Patents by Inventor Robert William Cathcart

Robert William Cathcart 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: 20130124625
    Abstract: Equivalent concepts expressed across multiple domains are matched and associated with a metapage generated by a social networking system. User preferences expressed on multiple domains, represented as pages in a social networking system, may be organized by concept and shared with advertisers, third-party developers, and other users of the social networking system using the metapages generated for the concepts. Aggregated social information may be presented to users of the social networking system viewing a page associated with a metapage. Information presented on external websites may be used to link pages across multiple domains with a metapage generated on the social networking system, presenting the information on other external websites associated with the metapage as links on the pages associated with the metapage. Feedback from users may be used to include or exclude pages from being associated with a generated metapage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventors: Robert William Cathcart, Rafael Linden Sagula, Cameron Alexander Marlow, Jonathan Chang, Siddharth Kar, Eric Sun
  • Publication number: 20130124624
    Abstract: Equivalent concepts expressed across multiple domains are matched and associated with a metapage generated by a social networking system. User preferences expressed on multiple domains, represented as pages in a social networking system, may be organized by concept and shared with advertisers, third-party developers, and other users using the metapages generated for the concepts. Aggregated social information may be presented to users viewing a page associated with a metapage. Information presented on external websites may be used to link pages across multiple domains with a metapage generated on the social networking system. Information on other external websites associated with the metapage may be presented as links on the pages associated with the metapage. Feedback from users may be used to include or exclude pages from being associated with a generated metapage. A best page for a concept embodied in multiple pages may be determined using a hierarchy of rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventors: Robert William Cathcart, Rafael Linden Sagula, Cameron Alexander Marlow, Jonathan Chang, Siddharth Kar, Eric Sun
  • Publication number: 20130124627
    Abstract: Equivalent concepts expressed across multiple domains are matched and associated with a metapage generated by a social networking system. User preferences expressed on multiple domains, represented as pages in a social networking system, may be organized by concept and shared with advertisers, third-party developers, and other users of the social networking system using the metapages generated for the concepts. Aggregated social information may be presented to users of the social networking system viewing a page associated with a metapage. Information presented on external websites may be used to link pages across multiple domains with a metapage generated on the social networking system. Social context information may be provided on a page associated with a metapage for a viewing user that shows expressions of interest by other users on the page and other pages associated with the metapage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventors: Robert William Cathcart, Rafael Linden Sagula, Cameron Alexander Marlow, Jonathan Chang, Siddharth Kar, Eric Sun
  • Publication number: 20130124626
    Abstract: Equivalent concepts expressed across multiple domains are matched and associated with a metapage generated by a social networking system. User preferences expressed on multiple domains, represented as pages in a social networking system, may be organized by concept and shared with advertisers, third-party developers, and other users of the social networking system using the metapages generated for the concepts. Aggregated social information may be presented to users of the social networking system viewing a page associated with a metapage. Information presented on external websites may be used to link pages across multiple domains with a metapage generated on the social networking system. A best page may be determined for a concept embodied in multiple pages on the social networking system using a hierarchy of rules. A best page may also be determined for a user based on information about the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventors: Robert William Cathcart, Rafael Linden Sagula, Cameron Alexander Marlow, Jonathan Chang, Siddharth Kar, Eric Sun
  • Publication number: 20100306821
    Abstract: Embodiments of a computer system, a method, and a computer-program product (e.g., software) for use with the computer system are described. These embodiments may be used to evaluate a user request to regain control of an online account. For example, the user request may be submitted online using a web page, and may include information that establishes the user's identity or that substantiates that the user is the owner of the online account, such as a history of recent activities associated with the online account. This information may be evaluated by comparing it to stored information associated with the online account, such as a stored history of recent activities or one or more locations of a registered user when the registered user previously accessed the online account. After evaluating the user request, remedial action may be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: Google, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert William Cathcart, Stephen P. Middlekauff, Laura M. Wallace, Colin M. Bogart, Jose L. Fernandez Martinez, Diana D. Wilson, Matthew J. Schweitz, Albert Bachand, Jessica S. Bronesky