Patents by Inventor Thomas Frederick Dimson

Thomas Frederick Dimson 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: 11727018
    Abstract: A social networking system provides a user with a feed of content items associated with other users connected to the user via the social networking system. Additionally, the social networking system identifies additional content items for presentation to the user and generates an additional feed including the additional content items. The additional content items may be determined by identifying content items having various characteristics and scoring the content items based on the characteristics. Content items having at least a threshold score are identified as additional content items. Examples of characteristics of content items include users providing content items to the social networking system, locations associated with social networking system users, and interaction with content items by social networking system users. In some embodiments, the additional feed modifies presentation of the additional content items based on their associated scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Adrien Thomas Friggeri, Japinder Singh, Thomas Frederick Dimson, Gregor Hochmuth
  • Patent number: 11688072
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can determine a landscape video to be presented in a vertical orientation through a display screen of a computing device. Frames of the landscape video can be cropped to allow for full screen presentation of the landscape video in the vertical orientation. The cropped frames of the landscape video can be provided for presentation through the display screen of the computing device in the vertical orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Frederick Dimson, Ian McIntyre Silber, Ryan Keenan Olson
  • Patent number: 11604821
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the disclosure include a character management system that determines and utilizes contextual meaning with regard to standardized image characters. In particular, the character management system determines contextual meaning with regard to standardized characters based on the manner in which the standardized characters are utilized in a repository of electronic documents. Moreover, the character management system can utilize the contextual meaning to search, recommend, analyze, and translate with regard to the use of standardized image characters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Frederick Dimson, Bogdan State, Shankar Kalyanaraman, Hamdan Azhar
  • Publication number: 20220147543
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can acquire a set of labels associated with a set of content items. Each label in the set of labels can be associated with at least one content item in the set of content items. It can be determined that at least two labels, out of the set of labels, are related. The at least two labels can be determined to be related based on at least one of a co-occurrence metric associated with the at least two labels or a topic similarity metric associated with the at least two labels. One label can be selected, out of the at least two labels, as being representative of the at least two labels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Ehud Weinsberg, Bogdan State, AmaƧ Herdagdelen, Thomas Frederick Dimson, Bai Xiao, Danilo Torres de Sa Resende
  • Publication number: 20220107673
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can determine a video being accessed from a content provider. A first viewing mode of a display screen of the computing device can be determined. A first content stream associated with the video can be accessed based at least in part on the first viewing mode of the display screen, wherein the first content stream is encoded for presentation of the video in the first viewing mode of the display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Ian McIntyre Silber, Thomas Frederick Dimson, Ryan Keenan Olson
  • Publication number: 20220067084
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the disclosure include a character management system that determines and utilizes contextual meaning with regard to standardized image characters. In particular, the character management system determines contextual meaning with regard to standardized characters based on the manner in which the standardized characters are utilized in a repository of electronic documents. Moreover, the character management system can utilize the contextual meaning to search, recommend, analyze, and translate with regard to the use of standardized image characters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Frederick Dimson, Bogdan State, Shankar Kalyanaraman, Hamdan Azhar
  • Patent number: 11263239
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can acquire a set of labels associated with a set of content items. Each label in the set of labels can be associated with at least one content item in the set of content items. It can be determined that at least two labels, out of the set of labels, are related. The at least two labels can be determined to be related based on at least one of a co-occurrence metric associated with the at least two labels or a topic similarity metric associated with the at least two labels. One label can be selected, out of the at least two labels, as being representative of the at least two labels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS, INC.
