Patents by Inventor Tony Chun-Hao Hsieh

Tony Chun-Hao Hsieh 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: 10652188
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes identifying one or more first users of a social-networking system associated with one or more content objects not previously viewed by a second user. The identification is based at least in part on an affinity of the second user for the first users and the first users are connected to the second user on a social graph. The method also includes providing, for display on a client device of the second user, information indicating that one or more of the identified first users has content objects not previously viewed by the second user; receiving an input selecting one of the identified first users; and providing, for display on the client device, an online page comprising content associated with the selected first user that incorporates one or more of the content objects not previously viewed by the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Aryeh Selekman, Aigerim Shorman, Jeffrey Huang, Tony Chun-Hao Hsieh, Aaron David Carambula
  • Patent number: 10394831
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an input corresponding to a search query from an online page of a social-networking system. The online page corresponds to a target user of the social-networking system. The method also includes identifying one or more of a number of content objects associated with the target user. The association is based at least in part on analyzing text, audio, or visual content of each of the plurality of content objects as well as interactions by the target user with each of the plurality of content objects. The method also includes scoring each of the identified content objects based at least in part on an affinity score of the content object relative to a querying user; and ranking each of the identified content objects based at least in part on the affinity score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Aryeh Selekman, Aigerim Shorman, Jeffrey Huang, Tony Chun-Hao Hsieh, Aaron David Carambula
  • Publication number: 20170353415
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes identifying one or more first users of a social-networking system associated with one or more content objects not previously viewed by a second user. The identification is based at least in part on an affinity of the second user for the first users and the first users are connected to the second user on a social graph. The method also includes providing, for display on a client device of the second user, information indicating that one or more of the identified first users has content objects not previously viewed by the second user; receiving an input selecting one of the identified first users; and providing, for display on the client device, an online page comprising content associated with the selected first user that incorporates one or more of the content objects not previously viewed by the second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Aryeh Selekman, Aigerim Shorman, Jeffrey Huang, Tony Chun-Hao Hsieh, Aaron David Carambula
  • Publication number: 20170351678
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a number of content objects associated with a user; and analyzing text, audio, or visual content of each of the content objects as well as any interactions by the user with each of the content objects. The analyzing includes identifying subject matter and user sentiment related to the respective content object. The method also includes inferring, based on the identified subject matter or user sentiment, one or more interests of the user; and modifying, for display on a client device, an online page of the user to incorporate content related to one or more of the inferred interests of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Aryeh Selekman, Aigerim Shorman, Jeffrey Huang, Tony Chun-Hao Hsieh, Aaron David Carambula
  • Publication number: 20170353469
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes authenticating a user of the social-networking system to access a third-party account of the user registered with a third-party system; and receiving a request to access an online page of the social-networking system. The online page corresponds to the user. The method also includes generating one or more page elements for display in the online page. Each of the one or more page elements includes (1) content provided by the third-party system or (2) an interactive element incorporating functionality supported by the third-party system. The method also includes providing information to display the online page corresponding to the user. The online page includes the generated page elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Aryeh Selekman, Aigerim Shorman, Jeffrey Huang, Tony Chun-Hao Hsieh, Aaron David Carambula
  • Publication number: 20170351680
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an input corresponding to a search query from an online page of a social-networking system. The online page corresponds to a target user of the social-networking system. The method also includes identifying one or more of a number of content objects associated with the target user. The association is based at least in part on analyzing text, audio, or visual content of each of the plurality of content objects as well as interactions by the target user with each of the plurality of content objects. The method also includes scoring each of the identified content objects based at least in part on an affinity score of the content object relative to a querying user; and ranking each of the identified content objects based at least in part on the affinity score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Aryeh Selekman, Aigerim Shorman, Jeffrey Huang, Tony Chun-Hao Hsieh, Aaron David Carambula