Patents by Inventor Srinivasa P. Narayanan

Srinivasa P. Narayanan 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).

  • Location ranking using social graph information
    Patent number: 9924336
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a user of a social networking system requests to check in a place near the user's current location. The social networking system generates a list of places near the user's current location, ranks the places in the list of places near the user's current location by a distance between each place and the user's current location, as well as activity of the user and the user's social contacts for each place, and returns the ranked list to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Redstone, Eyal Michael Sharon, Srinivasa P. Narayanan
  • LOCATION RANKING USING SOCIAL GRAPH INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20170070871
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a user of a social networking system requests to check in a place near the user's current location. The social networking system generates a list of places near the user's current location, ranks the places in the list of places near the user's current location by a distance between each place and the user's current location, as well as activity of the user and the user's social contacts for each place, and returns the ranked list to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Joshua Redstone, Eyal Michael Sharon, Srinivasa P. Narayanan
  • Location ranking using social graph information
    Patent number: 9549031
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a user of a social networking system requests to check in a place near the user's current location. The social networking system generates a list of places near the user's current location, ranks the places in the list of places near the user's current location by a distance between each place and the user's current location, as well as activity of the user and the user's social contacts for each place, and returns the ranked list to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Redstone, Eyal Michael Sharon, Srinivasa P. Narayanan
  • Location ranking using social graph information
    Patent number: 9516120
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a user of a social networking system requests to check in a place near the user's current location. The social networking system generates a list of places near the user's current location, ranks the places in the list of places near the user's current location by a distance between each place and the user's current location, as well as activity of the user and the user's social contacts for each place, and returns the ranked list to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Redstone, Eyal Michael Sharon, Srinivasa P. Narayanan
  • DYNAMIC PLACE VISIBILITY IN GEO-SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150012596
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a user of a social networking system requests to search for a place near the user's current location. The social networking system generates a list of places near the user's current location, select a sub-set from the list of places based on visibility and activity of the user and the user's social contacts for each place in the list, and returns the sub-set to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Joshua Redstone, Benjamin J. Gertzfield, Eyal M. Sharon, Srinivasa P. Narayanan, Daniel Jeng-Ping Hui
  • Dynamic place visibility in geo-social networking system
    Patent number: 8832093
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a user of a social networking system requests to search for a place near the user's current location. The social networking system generates a list of places near the user's current location, select a sub-set from the list of places based on visibility and activity of the user and the user's social contacts for each place in the list, and returns the sub-set to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Redstone, Benjamin J. Gertzfield, Eyal M. Sharon, Srinivasa P. Narayanan, Daniel Jeng-Ping Hui
  • LOCATION RANKING USING SOCIAL GRAPH INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20130138741
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a user of a social networking system requests to check in a place near the user's current location. The social networking system generates a list of places near the user's current location, ranks the places in the list of places near the user's current location by a distance between each place and the user's current location, as well as activity of the user and the user's social contacts for each place, and returns the ranked list to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Inventors: Joshua Redstone, Eyal Michael Sharon, Srinivasa P. Narayanan
  • Location ranking using social graph information
    Patent number: 8438156
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a user of a social networking system requests to check in a place near the user's current location. The social networking system generates a list of places near the user's current location, ranks the places in the list of places near the user's current location by a distance between each place and the user's current location, as well as activity of the user and the user's social contacts for each place, and returns the ranked list to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Facebook Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Redstone, Eyal Michael Sharon, Srinivasa P. Narayanan
  • Location Ranking Using Social Graph Information
    Publication number: 20120190387
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a user of a social networking system requests to check in a place near the user's current location. The social networking system generates a list of places near the user's current location, ranks the places in the list of places near the user's current location by a distance between each place and the user's current location, as well as activity of the user and the user's social contacts for each place, and returns the ranked list to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Joshua Redstone, Eyal M. Sharon, Srinivasa P. Narayanan
  • Location ranking using social graph information
    Patent number: 8150844
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a user of a social networking system requests to check in a place near the user's current location. The social networking system generates a list of places near the user's current location, ranks the places in the list of places near the user's current location by a distance between each place and the user's current location, as well as activity of the user and the user's social contacts for each place, and returns the ranked list to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Redstone, Eyal M. Sharon, Srinivasa P. Narayanan
  • LOCATION RANKING USING SOCIAL GRAPH INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20120047129
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a user of a social networking system requests to check in a place near the user's current location. The social networking system generates a list of places near the user's current location, ranks the places in the list of places near the user's current location by a distance between each place and the user's current location, as well as activity of the user and the user's social contacts for each place, and returns the ranked list to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventors: Joshua Redstone, Eyal M. Sharon, Srinivasa P. Narayanan
  • DYNAMIC PLACE VISIBILITY IN GEO-SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120047147
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a user of a social networking system requests to search for a place near the user's current location. The social networking system generates a list of places near the user's current location, select a sub-set from the list of places based on visibility and activity of the user and the user's social contacts for each place in the list, and returns the sub-set to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventors: Joshua Redstone, Benjamin J. Gertzfield, Eyal M. Sharon, Srinivasa P. Narayanan, Daniel Jeng-Ping Hui