging system. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.Inventors: Peter Henry Martinazzi, Richard Kenneth Zadorozny, Jennifer A Burge, Christian Xavier Dalonzo
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Patent number: 11075869Abstract: Techniques to configure the network distribution of media compositions for transmission are described. An apparatus may comprise a user interface component of a messaging client on a client device operative to receive a media composition via a composition interface, the messaging client associated with a user account with a messaging system; and receive a transmission command via the composition interface; and a messaging component operative to transmit a media composition package from the client device to the messaging system in response to the transmission command, the media composition package comprising the media composition, the media composition package addressed to a media composition distribution group for the user account, the media composition distribution group determined based on, at least in part, a messaging history for the user account with the messaging system. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2020Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.Inventors: Peter Henry Martinazzi, Richard Kenneth Zadoronzny, Jennifer A. Burge, Christian Xavier Dalonzo
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Patent number: 10965723Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes determining, by a computer server machine, that a callee-user is available for a communication session based on location information associated with a client system of the callee-user; sending, by the computer server machine, in response to determining that the callee-user is available, a notification to a client system of a caller-user indicating that the callee-user is available; receiving, by the computer server machine, a request from the client system of the caller-user to initiate the communication session; establishing, by the computer server machine, the communication session to enable a media stream comprising media captured at the client system of the caller-user to be received at the client system of a callee-user; and sending, by the computer server machine, the media captured at the client system of the caller-user to the client system of the callee-user.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2020Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Stephane Taine, Edward Young Zhang, Dwayne B. Mercredi, Michael Leggett, Brendan Benjamin Aronoff, Peter Henry Martinazzi, Evan Patrick Noon, Duckjin Kang, John Randall Ehrhardt
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Patent number: 10880242Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for increasing messaging activity in a messaging system. Using the interactions of users with each other and/or with the messaging system, the disclosed systems and methods can predict how likely a pairing of two or more users are to engage in a highly active messaging thread. Based on this prediction, the disclosed methods and systems can, for example, more effectively organize contact lists and conduct promotional efforts associated with messaging features.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.Inventors: Ariel Benjamin Evnine, Lada Ariana Adamic, Peter Henry Martinazzi, Ojus Abhimanyu Patil
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Patent number: 10693828Abstract: A social networking system selects a set of contacts for presentation to a user of the social networking system. A contact is an additional user or a group of users maintained by the social networking system. To select the set of contacts, the social networking system generates scores associated with additional users of the social networking system and groups of users based on interactions between the user and various additional users and between the user and groups of users. Based on the scores associated with additional users and with groups of users, the social networking system selects a set of contacts from the additional users and the groups of users. Information identifying the set of contacts is communicated from the social networking system to a client device for presentation to the user.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2017Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Aleksandar Ilic, Chuang Wu, Peter Henry Martinazzi, Ziqing Mao
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Publication number: 20200162522Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes determining, by a computer server machine, that a callee-user is available for a communication session based on location information associated with a client system of the callee-user; sending, by the computer server machine, in response to determining that the callee-user is available, a notification to a client system of a caller-user indicating that the callee-user is available; receiving, by the computer server machine, a request from the client system of the caller-user to initiate the communication session; establishing, by the computer server machine, the communication session to enable a media stream comprising media captured at the client system of the caller-user to be received at the client system of a callee-user; and sending, by the computer server machine, the media captured at the client system of the caller-user to the client system of the callee-user.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2020Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventors: Stephane Taine, Edward Young Zhang, Dwayne B. Mercredi, Michael Leggett, Brendan Benjamin Aronoff, Peter Henry Martinazzi, Evan Patrick Noon, Duckjin Kang, John Randall Ehrhardt
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Patent number: 10652285Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes sending an availability-notification a caller-user in response to an occurrence of a trigger event; establishing a call session to enable a media stream comprising media of the caller-user that is of a first type to be received by a callee-user; sending the media of the first media type to the callee-user; re-establishing the call session to enable a media stream comprising media of the callee-user that is of a second media type to be received by the caller-user; and sending the media of the second media type to the caller-user.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Stephane Taine, Edward Young Zhang, Dwayne B. Mercredi, Michael Leggett, Brendan Benjamin Aronoff, Peter Henry Martinazzi, Evan Patrick Noon, Duckjin Kang, John Randall Ehrhardt
