Patents by Inventor Stephen Moore Davis

Stephen Moore Davis 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: 11308173
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a first query comprising one or more n-grams inputted by the first user at the client system, accessing by the client system a plurality of ideograms each being associated with one or more tags matching at least one of the n-grams of the first query, where the one or more ideograms are ranked in an order based on their respective user-probabilities each being calculated based at least in part on a frequency of use associated with the respective ideogram, presenting one or more of the ideograms at the client system in ranked order where each ideogram is selectable by the first user, and receiving a selection of one of the presented ideograms at the client system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Paihan Sa, Stephen Moore Davis, Nikola Vilimonovic, Jireh Yiwei Tan, Aaron Payne Goldsmid
  • Patent number: 11074570
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and devices for enabling peer to business payments using an integrated payment and messaging system. In particular, the integrated payment and messaging system allows users to send electronic payments as well as exchange messages with a merchant. The integrated payment and messaging system can improve security by allowing a user to make a purchase without having to provide sensitive financial information to the merchant. In addition, the integrated payment and messaging system can allow a user to make a payment for an order seamlessly during a conversation with the merchant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen Moore Davis, Vipan Reddy Raja Nalla
  • Patent number: 10931764
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes determining a first set of users associated with a first geographic area; and determining one or more second sets of users. For each second set of users the users in the second set are associated with one of a number of second geographic areas and the users in the second set interact with the first set of users. The method also includes, for each second set of users, computing a mutual-interaction metric between the first set of users and the second set of users based on an amount of interaction between the users in the first set and the users in the second set; and determining, based on the mutual-interaction metric, a geographic-area cluster that comprises the first geographic area and one or more of the second geographic areas. The geographic-area cluster represents a user community that spans the first and second geographic areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Moore Davis, Samantha Wu, Jeffrey Scott David Breudecheck, Jia-An Koo
  • Patent number: 10783513
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and devices for sending and receiving payments using an integrated payment and messaging system. In particular, the integrated payment and messaging system allows users to send and receive electronic payments as well as exchange messages. Additional implementations involve facilitating payment transaction by inferring payment events. Still further implementations involve facilitating payment transactions between groups of users. In addition to the foregoing, one or more implementations allow a user to initiate payment transactions without first providing a payment credential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventor: Stephen Moore Davis
  • Patent number: 10706446
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods providing improved customer service to visiting customers of a brick-and-mortar merchant location. For example, a customer recognition system intelligently detects and notifies a merchant when a customer is in need of assistance based on the customer's facial expression. The customer recognition system can also identify a product associated with the customer need. In some examples, the customer recognition system identifies a user profile associated with a customer shopping at a merchant location, determines a trust level for the customer based on user profile information, and based on the trust level, causes a secured product display to provide a customer access to a secured product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventor: Stephen Moore Davis
  • Patent number: 10510077
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and devices for facial recognition identification for in-store payment transactions. In particular, a payment system allows a user to engage in a payment transaction with a merchant to purchase goods or services at an in-store checkout location. For example, one or more implementations involve receiving a payment request to initiate an in-store payment transaction between a user and a merchant, the payment request including an image of the user. One or more embodiments identify a payment account for the user based on the image and send a payment confirmation request to a client device of the user. Additionally, one or more embodiments process the in-store payment transaction based on a confirmation response received from the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Moore Davis
  • Patent number: 10467602
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and devices for sending and receiving payments using an integrated payment and messaging system. In particular, the integrated payment and messaging system allows users to send and receive electronic payments as well as exchange messages. For example, one or more implementations involve facilitating message exchanges and payment transactions using push notifications via separate message and payment queues. To illustrate, one or more implementations involve pushing status updates to a payment transaction using a payment queue specific to a user. Additionally, one or more implementations involve associating payment transactions with messages within a messaging thread for providing updates to each user in the messaging thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Moore Davis, Xunjie Yu, Aaron Alexander Sarnoff, Jeremy David Fein
