Patents by Inventor Raylene Kay Yung

Raylene Kay Yung 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).

  • Patent number: 10242067
    Abstract: The invention provides a display interface in a social networking system that enables the presentation of information related to a user in a timeline or map view. The system accesses information about a user of a social networking system, including both data about the user and social network activities related to the user. The system then selects one or more of these pieces of data and/or activities from a certain time period and gathers them into timeline units based on their relatedness and their relevance to users. These timeline units are ranked by relevance to the user, and are used to generate a timeline or map view for the user containing visual representations of the timeline units organized by location or time. The timeline or map view is then provided to other users of the social networking system that wish to view information about the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Serkan Piantino, Ryan Case, Stanislav Funiak, Daniel Klatzko Gibson, Jeff Huang, Ryan David Mack, Paul M. McDonald, Arun Vijayvergiya, Joshua Wiseman, Zizhuang Yang, Steven Young, Raylene Kay Yung, Mark E. Zuckerberg
  • Patent number: 10083239
    Abstract: To generate stories for presentation to social networking system users, one or more story generation engines receives a set of actions of social networking system users. Various story generation engines output stories of different types that collect particular types of actions and arrange the actions in a specified format for presentation. The story generators may avoid selecting the same actions for different stories. Stories generated by the various story generators may be ranked and the ranking used to select stories for presentation to one or more social networking system users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Raylene Kay Yung, Daniel Schafer, Li Zhang, Serkan Piantino, Maxim Gubin
  • Patent number: 9946430
    Abstract: The invention provides a display interface in a social networking system that enables the presentation of information related to a user in a timeline or map view. The system accesses information about a user of a social networking system, including both data about the user and social network activities related to the user. The system then selects one or more of these pieces of data and/or activities from a certain time period and gathers them into timeline units based on their relatedness and their relevance to users. These timeline units are ranked by relevance to the user, and are used to generate a timeline or map view for the user containing visual representations of the timeline units organized by location or time. The timeline or map view is then provided to other users of the social networking system that wish to view information about the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Lessin, William Joseph Flynn, III, Daniel Klatzko Gibson, Burak Guzel, Drew W. Hamlin, Jeff Huang, Paul M. McDonald, Stefan Parker, Arun Vijayvergiya, Josh Wiseman, Zizhuang Yang, Wei Zhong Yeh, Steven Young, Raylene Kay Yung, Mark E. Zuckerberg
  • Patent number: 9923981
    Abstract: The invention provides a display interface in a social networking system that enables the presentation of information related to a user in a timeline or map view. The system accesses information about a user of a social networking system, including both data about the user and social network activities related to the user. The system then selects one or more of these pieces of data and/or activities from a certain time period and gathers them into timeline units based on their relatedness and their relevance to users. These timeline units are ranked by relevance to the user, and are used to generate a timeline or map view for the user containing visual representations of the timeline units organized by location or time. The timeline or map view is then provided to other users of the social networking system that wish to view information about the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul M. McDonald, Ryan Case, Nicholas Felton, Drew W. Hamlin, Jeff Huang, Samuel Lessin, Ryan David Mack, Serkan Piantino, Josh Wiseman, Raylene Kay Yung, Mark E. Zuckerberg
  • Publication number: 20170351773
    Abstract: The invention provides a display interface in a social networking system that enables the presentation of information related to a user in a timeline or map view. The system accesses information about a user of a social networking system, including both data about the user and social network activities related to the user. The system then selects one or more of these pieces of data and/or activities from a certain time period and gathers them into timeline units based on their relatedness and their relevance to users. These timeline units are ranked by relevance to the user, and are used to generate a timeline or map view for the user containing visual representations of the timeline units organized by location or time. The timeline or map view is then provided to other users of the social networking system that wish to view information about the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Raylene Kay Yung, Ryan Case, Jeff Huang, Samuel Lessin, Ryan David Mack, Paul M. McDonald, Serkan Piantino, Arun Vijayvergiya, Joshua Wiseman, Steven Young, Mark E. Zuckerberg
  • Patent number: 9798440
    Abstract: The invention provides a display interface in a social networking system that enables the presentation of information related to a user in a timeline view. The system accesses information about a user of a social networking system. The system then selects one or more of these pieces of data and/or activities from a certain time period and gathers them into timeline units based on their relatedness and their relevance to users. These timeline units are ranked by relevance to the user, and a diversity policy is applied to prevent overrepresentation of timeline unit type(s). The timeline units are used to generate a timeline view for the user containing visual representations of the timeline units organized by location or time. The timeline view is then provided to other users of the social networking system that wish to view information about the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Serkan Piantino, Daniel Klatzko Gibson, Jeff Huang, Paul M. McDonald, Arun Vijayvergiya, Steve Young, Raylene Kay Yung, Mark E. Zuckerberg
  • Patent number: 9798438
    Abstract: The invention provides a display interface in a social networking system that enables the presentation of information related to a user in a timeline view. The system accesses information about a user of a social networking system, including both data about the user and social network activities related to the user. The system then selects one or more of these pieces of data and/or activities from a certain time period and gathers them into timeline units based on their relatedness and their relevance to users. These timeline units are ranked by relevance to the user, and can then determine a quantity of timeline for display in the timeline view and select them based at least in part on the ranking. The units then are used to generate a timeline view for the user containing visual representations of the timeline units organized by location or time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Serkan Piantino, Daniel Klatzko Gibson, Jeff Huang, Paul M. McDonald, Arun Vijayvergiya, Steve Young, Raylene Kay Yung, Mark E. Zuckerberg
