Patents by Inventor Phaedra Papakipos

Phaedra Papakipos 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).

  • FACE RECOGNITION BASED ON SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PROXIMITY
    Publication number: 20190108389
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing an image file associated with a first user of a communication system and detecting a face in an image corresponding to the image file. The method also includes accessing an event database associated with the communication system, the event database containing one or more events, each being associated with the first user and one or more second users of the communication system. The method also includes determining one or more candidates among the second users to be matched to the face, where each candidate is associated with an event in the communication system, and where a time associated with the image is in temporal proximity to a time associated with the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Phaedra Papakipos, Matthew Nicholas Papakipos
  • Face recognition based on spatial and temporal proximity
    Patent number: 10162999
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing an image file associated with a first user of a communication system and detecting a face in an image corresponding to the image file. The method also includes accessing an event database associated with the communication system, the event database containing one or more events, each being associated with the first user and one or more second users of the communication system. The method also includes determining one or more candidates among the second users to be matched to the face, where each candidate is associated with an event in the communication system, and where a time associated with the image is in temporal proximity to a time associated with the event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Phaedra Papakipos, Matthew Nicholas Papakipos
  • FACE RECOGNITION BASED ON SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PROXIMITY
    Publication number: 20160171291
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing an image file associated with a first user of a communication system and detecting a face in an image corresponding to the image file. The method also includes accessing an event database associated with the communication system, the event database containing one or more events, each being associated with the first user and one or more second users of the communication system. The method also includes determining one or more candidates among the second users to be matched to the face, where each candidate is associated with an event in the communication system, and where a time associated with the image is in temporal proximity to a time associated with the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Phaedra Papakipos, Matthew Nicholas Papakipos
  • Face recognition based on spatial and temporal proximity
    Patent number: 9317530
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a social networking system determines one or more individuals matching one or more faces in an image file of a still image or a video sequence, associated with a first user based on the one or more individuals' spatial and temporal proximity to the image file, and presents the matched individuals to the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Phaedra Papakipos, Matthew Nicholas Papakipos
  • Face Recognition Based on Spatial and Temporal Proximity
    Publication number: 20120250950
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a social networking system determines one or more individuals matching one or more faces in an image file of a still image or a video sequence, associated with a first user based on the one or more individuals' spatial and temporal proximity to the image file, and presents the matched individuals to the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Phaedra Papakipos, Matthew Nicholas Papakipos