Patents by Inventor Philip McAllister
Philip McAllister 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: 10664510Abstract: Clustering media items includes: identifying a first plurality of media items associated with a first map view of a map; grouping the first plurality of media items into a first set of one or more clusters that correspond to a first set of one or more respective regions; displaying the first set of one or more clusters using a first set of one or more representative media items; in response to a request to change the first map view: identifying a second plurality of media items in a second map view associated with the request; grouping the second plurality of media items into a second set of one or more clusters that corresponds to a second set of one or more respective regions; and displaying the second set of one or more clusters using a second set of one or more representative media items.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2018Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Gregor Hochmuth, Tim Van Damme, Philip McAllister, Kevin Systrom
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Publication number: 20190108186Abstract: Processing a plurality of media items that are associated with a respective plurality of locations includes: obtaining the plurality of media items; selecting a first media item that defines a first region on a map; determining a first set of media items that are located within the first region; selecting a second media item that defines a second region on the map, the second media item being selected among media items that are not located within the first region; determining a second set of media items that are located within the second region; and processing the first set of media items and the second set of media items as distinct groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2018Publication date: April 11, 2019Inventors: Gregor Hochmuth, Tim Van Damme, Philip McAllister, Kevin Systrom
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Patent number: 10204598Abstract: Displaying a plurality of encoded media items on a device includes: detecting that a first scrolling action has been completed; determining a predicted next encoded media item to be displayed; obtaining the predicted next encoded media item from a first memory; pre-decoding the predicted next encoded media item to generate a pre-decoded media item; storing the pre-decoded media item in a second memory, the second memory having lower latency than the first memory; receiving an indication that a second scrolling action has begun; and in response to the second scrolling action, displaying the pre-decoded media item via a display interface.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2016Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Philip McAllister, Shayne Sweeney
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Patent number: 10140743Abstract: Clustering media items includes: selecting a first representative media item that defines a first region, wherein the first region is defined based at least in part on a size of a reduced resolution image associated with the first representative media item; determining a first set of media items that belong to the first region; selecting a second representative media item that does not belong to the first region and that defines a second region; determining a second set of media items that belong to the second region; and sending the reduced resolution image associated with the first representative media item and a reduced resolution image associated with the second representative media item to be displayed; wherein the reduced resolution image associated with the first representative media item and the reduced resolution image associated with the second representative media item are displayed on a map in a non-overlapping fashion.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2016Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Gregor Hochmuth, Tim Van Damme, Philip McAllister, Kevin Systrom
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Publication number: 20170069123Abstract: Clustering media items includes: selecting a first representative media item that defines a first region, wherein the first region is defined based at least in part on a size of a reduced resolution image associated with the first representative media item; determining a first set of media items that belong to the first region; selecting a second representative media item that does not belong to the first region and that defines a second region; determining a second set of media items that belong to the second region; and sending the reduced resolution image associated with the first representative media item and a reduced resolution image associated with the second representative media item to be displayed; wherein the reduced resolution image associated with the first representative media item and the reduced resolution image associated with the second representative media item are displayed on a map in a non-overlapping fashion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2016Publication date: March 9, 2017Inventors: Gregor Hochmuth, Tim Van Damme, Philip McAllister, Kevin Systrom
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Patent number: 9529800Abstract: Displaying media items on a map includes: determining, among a plurality of media items, a set of media items that belongs to a region on a map, including: selecting, among the plurality of media items, a representative media item of the set of media items; defining the region on the map, a size of the region being dependent at least in part on a size of a reduced resolution image associated with the representative media item; and determining one or more other media items whose corresponding one or more pixel locations on a display are within the region, and including the one or more other media items in the set of media items; and displaying the reduced resolution image of the representative media item in the region on the map to represent the set of media items.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2015Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Gregor Hochmuth, Tim Van Damme, Philip McAllister, Kevin Systrom
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Publication number: 20160275917Abstract: Displaying a plurality of encoded media items on a device includes: detecting that a first scrolling action has been completed; determining a predicted next encoded media item to be displayed; obtaining the predicted next encoded media item from a first memory; pre-decoding the predicted next encoded media item to generate a pre-decoded media item; storing the pre-decoded media item in a second memory, the second memory having lower latency than the first memory; receiving an indication that a second scrolling action has begun; and in response to the second scrolling action, displaying the pre-decoded media item via a display interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2016Publication date: September 22, 2016Inventors: Philip McAllister, Shayne Sweeney