  • Patent number: 10304102
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods for improving a user experience for performing transactions between potential buyers and sellers online via real-time communications. For example, a social marketplace system enables a potential buyer to initiate a real-time communication with a seller without the potential buyer having to provide contextual information regarding the item to the seller. In one or more embodiments, the social marketplace system provides a banner, in connection with the real-time communication, populated with structured data associated with the item that the potential buyer and the seller are discussing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Derek Chirk Yin Cheng, Kwok Ngai Eric Lo, Lui Lui Wong, Stephen Moore Davis, Bowen Pan, Christopher Richard Tanner, Francesco Fogu, Shuo Song
  • Publication number: 20190034545
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a first query comprising one or more n-grams inputted by the first user at the client system, accessing by the client system a plurality of ideograms each being associated with one or more tags matching at least one of the n-grams of the first query, where the one or more ideograms are ranked in an order based on their respective user-probabilities each being calculated based at least in part on a frequency of use associated with the respective ideogram, presenting one or more of the ideograms at the client system in ranked order where each ideogram is selectable by the first user, and receiving a selection of one of the presented ideograms at the client system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Brian Paihan Sa, Stephen Moore Davis, Nikola Vilimonovic, Jireh Yiwei Tan, Aaron Payne Goldsmid
  • Publication number: 20180365680
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and devices for enabling peer to business payments using an integrated payment and messaging system. In particular, the integrated payment and messaging system allows users to send electronic payments as well as exchange messages with a merchant. The integrated payment and messaging system can improve security by allowing a user to make a purchase without having to provide sensitive financial information to the merchant. In addition, the integrated payment and messaging system can allow a user to make a payment for an order seamlessly during a conversation with the merchant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Stephen Moore Davis, Vipan Reddy Raja Nalla
  • Patent number: 10102295
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a first query inputted by a first user at a first client system, the first query including one or more n-grams; identifying ideograms, each ideogram being associated with one or more tags, each identified ideogram being associated with at least one tag matching at least one of the n-grams of the received first query; calculating, for each identified ideogram, a use-probability for the ideogram given the received first query, wherein the use-probability is based at least in part on a frequency of use associated with the ideogram; and sending, to the first client system, instructions for presenting a first set of ideograms comprising one or more of the identified ideograms, the first set being determined based on the calculated use-probabilities associated with the ideograms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Paihan Sa, Stephen Moore Davis, Nikola Vilimonovic, Jireh Yiwei Tan, Aaron Payne Goldsmid
  • Patent number: 10062072
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and devices for enabling peer to business payments using an integrated payment and messaging system. In particular, the integrated payment and messaging system allows users to send electronic payments as well as exchange messages with a merchant. The integrated payment and messaging system can improve security by allowing a user to make a purchase without having to provide sensitive financial information to the merchant. In addition, the integrated payment and messaging system can allow a user to make a payment for an order seamlessly during a conversation with the merchant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen Moore Davis, Vipan Reddy Raja Nalla
  • Patent number: 9978068
    Abstract: One or more embodiments described herein include methods and systems for remitting funds via a social networking system. More specifically, systems and methods described herein provide users the ability to remit funds to co-users utilizing social network profiles and notifications. Additionally, systems and methods described herein determine one or more risk levels for a remittance request based on a variety of social network factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: John Hamilton Butterfield, Stephen Moore Davis
  • Publication number: 20170337602
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods providing providing improved customer service to visiting customers of a brick-and-mortar merchant location. For example, a customer recognition system intelligently detects and notifies a merchant when a customer is in need of assistance based on the customer's facial expression. The customer recognition system can also identify a product associated with the customer need. In some examples, the customer recognition system identifies a user profile associated with a customer shopping at a merchant location, determines a trust level for the customer based on user profile information, and based on the trust level, causes a secured product display to provide a customer access to a secured product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventor: Stephen Moore Davis
