Patents by Inventor Prashant Malik

Prashant Malik 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: 20210326275
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to controlling bandwidth allocations of storage system ports. A maximum bandwidth of one or more ports of the storage device for receiving migration data from a remote storage device are dynamically allocated based on one or more state metric of a storage device. The migration data is migrated from the remote storage device based on each port's bandwidth allocation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Ananthakrishnan Anirudhan, Santoshkumar Konnur, Shruti Asmita, Prashant Malik
  • Patent number: 9819634
    Abstract: A messaging system receives a message that is intended for a recipient, who is a user of a social networking system. An object associated with the message is identified based on the message content and/or metadata associated with the message. The messaging system accesses a social networking system database to obtain social information about a relationship between the recipient and the identified object. The message is then indexed using the social information, wherein an entry for the message is stored in a message index based on the social information. This process may be repeated for each received message, and multiple different message indexes may be generated for received messages to track different types of social information. A user interface for viewing messages uses the message index to organize the messages, such as to filter, categorize, and/or sort the messages in the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Prashant Malik, Jiakai Liu, Andrew G. Bosworth, Joel Benjamin Seligstein
  • Patent number: 9800529
    Abstract: A messaging system that organizes and presents messages to users of the messaging system. The messaging system includes a mailbox module that receives messages and generates conversation threads from the messages. Messages received from different electronic message channels may be aggregated into a common conversation thread. The conversation threads are also organized in a message interface and then presented to a user of the messaging system. The messaging system may include a social networking system that stores social information about users, which can be used to organize the conversation threads. Other features include a multi mode message interface, and a method for adding contextual information to messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Prashant Malik, Jiakai Liu, Andrew G. Bosworth, Joel Benjamin Seligstein, Drew W. Hamlin, Daniel Hsiao, Kenneth M. Lau, Ross David Bayer, Mark E. Zuckerberg
  • Publication number: 20170118163
    Abstract: A messaging system receives a message that is intended for a recipient, who is a user of a social networking system. An object associated with the message is identified based on the message content and/or metadata associated with the message. The messaging system accesses a social networking system database to obtain social information about a relationship between the recipient and the identified object. The message is then indexed using the social information, wherein an entry for the message is stored in a message index based on the social information. This process may be repeated for each received message, and multiple different message indexes may be generated for received messages to track different types of social information. A user interface for viewing messages uses the message index to organize the messages, such as to filter, categorize, and/or sort the messages in the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Prashant Malik, Jiakai Liu, Andrew G. Bosworth, Joel Benjamin Seligstein
  • Patent number: 9590944
    Abstract: A messaging system receives a message that is intended for a recipient, who is a user of a social networking system. An object associated with the message is identified based on the message content and/or metadata associated with the message. The messaging system accesses a social networking system database to obtain social information about a relationship between the recipient and the identified object. The message is then indexed using the social information, wherein an entry for the message is stored in a message index based on the social information. This process may be repeated for each received message, and multiple different message indexes may be generated for received messages to track different types of social information. A user interface for viewing messages uses the message index to organize the messages, such as to filter, categorize, and/or sort the messages in the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Prashant Malik, Jiakai Liu, Andrew G. Bosworth, Joel Benjamin Seligstein
  • Publication number: 20160261547
    Abstract: A messaging system receives a message that is intended for a recipient, who is a user of a social networking system. An object associated with the message is identified based on the message content and/or metadata associated with the message. The messaging system accesses a social networking system database to obtain social information about a relationship between the recipient and the identified object. The message is then indexed using the social information, wherein an entry for the message is stored in a message index based on the social information. This process may be repeated for each received message, and multiple different message indexes may be generated for received messages to track different types of social information. A user interface for viewing messages uses the message index to organize the messages, such as to filter, categorize, and/or sort the messages in the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Prashant Malik, Jiakai Liu, Andrew G. Bosworth, Joel Benjamin Seligstein
  • Patent number: 9356905
    Abstract: A messaging system receives a message that is intended for a recipient, who is a user of a social networking system. An object associated with the message is identified based on the message content and/or metadata associated with the message. The messaging system accesses a social networking system database to obtain social information about a relationship between the recipient and the identified object. The message is then indexed using the social information, wherein an entry for the message is stored in a message index based on the social information. This process may be repeated for each received message, and multiple different message indexes may be generated for received messages to track different types of social information. A user interface for viewing messages uses the message index to organize the messages, such as to filter, categorize, and/or sort the messages in the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Prashant Malik, Jiakai Liu, Andrew G. Bosworth, Joel Benjamin Seligstein
