Patents by Inventor Tal Gilady

Tal Gilady 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).

  • Determining local network connections of devices using tokens
    Patent number: 11019391
    Abstract: An online system determines that a mobile device of a user and content device are connected to the same local network. To determine whether the content device is associated with the user, the online system provides a token and network ports to the content device. The content device establishes a connection to the mobile device using a selected network port to send the token. Responsive to receiving the token from the mobile device, the online system determines that the devices are connected to the same local network. The online system may also determine that the devices are within physical proximity to each other. The online system may send content items to the devices, and the user may view or interact with the content items simultaneously on multiple devices. Thus, the mobile device or content device acts as a complementary “second screen” or “control device” for the other device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Aidymar Bigio, Mateusz Marek Niewczas, Amir Shimoni, Tal Gilady
  • Determining local network connections of devices using tokens
    Patent number: 10477266
    Abstract: An online system determines that a mobile device of a user and content device are connected to the same local network. To determine whether the content device is associated with the user, the online system provides a token and network ports to the content device. The content device establishes a connection to the mobile device using a selected network port to send the token. Responsive to receiving the token from the mobile device, the online system determines that the devices are connected to the same local network. The online system may also determine that the devices are within physical proximity to each other. The online system may send content items to the devices, and the user may view or interact with the content items simultaneously on multiple devices. Thus, the mobile device or content device acts as a complementary “second screen” or “control device” for the other device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Aidymar Bigio, Mateusz Marek Niewczas, Amir Shimoni, Tal Gilady
  • DETERMINING LOCAL NETWORK CONNECTIONS OF DEVICES USING TOKENS
    Publication number: 20190028761
    Abstract: An online system determines that a mobile device of a user and content device are connected to the same local network. To determine whether the content device is associated with the user, the online system provides a token and network ports to the content device. The content device establishes a connection to the mobile device using a selected network port to send the token. Responsive to receiving the token from the mobile device, the online system determines that the devices are connected to the same local network. The online system may also determine that the devices are within physical proximity to each other. The online system may send content items to the devices, and the user may view or interact with the content items simultaneously on multiple devices. Thus, the mobile device or content device acts as a complementary “second screen” or “control device” for the other device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Aidymar Bigio, Mateusz Marek Niewczas, Amir Shimoni, Tal Gilady
  • CUSTOMIZING CONTENT FOR MULTIPLE DEVICES
    Publication number: 20190028781
    Abstract: An online system determines that a mobile device of a user and content device are connected to the same local network. To determine whether the content device is associated with the user, the online system provides a token and network ports to the content device. The content device establishes a connection to the mobile device using a selected network port to send the token. Responsive to receiving the token from the mobile device, the online system determines that the devices are connected to the same local network. The online system may also determine that the devices are within physical proximity to each other. The online system may send content items to the devices, and the user may view or interact with the content items simultaneously on multiple devices. Thus, the mobile device or content device acts as a complementary “second screen” or “control device” for the other device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Aidymar Bigio, Mateusz Marek Niewczas, Amir Shimoni, Tal Gilady