  • Patent number: 9798439
    Abstract: The invention provides a display interface in a social networking system that enables the presentation of information related to a user in a timeline or map view. The system accesses information about a user of a social networking system, including both data about the user and social network activities related to the user. The system then selects one or more of these pieces of data and/or activities from a certain time period and gathers them into timeline units based on whether the viewing user has permission to view them. These timeline units are ranked by relevance to the user, and are used to generate a timeline for the user containing visual representations of the timeline units organized by time. The timeline view is then provided to other users of the social networking system that wish to view information about the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Serkan Piantino, Daniel Klatzko Gibson, Jeff Huang, Paul M. McDonald, Arun Vijayvergiya, Steve Young, Raylene Kay Yung, Mark E. Zuckerberg
  • Patent number: 9767205
    Abstract: The invention provides a display interface in a social networking system that enables the presentation of information related to a user in a timeline or map view. The system accesses information about a user of a social networking system, including both data about the user and social network activities related to the user. The system then selects one or more of these pieces of data and/or activities from a certain time period and gathers them into timeline units based on their relatedness and their relevance to users. These timeline units are ranked by relevance to the user, and are used to generate a timeline or map view for the user containing visual representations of the timeline units organized by location or time. The timeline or map view is then provided to other users of the social networking system that wish to view information about the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Raylene Kay Yung, Ryan Case, Jeff Huang, Samuel Lessin, Ryan David Mack, Paul M. McDonald, Serkan Piantino, Arun Vijayvergiya, Joshua Wiseman, Steven Young, Mark E. Zuckerberg
  • Publication number: 20170193120
    Abstract: To generate stories for presentation to social networking system users, one or more story generation engines receives a set of actions of social networking system users. Various story generation engines output stories of different types that collect particular types of actions and arrange the actions in a specified format for presentation. The story generators may avoid selecting the same actions for different stories. Stories generated by the various story generators may be ranked and the ranking used to select stories for presentation to one or more social networking system users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Raylene Kay Yung, Daniel Schafer, Li Zhang, Serkan Piantino, Maxim Gubin
  • Patent number: 9609073
    Abstract: To generate stories for presentation to social networking system users, one or more story generation engines receives a set of actions of social networking system users. Various story generation engines output stories of different types that collect particular types of actions and arrange the actions in a specified format for presentation. The story generators may avoid selecting the same actions for different stories. Stories generated by the various story generators may be ranked and the ranking used to select stories for presentation to one or more social networking system users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Raylene Kay Yung, Daniel Schafer, Li Zhang, Serkan Piantino, Maxim Gubin
  • Publication number: 20150026264
    Abstract: The invention provides a display interface in a social networking system that enables the presentation of information related to a user in a timeline or map view. The system accesses information about a user of a social networking system, including both data about the user and social network activities related to the user. The system then selects one or more of these pieces of data and/or activities from a certain time period and gathers them into timeline units based on their relatedness and their relevance to users. These timeline units are ranked by relevance to the user, and are used to generate a timeline or map view for the user containing visual representations of the timeline units organized by location or time. The timeline or map view is then provided to other users of the social networking system that wish to view information about the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Paul M. McDonald, Ryan Case, Nicholas Felton, Drew W. Hamlin, Jeff Huang, Samuel Lessin, Ryan David Mack, Serkan Piantino, Josh Wiseman, Raylene Kay Yung, Mark E. Zuckerberg
  • Patent number: 8887035
    Abstract: The invention provides a display interface in a social networking system that enables the presentation of information related to a user in a timeline or map view. The system accesses information about a user of a social networking system, including both data about the user and social network activities related to the user. The system then selects one or more of these pieces of data and/or activities from a certain time period and gathers them into timeline units based on their relatedness and their relevance to users. These timeline units are ranked by relevance to the user, and are used to generate a timeline or map view for the user containing visual representations of the timeline units organized by location or time. The timeline or map view is then provided to other users of the social networking system that wish to view information about the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul M. McDonald, Ryan Case, Nicholas Felton, Drew W. Hamlin, Jeff Huang, Samuel Lessin, Ryan David Mack, Serkan Piantino, Josh Wiseman, Raylene Kay Yung, Mark E. Zuckerberg
  • Publication number: 20140324797
    Abstract: The invention provides a display interface in a social networking system that enables the presentation of information related to a user in a timeline or map view. The system accesses information about a user of a social networking system, including both data about the user and social network activities related to the user. The system then selects one or more of these pieces of data and/or activities from a certain time period and gathers them into timeline units based on their relatedness and their relevance to users. These timeline units are ranked by relevance to the user, and are used to generate a timeline or map view for the user containing visual representations of the timeline units organized by location or time. The timeline or map view is then provided to other users of the social networking system that wish to view information about the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Raylene Kay Yung, Ryan Case, Jeff Huang, Samuel Lessin, Ryan David Mack, Paul M. McDonald, Serkan Piantino, Arun Vijayvergiya, Joshua Wiseman, Steven Young, Mark E. Zuckerberg