  • Publication number: 20150120743
    Abstract: A messaging system receives a message that is intended for a recipient, who is a user of a social networking system. An object associated with the message is identified based on the message content and/or metadata associated with the message. The messaging system accesses a social networking system database to obtain social information about a relationship between the recipient and the identified object. The message is then indexed using the social information, wherein an entry for the message is stored in a message index based on the social information. This process may be repeated for each received message, and multiple different message indexes may be generated for received messages to track different types of social information. A user interface for viewing messages uses the message index to organize the messages, such as to filter, categorize, and/or sort the messages in the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Prashant Malik, Jiakai Liu, Andrew G. Bosworth, Joel Benjamin Seligstein
  • Patent number: 8984081
    Abstract: A messaging system receives a message that is intended for a recipient, who is a user of a social networking system. An object associated with the message is identified based on the message content and/or metadata associated with the message. The messaging system accesses a social networking system database to obtain social information about a relationship between the recipient and the identified object. The message is then indexed using the social information, wherein an entry for the message is stored in a message index based on the social information. This process may be repeated for each received message, and multiple different message indexes may be generated for received messages to track different types of social information. A user interface for viewing messages uses the message index to organize the messages, such as to filter, categorize, and/or sort the messages in the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Prashant Malik, Jiakai Liu, Andrew G. Bosworth, Joel Benjamin Seligstein
  • Publication number: 20130311587
    Abstract: A messaging system receives a message that is intended for a recipient, who is a user of a social networking system. An object associated with the message is identified based on the message content and/or metadata associated with the message. The messaging system accesses a social networking system database to obtain social information about a relationship between the recipient and the identified object. The message is then indexed using the social information, wherein an entry for the message is stored in a message index based on the social information. This process may be repeated for each received message, and multiple different message indexes may be generated for received messages to track different types of social information. A user interface for viewing messages uses the message index to organize the messages, such as to filter, categorize, and/or sort the messages in the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Prashant Malik, Jiakai Liu, Andrew G. Bosworth, Joel Benjamin Seligstein
  • Patent number: 8499048
    Abstract: A messaging system receives a message that is intended for a recipient, who is a user of a social networking system. An object associated with the message is identified based on the message content and/or metadata associated with the message. The messaging system accesses a social networking system database to obtain social information about a relationship between the recipient and the identified object. The message is then indexed using the social information, wherein an entry for the message is stored in a message index based on the social information. This process may be repeated for each received message, and multiple different message indexes may be generated for received messages to track different types of social information. A user interface for viewing messages uses the message index to organize the messages, such as to filter, categorize, and/or sort the messages in the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Prashant Malik, Jiakai Liu, Andrew G. Bosworth, Joel Benjamin Seligstein
  • Patent number: 8307411
    Abstract: An EAP-based authentication framework is provided that decouples credential acquisition from EAP methods that use credentials for authentication. An application may request from an EAP method parameters of credentials required by the EAP method. In response, the EAP method provides credential parameters, which may then be used by the application to acquire credentials consistent with the parameters from the user or other entity. The framework enables an application to request credentials in a context specific way. In addition, the application may simultaneously obtain credentials used in multiple authentication operations through a single user interface, or retain credentials for later use without further prompting a user such that a Single Sign-on user experience may be implemented. Additionally, the application can obtain credentials from a device so that the device may gain network access without requiring a user logon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Baron, Taroon Mandhana, Saurabh Mahajan, Prashant Malik
  • Publication number: 20120143972
    Abstract: A messaging system that organizes and presents messages to users of the messaging system. The messaging system includes a mailbox module that receives messages and generates conversation threads from the messages. Messages received from different electronic message channels may be aggregated into a common conversation thread. The conversation threads are also organized in a message interface and then presented to a user of the messaging system. The messaging system may include a social networking system that stores social information about users, which can be used to organize the conversation threads. Other features include a multi mode message interface, and a method for adding contextual information to messages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: Prashant Malik, Jiakai Liu, Andrew G. Bosworth, Joel Benjamin Seligstein, Drew W. Hamlin, Daniel Hsiao, Kenneth M. Lau, Ross David Bayer, Mark E. Zuckerberg
  • Publication number: 20120110085
