Patents by Inventor Shaun Patric Allison

Shaun Patric Allison 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: 11019177
    Abstract: In one embodiments, one or more computer systems receive, from a client device of a user, a request to access content. The computer systems access a plurality of assets representing the content. The computer devices calculate, for each asset, using a deep-learning model, a probability of an interaction by the user upon providing the asset to the user, wherein the deep-learning model is based at least in part on one or more features associated with the user, the asset, or the content. The computer devices selects one of the assets based on the probability. The computer devices send, to the client device, the selected asset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Leif Erik Foged, Shaun Patric Allison
  • Patent number: 10819812
    Abstract: A method may include one or more computing devices receiving an indication that a triggering action has been detected from a client device, identifying one or more notifications associated with the triggering action, wherein the one or more notifications have been stored in a queue prior to receiving the indication that the triggering action has been detected, and, for each of the one or more identified notifications, calculating a click-through probability that a user associated with the client device will interact with the notification, wherein the click-through probability is calculated based at least in part on a period the notification was stored in the queue prior to receiving the indication that the of the triggering action has been detected, and determining whether the calculated click-through probability satisfies a threshold and sending, in response to determining that the calculated click-through probability satisfies the threshold, the identified notification to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Leif Erik Foged, Shaun Patric Allison
  • Publication number: 20200053178
    Abstract: A method may include one or more computing devices receiving an indication that a triggering action has been detected from a client device, identifying one or more notifications associated with the triggering action, wherein the one or more notifications have been stored in a queue prior to receiving the indication that the triggering action has been detected, and, for each of the one or more identified notifications, calculating a click-through probability that a user associated with the client device will interact with the notification, wherein the click-through probability is calculated based at least in part on a period the notification was stored in the queue prior to receiving the indication that the of the triggering action has been detected, and determining whether the calculated click-through probability satisfies a threshold and sending, in response to determining that the calculated click-through probability satisfies the threshold, the identified notification to the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Leif Erik Foged, Shaun Patric Allison
  • Patent number: 10506055
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes one or more computing devices detecting a triggering action by a user of a social-networking system, wherein the detecting includes receiving information about the triggering action from a client device associated with the user and accessing a queue including multiple notifications. The method also includes, for each of one or more of the notifications, calculating using a machine-learning model, a click-through probability that the user will interact with the notification upon display of the notification, wherein the machine-learning model is based at least in part on one or more features associated with the user or the notification, determining whether the click-through probability satisfies a threshold, and if the click-through probability satisfies the threshold, then sending the notification to the client device associated with the user for display, else, removing the notification from the queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Leif Erik Foged, Shaun Patric Allison
  • Publication number: 20180027092
    Abstract: In one embodiments, one or more computer systems receive, from a client device of a user, a request to access content. The computer systems access a plurality of assets representing the content. The computer devices calculate, for each asset, using a deep-learning model, a probability of an interaction by the user upon providing the asset to the user, wherein the deep-learning model is based at least in part on one or more features associated with the user, the asset, or the content. The computer devices selects one of the assets based on the probability. The computer devices send, to the client device, the selected asset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Leif Erik Foged, Shaun Patric Allison
  • Publication number: 20180013844
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes one or more computing devices detecting a triggering action by a user of a social-networking system, wherein the detecting includes receiving information about the triggering action from a client device associated with the user and accessing a queue including multiple notifications. The method also includes, for each of one or more of the notifications, calculating using a machine-learning model, a click-through probability that the user will interact with the notification upon display of the notification, wherein the machine-learning model is based at least in part on one or more features associated with the user or the notification, determining whether the click-through probability satisfies a threshold, and if the click-through probability satisfies the threshold, then sending the notification to the client device associated with the user for display, else, removing the notification from the queue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Leif Erik Foged, Shaun Patric Allison