Patents by Inventor Shie S. Erlich

Shie S. Erlich 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).

  • Live social modules on online social networks
    Patent number: 10397167
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a post associated with a first user of an online social network; extracting n-grams from the post; determining whether the post is associated with a trending topic based on whether one or more of the extracted n-grams are associated with the trending topic; identifying one or more second users, wherein each second user is a first-degree connection of the first user within the online social network and wherein each second user is a subscribing user; generating, for each second user, a live social module comprising the post; and sending, to a system of each second user, the live social module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuval Kesten, Shie S. Erlich, Peter Wang Weng, Markus Christian Messner Chaney
  • LIVE SOCIAL MODULES ON ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20160373397
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a post associated with a first user of an online social network; extracting n-grams from the post; determining whether the post is associated with a trending topic based on whether one or more of the extracted n-grams are associated with the trending topic; identifying one or more second users, wherein each second user is a first-degree connection of the first user within the online social network and wherein each second user is a subscribing user; generating, for each second user, a live social module comprising the post; and sending, to a system of each second user, the live social module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Yuval Kesten, Shie S. Erlich, Peter Wang Weng, Markus Christian Messner Chaney