    Abstract: A messaging system receives a message that is intended for a recipient, who is a user of a social networking system. An object associated with the message is identified based on the message content and/or metadata associated with the message. The messaging system accesses a social networking system database to obtain social information about a relationship between the recipient and the identified object. The message is then indexed using the social information, wherein an entry for the message is stored in a message index based on the social information. This process may be repeated for each received message, and multiple different message indexes may be generated for received messages to track different types of social information. A user interface for viewing messages uses the message index to organize the messages, such as to filter, categorize, and/or sort the messages in the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Prashant Malik, Jiakai Liu, Andrew G. Bosworth, Joel Benjamin Seligstein
  • Patent number: 7941831
    Abstract: A framework is provided that decouples credential acquisition from authentication processes using those credentials in a way that facilitates dynamic update of credential information. An authentication component may receive credential information for authentication of a user or a device for access to a resource. During interactions with an external authenticator, the authentication component may identify that updated credential information is required and issue a request to the application including credential parameters defining the updated credential information. An application component receiving the request may acquire updated credential information from a user or another entity. In addition, the authentication method may issue notifications to the application. The framework enables the application to update credentials in a context specific way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Taroon Mandhana, Saurabh Mahajan, Andrew Baron, Prashant Malik, Amir Zohrenejad, Karthik Ranganathan
  • Patent number: 7631318
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing digital rights management services are disclosed. Such a system includes a service program that provides a processing framework for performing a digital rights management service, such as publishing or licensing rights managed digital content. A plurality of plug-in components are provided, each of which performs a respective task associated with the digital rights management service. The plug-in components are integrated into the processing framework according to predefined sets of interface rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Scott C. Cottrille, Peter David Waxman, Vinay Krishnaswamy, Chandramouli Venkatesh, Attilla Narin, Gregory Kostal, Prashant Malik, Vladimir Yarmolenko, Frank Byrum, Thomas K. Lindeman
  • Patent number: 7577999
    Abstract: A licensor receives a request from a requestor including an identifier identifying the requestor and rights data associated with digital content, where the rights data lists at least one identifier and rights associated therewith. The licensor thereafter locates the identifier of the requestor in a directory, and locates in the directory based thereon an identifier of each group which the requestor is a member of. Each of the located requestor identifier and each located group identifier is compared to each identifier listed in the rights data to find a match, and a digital license to render the content is issued to the requestor with the rights associated with the matching identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Attila Narin, Chandramouli Venkatesh, Frank D. Byrum, Marco A. DeMello, Peter David Waxman, Prashant Malik, Rushmi U. Malaviarachchi, Steve Bourne, Vinay Krishnaswamy, Yevgeniy (Eugene) Rozenfeld
  • Patent number: 7502945
    Abstract: Content is encrypted according to a content key (CK) to result in (CK(content)) and the content key (CK) is protected according to a public key for a license server (PU-RM). Rights data is retrieved from a rights template to be associated with the content, and rules for modifying the retrieved rights data are also retrieved from the retrieved rights template. The retrieved rights data from the rights template is modified according to the rules, and the rights data and the protected content key (CK)) are submitted as a rights label to the license server for signing thereby. The license server thus validates the rights label and, if valid, creates a digital signature based on a private key (PR-RM) corresponding to (PU-RM) and based at least in part on the rights data to result in a signed rights label (SRL), and returns the SRL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Bourne, Marco A. DeMello, Jason Cahill, Lauren Antonoff, Chandramouli Venkatesh, Prashant Malik
  • Publication number: 20080196089
    Abstract: An EAP-based authentication framework is provided that decouples credential acquisition from EAP methods that use credentials for authentication. An application may request from an EAP method parameters of credentials required by the EAP method. In response, the EAP method provides credential parameters, which may then be used by the application to acquire credentials consistent with the parameters from the user or other entity. The framework enables an application to request credentials in a context specific way. In addition, the application may simultaneously obtain credentials used in multiple authentication operations through a single user interface, or retain credentials for later use without further prompting a user such that a Single Sign-on user experience may be implemented. Additionally, the application can obtain credentials from a device so that the device may gain network access without requiring a user logon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Baron, Taroon Mandhana, Saurabh Mahajan, Prashant Malik
  • Publication number: 20080196090
    Abstract: A framework is provided that decouples credential acquisition from authentication processes using those credentials in a way that facilitates dynamic update of credential information. An authentication component may receive credential information for authentication of a user or a device for access to a resource. During interactions with an external authenticator, the authentication component may identify that updated credential information is required and issue a request to the application including credential parameters defining the updated credential information. An application component receiving the request may acquire updated credential information from a user or another entity. In addition, the authentication method may issue notifications to the application. The framework enables the application to update credentials in a context specific way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Baron, Taroon Mandhana, Saurabh Mahajan, Prashant Malik, Amir Ali Zohrenejad, Karthik Ranganathan