  • Patent number: 8869017
    Abstract: The invention provides a display interface in a social networking system that enables the presentation of information related to a user in a timeline or map view. The system accesses information about a user of a social networking system, including both data about the user and social network activities related to the user. The system then selects one or more of these pieces of data and/or activities from a certain time period and gathers them into timeline units based on their relatedness and their relevance to users. These timeline units are ranked by relevance to the user, and are used to generate a timeline or map view for the user containing visual representations of the timeline units organized by location or time. The timeline or map view is then provided to other users of the social networking system that wish to view information about the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc
    Inventors: Serkan Piantino, Daniel Klatzko Gibson, Jeff Huang, Paul M. McDonald, Arun Vijayvergiya, Steven Young, Raylene Kay Yung, Mark E. Zuckerberg
  • Publication number: 20140258282
    Abstract: The invention provides a display interface in a social networking system that enables the presentation of information related to a user in a timeline view. The system accesses information about a user of a social networking system. The system then selects one or more of these pieces of data and/or activities from a certain time period and gathers them into timeline units based on their relatedness and their relevance to users. These timeline units are ranked by relevance to the user, and a diversity policy is applied to prevent overrepresentation of timeline unit type(s). The timeline units are used to generate a timeline view for the user containing visual representations of the timeline units organized by location or time. The timeline view is then provided to other users of the social networking system that wish to view information about the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Serkan Piantino, Daniel Klatzko Gibson, Jeff Huang, Paul M. McDonald, Arun Vijayvergiya, Steve Young, Raylene Kay Yung, Mark E. Zuckerberg
  • Patent number: 8832560
    Abstract: The invention provides a display interface in a social networking system that enables the presentation of information related to a user in a timeline or map view. The system accesses information about a user of a social networking system, including both data about the user and social network activities related to the user. The system then selects one or more of these pieces of data and/or activities from a certain time period and gathers them into timeline units based on their relatedness and their relevance to users. These timeline units are ranked by relevance to the user, and are used to generate a timeline or map view for the user containing visual representations of the timeline units organized by location or time. The timeline or map view is then provided to other users of the social networking system that wish to view information about the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Raylene Kay Yung, Ryan Case, Jeff Huang, Samuel Lessin, Ryan David Mack, Paul M. McDonald, Serkan Piantino, Arun Vijayvergiya, Josh Wiseman, Steven Young, Mark E. Zuckerberg
  • Publication number: 20140250136
    Abstract: The invention provides a display interface in a social networking system that enables the presentation of information related to a user in a timeline or map view. The system accesses information about a user of a social networking system, including both data about the user and social network activities related to the user. The system then selects one or more of these pieces of data and/or activities from a certain time period and gathers them into timeline units based on whether the viewing user has permission to view them. These timeline units are ranked by relevance to the user, and are used to generate a timeline for the user containing visual representations of the timeline units organized by time. The timeline view is then provided to other users of the social networking system that wish to view information about the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Serkan Piantino, Daniel Klatzko Gibson, Jeff Huang, Paul M. McDonald, Arun Vijayvergiya, Steve Young, Raylene Kay Yung, Mark E. Zuckerberg
  • Publication number: 20140250114
    Abstract: The invention provides a display interface in a social networking system that enables the presentation of information related to a user in a timeline view. The system accesses information about a user of a social networking system, including both data about the user and social network activities related to the user. The system then selects one or more of these pieces of data and/or activities from a certain time period and gathers them into timeline units based on their relatedness and their relevance to users. These timeline units are ranked by relevance to the user, and can then determine a quantity of timeline for display in the timeline view and select them based at least in part on the ranking. The units then are used to generate a timeline view for the user containing visual representations of the timeline units organized by location or time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Serkan Piantino, Daniel Klatzko Gibson, Jeff Huang, Paul M. McDonald, Arun Vijayvergiya, Steve Young, Raylene Kay Yung, Mark E. Zuckerberg
  • Publication number: 20140214737
    Abstract: The invention provides a display interface in a social networking system that enables the presentation of information related to a user in a timeline or map view. The system accesses information about a user of a social networking system, including both data about the user and social network activities related to the user. The system then selects one or more of these pieces of data and/or activities from a certain time period and gathers them into timeline units based on their relatedness and their relevance to users. These timeline units are ranked by relevance to the user, and are used to generate a timeline or map view for the user containing visual representations of the timeline units organized by location or time. The timeline or map view is then provided to other users of the social networking system that wish to view information about the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Serkan Piantino, Ryan Case, Stanislav Funiak, Daniel Klatzko Gibson, Jeff Huang, Ryan David Mack, Paul M. McDonald, Arun Vijayvergiya, Joshua Wiseman, Zishuang Yang, Steven Young, Raylene Kay Yung, Mark E. Zuckerberg