Patents by Inventor Wayne Pan

Wayne Pan 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: 10361988
    Abstract: Disclosed in some examples, are methods, systems (a “performance system”), and machine readable mediums which provide information about an organization's performance in the hierarchical content distribution system using one or more Graphical User Interfaces (GUI)s. The system produces and displays a health score which quantifies the performance of the organization's outreach efforts through the hierarchical content distribution network. The health score may be created based upon a plurality of subscores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jordan Levy, Arin Sarkissian, Wayne Pan, Hojeong Kim, Rebeca Sermer, Zoe Diamadi
  • Patent number: 10243911
    Abstract: Techniques for identifying suggested online content for company administrators to broadcast to company employees via an online social networking service are described. According to various embodiments, a plurality of suggested content items are displayed, via an administrator user interface, to a user associated with a company. A user request is then received via the administrator user interface, the request being to broadcast a recommendation to view a specific content item of the suggested content items to one or more employees of the company that are members of an online social networking service. The recommendation to view the specific content item is then broadcast to the employees of the company.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Wayne Pan, Nicholas David Snyder, William Jayang Sun
  • Patent number: 10212121
    Abstract: Techniques for intelligent scheduling of content sharing by company employees via an online social networking service are described. According to various embodiments, a request is received from a member of an online social networking service to share a content item among members in the member's connection network on the online social networking service. Member behavior log data associated with the members in the connection network of the member is then accessed. Thereafter, an optimum sharing time for sharing the content item among the members in the member's connection network is calculated. The content item is then caused to be shared at the optimum sharing time with the members in the member's connection network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Wayne Pan, Nicholas David Snyder, William Jayang Sun
  • Publication number: 20180006991
    Abstract: Disclosed in some examples, are methods, systems (a “performance system”), and machine readable mediums which provide information about an organization's performance in the hierarchical content distribution system using one or more Graphical User Interfaces (GUI)s. The system produces and displays a health score which quantifies the performance of the organization's outreach efforts through the hierarchical content distribution network. The health score may be created based upon a plurality of subscores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Jordan Levy, Arin Sarkissian, Wayne Pan, Hojeong Kim, Rebeca Sermer, Zoe Diamadi
  • Publication number: 20160307212
    Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are systems, methods, and machine readable mediums that infer contributions from content distributed on a hierarchical electronic content distribution system to the occurrence of events using observed interactions related to the content. For example, the system may infer that a particular item of content that was shared through the hierarchical electronic content distribution system caused a person to apply to the company seeking to be hired. As another example, the system may infer that a particular item of shared content caused or contributed to a sale of the company's products. As yet another example, the system may infer that a particular item of shared content caused or contributed to an increase in a metric associated with the organization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Wayne Pan, Nicholas David Snyder, William Jayang Sun
  • Publication number: 20160307233
    Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are systems, methods, and machine readable mediums that infer contributions from content distributed on a hierarchical electronic content distribution system to the occurrence of events using observed interactions related to the content. For example, the system may infer that a particular item of content that was shared through the hierarchical electronic content distribution system caused a person to apply to the company seeking to be hired. As another example, the system may infer that a particular item of shared content caused or contributed to a sale of the company's products. As yet another example, the system may infer that a particular item of shared content caused or contributed to an increase in a metric associated with the organization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Wayne Pan, Nicholas David Snyder, William Jayang Sun
  • Publication number: 20160307211
    Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are systems, methods, and machine readable mediums that infer contributions from content distributed on a hierarchical electronic content distribution system to the occurrence of events using observed interactions related to the content. For example, the system may infer that a particular item of content that was shared through the hierarchical electronic content distribution system caused a person to apply to the company seeking to be hired. As another example, the system may infer that a particular item of shared content caused or contributed to a sale of the company's products. As yet another example, the system may infer that a particular item of shared content caused or contributed to an increase in a metric associated with the organization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Wayne Pan, Nicholas David Snyder, William Jayang Sun