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Publication number: 20160203134Abstract: Processing a plurality of media items that are associated with a respective plurality of locations includes: obtaining the plurality of media items; selecting a first media item that defines a first region on a map; determining a first set of media items that are located within the first region; selecting a second media item that defines a second region on the map, the second media item being selected among media items that are not located within the first region; determining a second set of media items that are located within the second region; and processing the first set of media items and the second set of media items as distinct groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2016Publication date: July 14, 2016Inventors: Gregor Hochmuth, Tim Van Damme, Philip McAllister, Kevin Systrom
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Patent number: 9377940Abstract: Displaying a plurality of encoded media items on a device includes: detecting that a first scrolling action has been completed; determining a predicted next encoded media item to be displayed; obtaining the predicted next encoded media item from a first memory; pre-decoding the predicted next encoded media item to generate a pre-decoded media item; storing the pre-decoded media item in a second memory, the second memory having lower latency than the first memory; receiving an indication that a second scrolling action has begun; and in response to the second scrolling action, displaying the pre-decoded media item via a display interface.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Philip McAllister, Shayne Sweeney
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Patent number: 9323855Abstract: Processing a plurality of media items that are associated with a respective plurality of locations includes: obtaining the plurality of media items; selecting a first media item that defines a first region on a map; determining a first set of media items that are located within the first region; selecting a second media item that defines a second region on the map, the second media item being selected among media items that are not located within the first region; determining a second set of media items that are located within the second region; and processing the first set of media items and the second set of media items as distinct groups.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2013Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Gregor Hochmuth, Tim Van Damme, Philip McAllister, Kevin Systrom
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Publication number: 20150234818Abstract: Displaying media items on a map includes: determining, among a plurality of media items, a set of media items that belongs to a region on a map, including: selecting, among the plurality of media items, a representative media item of the set of media items; defining the region on the map, a size of the region being dependent at least in part on a size of a reduced resolution image associated with the representative media item; and determining one or more other media items whose corresponding one or more pixel locations on a display are within the region, and including the one or more other media items in the set of media items; and displaying the reduced resolution image of the representative media item in the region on the map to represent the set of media items.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2015Publication date: August 20, 2015Inventors: Gregor Hochmuth, Tim Van Damme, Philip McAllister, Kevin Systrom
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Patent number: 9047847Abstract: Displaying media items on a map includes: obtaining a plurality of media items; selecting a first representative media item that defines a first region; determining a first set of media items that belong to the first region; selecting a second representative media item, wherein the second representative media item does not belong to the first region, and the second representative media item defines a second region; determining a second set of media items that belong to the second region; and displaying on the map a first set of media items that belong to the first region and a second set of media items that belong to the second region, including displaying the first representative media item on the map at a first location corresponding to the first region, and displaying the second representative media item on the map at a second location corresponding to the second region.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2013Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Gregor Hochmuth, Tim Van Damme, Philip McAllister, Kevin Systrom
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Publication number: 20140245219Abstract: Displaying a plurality of encoded media items on a device includes: detecting that a first scrolling action has been completed; determining a predicted next encoded media item to be displayed; obtaining the predicted next encoded media item from a first memory; pre-decoding the predicted next encoded media item to generate a pre-decoded media item; storing the pre-decoded media item in a second memory, the second memory having lower latency than the first memory; receiving an indication that a second scrolling action has begun; and in response to the second scrolling action, displaying the pre-decoded media item via a display interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Philip McAllister, Shayne Sweeney
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Publication number: 20140222809Abstract: Processing a plurality of media items that are associated with a respective plurality of locations includes: obtaining the plurality of media items; selecting a first media item that defines a first region on a map; determining a first set of media items that are located within the first region; selecting a second media item that defines a second region on the map, the second media item being selected among media items that are not located within the first region; determining a second set of media items that are located within the second region; and processing the first set of media items and the second set of media items as distinct groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2013Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Gregor Hochmuth, Tim Van Damme, Philip McAllister, Kevin Systrom
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Publication number: 20140218394Abstract: Displaying media items on a map includes: obtaining a plurality of media items; selecting a first representative media item that defines a first region; determining a first set of media items that belong to the first region; selecting a second representative media item, wherein the second representative media item does not belong to the first region, and the second representative media item defines a second region; determining a second set of media items that belong to the second region; and displaying on the map a first set of media items that belong to the first region and a second set of media items that belong to the second region, including displaying the first representative media item on the map at a first location corresponding to the first region, and displaying the second representative media item on the map at a second location corresponding to the second region.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2013Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Gregor Hochmuth, Tim Van Damme, Philip McAllister, Kevin Systrom