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Publication number: 20200101388Abstract: This disclosure is directed to enabling access to a game instance through a messenger application. A client-side player component facilitates communication between a game instance on the client device and a backend server of a social networking system. The communication information can be stored in or retrieved from a social graph of the social networking system. The game instance can be initialized from a social platform of the social networking system, and the game can be played without leaving the messenger application.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Andrea Vaccari, Richard Kenneth Zadorozny, Jeremy Harrison Goldberg, Peter Henry Martinazzi, Lei Guang, Li Yang, Jennifer A. Burge
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Patent number: 10606848Abstract: Techniques for device configuration using messaging history information are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a contact list component operative to determine a promotion contact list for the user account; a predicted interest component operative to determine a predicted communication interest for each contact on a promotion contact list; a predicted activity component operative to determine a user predicted likelihood of future activeness on the communication system; determine a contact predicted likelihood of future activeness on the communication system for each contact; and a contact ranking component operative to determine the ranking weight for each contact based on the predicted communication interest for each contact on the promotion contact list, the user predicted likelihood of future activeness on the communication system, and the contact predicted likelihood of future activeness on the communication system for each contact on the promotion contact list.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2016Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.Inventors: Brian Kimball, Kunal Nikhil Modi, Jonathan David Perlow, Peter Henry Martinazzi, Ariel Benjamin Evnine
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Patent number: 10609093Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes determining an occurrence of a trigger event; sending a notification to the caller-user; receiving a request from the caller-user to initiate the call session; establishing the call session to enable a media stream of the caller-user to be received by the callee-user; and sending the media stream to the callee-user.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2016Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Stephane Taine, Edward Young Zhang, Dwayne B. Mercredi, Michael Leggett, Brendan Benjamin Aronoff, Peter Henry Martinazzi, Evan Patrick Noon, Duckjin Kang, John Randall Ehrhardt
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Patent number: 10594643Abstract: Techniques to configure the network distribution of media compositions for transmission are described. An apparatus may comprise a user interface component of a messaging client on a client device operative to receive a media composition via a composition interface, the messaging client associated with a user account with a messaging system; and receive a transmission command via the composition interface; and a messaging component operative to transmit a media composition package from the client device to the messaging system in response to the transmission command, the media composition package comprising the media composition, the media composition package addressed to a media composition distribution group for the user account, the media composition distribution group determined based on, at least in part, a messaging history for the user account with the messaging system. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2015Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.Inventors: Peter Henry Martinazzi, Richard Kenneth Zadorozny, Jennifer A Burge, Christian Xavier Dalonzo
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Publication number: 20200007484Abstract: Techniques to configure the network distribution of media compositions for transmission are described. An apparatus may comprise a user interface component of a messaging client on a client device operative to receive a media composition via a composition interface, the messaging client associated with a user account with a messaging system; and receive a transmission command via the composition interface; and a messaging component operative to transmit a media composition package from the client device to the messaging system in response to the transmission command, the media composition package comprising the media composition, the media composition package addressed to a media composition distribution group for the user account, the media composition distribution group determined based on, at least in part, a messaging history for the user account with the messaging system. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventors: Peter Henry Martinazzi, Richard Kenneth Zadorozny, Jennifer A. Burge, Christian Xavier Dalonzo
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Patent number: 10518181Abstract: This disclosure is directed to enabling access to a game instance through a messenger application. A client-side player component facilitates communication between a game instance on the client device and a backend server of a social networking system. The communication information can be stored in or retrieved from a social graph of the social networking system. The game instance can be initialized from a social platform of the social networking system, and the game can be played without leaving the messenger application.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2017Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Andrea Vaccari, Richard Kenneth Zadorozny, Jeremy Harrison Goldberg, Peter Henry Martinazzi, Lei Guang, Li Yang, Jennifer A. Burge