  • Publication number: 20160149851
    Abstract: Techniques for identifying suggested online content for company administrators to broadcast to company employees via an online social networking service are described. According to various embodiments, a plurality of suggested content items are displayed, via an administrator user interface, to a user associated with a company. A user request is then received via the administrator user interface, the request being to broadcast a recommendation to view a specific content item of the suggested content items to one or more employees of the company that are members of an online social networking service. The recommendation to view the specific content item is then broadcast to the employees of the company.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Wayne Pan, Nicholas David Snyder, William Jayang Sun
  • Publication number: 20160149850
    Abstract: Techniques for intelligent scheduling of content sharing by company employees via an online social networking service are described. According to various embodiments, a request is received from a member of an online social networking service to share a content item among members in the member's connection network on the online social networking service. Member behavior log data associated with the members in the connection network of the member is then accessed. Thereafter, an optimum sharing time for sharing the content item among the members in the member's connection network is calculated. The content item is then caused to be shared at the optimum sharing time with the members in the member's connection network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: Linkedln Corporation
    Inventors: Wayne Pan, Nicholas David Snyder, William Jayang Sun
  • Publication number: 20160149852
    Abstract: Techniques for forming groups of employees for receiving online content broadcasted by company administrators via an online social networking service are described. According to various embodiments, a plurality of content items is displayed, via an administrator user interface, to a user associated with a company. Thereafter, a user specification of a topic-based group is received together with a user request to broadcast a recommendation to view a specific content item to one or more employees of the company that are members of an online social networking service and that are associated with the topic-based group. The employees of the company that are associated with the topic-based group are then identified, and the recommendation to view the specific content item is broadcasted to the employees of the company that are associated with the topic-based group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Wayne Pan, Nicholas David Snyder, William Jayang Sun
  • Publication number: 20150007168
    Abstract: A software-based customer relationship management system and method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Jacob Taylor, John Roberts, Clinton Oram, Majed Itani, Wayne Pan
  • Patent number: 8839232
    Abstract: A software-based customer relationship management system and method are provided. The system has a client and a primary installation that has a database that contains a plurality of pieces of information, one or more modules that access the database to pull pieces of information from the database based on a request from the client and display a user interface to the user containing the requested information and one or more controllers that control access by the client to the one or more modules and the database. The system also may have a portal generated based on the primary installation wherein a user interface of the portal is updated based on a user interface of the primary installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Sugarcrm Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob Taylor, John Roberts, Clinton Oram, Majed Itani, Wayne Pan
  • Patent number: 8319800
    Abstract: A system and method for maintaining certain content items at a fixed size and resolution and/or position relative to a device display are described herein. Fixed-scale content items are maintained at a given size, resolution, and/or, in some cases, position relative to a display regardless of changes in size and/or resolution of other displayed content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne Pan, Omar Hamoui
  • Patent number: 8228346
    Abstract: A system and method for maintaining certain content items at a fixed size and resolution and/or position relative to a device display are described herein. Fixed-scale content items are maintained at a given size, resolution, and/or, in some cases, position relative to a display regardless of changes in size and/or resolution of other displayed content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne Pan, Omar Hamoui
  • Publication number: 20120001914
    Abstract: A system and method for maintaining certain content items at a fixed size and resolution and/or position relative to a device display are described herein. Fixed-scale content items are maintained at a given size, resolution, and/or, in some cases, position relative to a display regardless of changes in size and/or resolution of other displayed content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Wayne PAN, Omar HAMOUI
  • Publication number: 20080222630
    Abstract: A software-based customer relationship management system and method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: SugarCRM Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob Taylor, John Roberts, Clinton Oram, Majed Itani, Wayne Pan
  • Publication number: 20080028021
    Abstract: A software-based customer relationship management system and method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventors: John Roberts, Jacob Taylor, Clinton Oram, Andrew Dreisch, Majed Itani, Wayne Pan, Roger Smith, Julian Ostrow, Chris Nojima