Patents by Inventor Ting Yin Kwan
Ting Yin Kwan 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: 8751213Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for translating text in a social network. In one embodiment translations of text phrases are received from members of the social network. These text phrases include content displayed in a social networking system, such as content from social networking objects. A particular member is provided with content including a text phrase in a first language, and the member requests translation into another language. Responsive to this request, a translation of the text phrase is selected from a set of available translations. The selection is based on actions by friends of the member in the social network, the actions being associated with the set of available translations. These actions can the viewing of or approval of translations by the friends, for example. The selected translation is then presented to the member requesting the translation.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2013Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Yishan Wong, Stephen M. Grimm, Nicolas Vera, Marcel Laverdet, Ting Yin Kwan, Christopher W. Putnam, Javier Olivan Lopez, Katherine P. Losse, Rebekah Cox, Chad Little
-
Publication number: 20130289972Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for translating text in a social network. In one embodiment translations of text phrases are received from members of the social network. These text phrases include content displayed in a social networking system, such as content from social networking objects. A particular member is provided with content including a text phrase in a first language, and the member requests translation into another language. Responsive to this request, a translation of the text phrase is selected from a set of available translations. The selection is based on actions by friends of the member in the social network, the actions being associated with the set of available translations. These actions can the viewing of or approval of translations by the friends, for example. The selected translation is then presented to the member requesting the translation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2013Publication date: October 31, 2013Inventors: Yishan Wong, Stephen M. Grimm, Nicolas Vera, Marcel Laverdet, Ting Yin Kwan, Christopher W. Putnam, Javier Olivan Lopez, Katherine P. Losse, Rebekah Cox, Chad Little
-
Patent number: 8504352Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for translating text in a social network. In one embodiment translations of text phrases are received from members of the social network. These text phrases include content displayed in a social networking system, such as content from social networking objects. A particular member is provided with content including a text phrase in a first language, and the member requests translation into another language. Responsive to this request, a translation of the text phrase is selected from a set of available translations. The selection is based on actions by friends of the member in the social network, the actions being associated with the set of available translations. These actions can the viewing of or approval of translations by the friends, for example. The selected translation is then presented to the member requesting the translation.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2012Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Yishan Wong, Stephen M. Grimm, Nicolas Vera, Marcel Laverdet, Ting Yin Kwan, Christopher W. Putnam, Javier Olivan Lopez, Katherine P. Losse, Rebekah Cox, Chad Little
-
Publication number: 20120310624Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for translating text in a social network. In one embodiment translations of text phrases are received from members of the social network. These text phrases include content displayed in a social networking system, such as content from social networking objects. A particular member is provided with content including a text phrase in a first language, and the member requests translation into another language. Responsive to this request, a translation of the text phrase is selected from a set of available translations. The selection is based on actions by friends of the member in the social network, the actions being associated with the set of available translations. These actions can the viewing of or approval of translations by the friends, for example. The selected translation is then presented to the member requesting the translation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2012Publication date: December 6, 2012Inventors: Yishan Wong, Stephen M. Grimm, Nicolas Vera, Marcel Laverdet, Ting Yin Kwan, Christopher W. Putnam, Javier Olivan-Lopez, Katherine P. Losse, Rebekah Cox, Chad Little
-
Patent number: 8271260Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for translating text in a social network. In one embodiment translations of text phrases are received from members of the social network. These text phrases include content displayed in a social networking system, such as content from social networking objects. A particular member is provided with content including a text phrase in a first language, and the member requests translation into another language. Responsive to this request, a translation of the text phrase is selected from a set of available translations. The selection is based on actions by friends of the member in the social network, the actions being associated with the set of available translations. These actions can the viewing of or approval of translations by the friends, for example. The selected translation is then presented to the member requesting the translation.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2008Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Yishan Wong, Stephen M. Grimm, Nicolas Vera, Marcel Laverdet, Ting Yin Kwan, Christopher W. Putnam, Javier Olivan-Lopez, Katherine P. Losse, Rebekah Cox, Chad Little
-
Publication number: 20090198487Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for translating text in a social network. In one embodiment translations of text phrases are received from members of the social network. These text phrases include content displayed in a social networking system, such as content from social networking objects. A particular member is provided with content including a text phrase in a first language, and the member requests translation into another language. Responsive to this request, a translation of the text phrase is selected from a set of available translations. The selection is based on actions by friends of the member in the social network, the actions being associated with the set of available translations. These actions can the viewing of or approval of translations by the friends, for example. The selected translation is then presented to the member requesting the translation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2008Publication date: August 6, 2009Applicant: FACEBOOK, INC.Inventors: Yishan Wong, Stephen M. Grimm, Nicolas Vera, Marcel Laverdet, Ting Yin Kwan, Christopher W. Putnam, Javier Olivan-Lopez, Katherine P. Losse, Rebekah Cox, Chad Little