  • Publication number: 20170323299
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and devices for facial recognition identification for in-store payment transactions. In particular, a payment system allows a user to engage in a payment transaction with a merchant to purchase goods or services at an in-store checkout location. For example, one or more implementations involve receiving a payment request to initiate an in-store payment transaction between a user and a merchant, the payment request including an image of the user. One or more embodiments identify a payment account for the user based on the image and send a payment confirmation request to a client device of the user. Additionally, one or more embodiments process the in-store payment transaction based on a confirmation response received from the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: Stephen Moore Davis
  • Publication number: 20170300586
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a first query inputted by a first user at a first client system, the first query including one or more n-grams; identifying ideograms, each ideogram being associated with one or more tags, each identified ideogram being associated with at least one tag matching at least one of the n-grams of the received first query; calculating, for each identified ideogram, a use-probability for the ideogram given the received first query, wherein the use-probability is based at least in part on a frequency of use associated with the ideogram; and sending, to the first client system, instructions for presenting a first set of ideograms comprising one or more of the identified ideograms, the first set being determined based on the calculated use-probabilities associated with the ideograms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Brian Paihan Sa, Stephen Moore Davis, Nikola Vilimonovic, Jireh Yiwei Tan, Aaron Payne Goldsmid
  • Patent number: 9785934
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and devices for sending and receiving payments using an integrated payment and messaging system. In particular, the integrated payment and messaging system allows users to send and receive electronic payments as well as exchange messages. For example, one or more implementations involve facilitating same day push-to-debit payment transactions between a user and a co-user. To illustrate, one or more implementations involve sending a push-to-debit request to credit funds for the payment amount of the payment transaction to a debit card of a co-user, the push-to-debit request being formatted for same day processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen Moore Davis, Michelle Vautier Chernyavsky, Vipan Reddy Raja Nalla
  • Patent number: 9721024
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a query inputted at a mobile device of a user of an online social network. The query may include n-grams (e.g., words, emoticons, and punctuation marks), and may be, for example, a message to another user or search terms. N-grams may be mapped to tags, which may, in turn, be mapped to ideograms (i.e., stickers). One or more ideograms may be identified based on the one or more ideogram being associated with tags matching n-grams of the query. For each of the identified ideograms, a probability quantifying how likely the user is to select the ideogram is calculated based on how frequently the ideogram has been used. A set of ideogram suggestions, including one or more of the identified ideograms, is generated based on the probabilities and sent to the user's mobile device for display to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Paihan Sa, Stephen Moore Davis, Nikola Vilimonovic, Jireh Yiwei Tan, Aaron Payne Goldsmid
  • Publication number: 20170200209
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods for improving a user experience for performing transactions between potential buyers and sellers online via real-time communications. For example, a social marketplace system enables a potential buyer to initiate a real-time communication with a seller without the potential buyer having to provide contextual information regarding the item to the seller. In one or more embodiments, the social marketplace system provides a banner, in connection with the real-time communication, populated with structured data associated with the item that the potential buyer and the seller are discussing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Derek Chirk Yin Cheng, Kwok Ngai Eric Lo, Lui Lui Wong, Stephen Moore Davis, Bowen Pan, Christopher Richard Tanner, Francesco Fogu, Shuo Song
  • Publication number: 20170169508
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and devices for enabling peer-to-peer loan transactions. In particular, the message system allows users of a social networking system to initiate peer-to-peer loan transactions. For example, one or more implementations involve recommending potential lenders likely to loan money to a user requesting a peer-to-peer loan transaction. One or more embodiments of the message system provide a loan request message to a potential lender. Additionally, one or more embodiments receive an acceptance of the requested loan transaction and initiate the loan transaction by transferring a loan amount from a payment credential of the potential lender to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Shuo Song, Jennifer JenJen Tung, Stephen Moore Davis, Pratap Prabhu, Akshay Mittal, Yichen Jia, Alvin Portillo, Shen Wang, Phannipha Arunyaangkul, Kevin Patrick Hurley, Xunjie Yu