    Inventors: Ehud Weinsberg, Bogdan State, AmaƧ Herda{hacek over (g)}delen, Thomas Frederick Dimson, Bai Xiao, Danilo Torres de Sa Resende
  • Patent number: 11144099
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can present landscape content through a display screen of the computing device, the landscape content being presented in a landscape viewing mode. A rotation of the display screen to transition to a portrait viewing mode can be determined. The landscape content can be scaled based on the rotation of the display screen, wherein the scaled landscape content is presented through the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian McIntyre Silber, Thomas Frederick Dimson, Ryan Keenan Olson
  • Publication number: 20210248750
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can determine a landscape video to be presented in a vertical orientation through a display screen of a computing device. Frames of the landscape video can be cropped to allow for full screen presentation of the landscape video in the vertical orientation. The cropped frames of the landscape video can be provided for presentation through the display screen of the computing device in the vertical orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Frederick Dimson, Ian McIntyre Silber, Ryan Keenan Olson
  • Patent number: 11030238
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the disclosure include a character management system that determines and utilizes contextual meaning with regard to standardized image characters. In particular, the character management system determines contextual meaning with regard to standardized characters based on the manner in which the standardized characters are utilized in a repository of electronic documents. Moreover, the character management system can utilize the contextual meaning to search, recommend, analyze, and translate with regard to the use of standardized image characters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Frederick Dimson, Bogdan State, Shankar Kalyanaraman, Hamdan Azhar
  • Patent number: 10990635
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media can obtain a plurality of ephemeral content collections that are candidates for an ephemeral content feed of a user, wherein each of the plurality of ephemeral content collections includes one or more ephemeral content items. A score for each of the plurality of ephemeral content collections can be determined based at least in part on a probability of the user selecting the ephemeral content collection. The plurality of ephemeral content collections can be ranked based on the respective scores of the plurality of ephemeral content collections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Frederick Dimson, Rui Wang
  • Patent number: 10929979
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can determine a landscape video to be presented in a vertical orientation through a display screen of a computing device. Frames of the landscape video can be cropped to allow for full screen presentation of the landscape video in the vertical orientation. The cropped frames of the landscape video can be provided for presentation through the display screen of the computing device in the vertical orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Frederick Dimson, Ian McIntyre Silber, Ryan Keenan Olson
  • Patent number: 10764380
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can generate a set of candidate content items from a plurality of content items that are available in the social networking system, wherein one or more of the candidate content items are to be included in a personalized content stream for a first user. A corresponding score for each of the candidate content items can be generated with respect to the first user. A first set of content items can be determined from the set of candidate content items based at least in part on the respective scores, wherein content items in the first set are included in the personalized content stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Chen Zheng, Thomas Frederick Dimson, Linji Yang
  • Patent number: 10706057
    Abstract: A social networking system provides a user with a feed of content items associated with other users connected to the user via the social networking system. Additionally, the social networking system identifies additional content items for presentation to the user and generates groups of additional content items so each group includes content items having a characteristic associated with the group. A scoring function is applied to each group to determine an expected amount of user interaction with content items in the group. Based on the expected amounts of user interaction, a featured content item is selected from each group. When a group of the additional content items is presented, the featured content item is visually distinguished from other content items in the group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher James Connolly, Thomas Frederick Dimson, Gregor Hochmuth, Majd Jack Taby
  • Patent number: 10699216
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can generate a set of candidate content items from a plurality of content items that are available in the social networking system for a first user. A corresponding score for each of the candidate content items can be generated based at least in part on one or more social affinity coefficients corresponding to the first user and a respective second user associated with a candidate content item, wherein a social affinity coefficient provides a quantitative measurement of the strength of a relationship between two users. A first set of content items from the set of candidate content items can be determined based at least in part on the respective scores, wherein content items in the first set are included in a content feed provided to the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Frederick Dimson, Taylor Gordon, Fei Huang, Jan Kalis, Justin T. Moore, Lars Seren Backstrom
  • Patent number: 10698907
    Abstract: A social networking system provides a user with a feed of content items associated with other users connected to the user via the social networking system. Additionally, the social networking system identifies additional content items for presentation to the user and generates an additional feed including the additional content items. The additional content items may be determined by identifying content items having various characteristics and scoring the content items based on the characteristics. Content items having at least a threshold score are identified as additional content items. Examples of characteristics of content items include users providing content items to the social networking system, locations associated with social networking system users, and interaction with content items by social networking system users. In some embodiments, the additional feed modifies presentation of the additional content items based on their associated scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Adrien Thomas Friggeri, Japinder Sing, Thomas Frederick Dimson, Gregory Hochmuth
  • Patent number: 10687016
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can capture media content including an original set of frames. A selection of a time-lapse amount can be received. A subset of frames from the original set of frames can be identified based on the time-lapse amount. An orientation-based image stabilization process can be applied to the subset of frames to produce a stabilized subset of frames. A stabilized time-lapse media content item can be provided based on the stabilized subset of frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Frederick Dimson, Alexandre Karpenko
  • Publication number: 20200145505
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can generate a set of candidate content items from a plurality of content items that are available in the social networking system, wherein one or more of the candidate content items are to be included in a personalized content stream for a first user. A corresponding score for each of the candidate content items can be generated with respect to the first user. A first set of content items can be determined from the set of candidate content items based at least in part on the respective scores, wherein content items in the first set are included in the personalized content stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Chen Zheng, Thomas Frederick Dimson, Linji Yang
  • Publication number: 20200104316
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the disclosure include a character management system that determines and utilizes contextual meaning with regard to standardized image characters. In particular, the character management system determines contextual meaning with regard to standardized characters based on the manner in which the standardized characters are utilized in a repository of electronic documents. Moreover, the character management system can utilize the contextual meaning to search, recommend, analyze, and translate with regard to the use of standardized image characters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Frederick Dimson, Bogdan State, Shankar Kalyanaraman, Hamdan Azhar
  • Patent number: 10546015
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the disclosure include a character management system that determines and utilizes contextual meaning with regard to standardized image characters. In particular, the character management system determines contextual meaning with regard to standardized characters based on the manner in which the standardized characters are utilized in a repository of electronic documents. Moreover, the character management system can utilize the contextual meaning to search, recommend, analyze, and translate with regard to the use of standardized image characters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Frederick Dimson, Bogdan State, Shankar Kalyanaraman, Hamdan Azhar