Patents by Inventor Shashank Bharath

Shashank Bharath 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).

  • Content provision based on geographic proximity
    Patent number: 10685078
    Abstract: A method includes detecting a proximity event associated with a first user and a second user, wherein the proximity event includes the second user being in geographic proximity to the first user and calculating an influence score associated with the proximity event, wherein the influence score is based at least in part on a social gravity of the second user and a duration of the proximity event. The method further includes, upon determining that the influence score is greater than a threshold score, identifying, based at least in part on a geographic location of the first user, a content object associated with the second user for provision to the first user and sending the content object to a client system associated with the first user for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Sai Sri Sathya, Shashank Bharath, Ramesh Raskar
  • Content Provision Based on Geographic Proximity
    Publication number: 20190213266
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes detecting a proximity event associated with a first user and a second user, wherein the proximity event includes the second user being in geographic proximity to the first user and calculating an influence score associated with the proximity event, wherein the influence score is based at least in part on a social gravity of the second user and a duration of the proximity event. The method further includes, upon determining that the influence score is greater than a threshold score, identifying, based at least in part on a geographic location of the first user, a content object associated with the second user for provision to the first user and sending the content object to a client system associated with the first user for display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Sai Sri Sathya, Shashank Bharath, Ramesh Raskar