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).
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Patent number: 10361988Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 8, 2016Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Jordan Levy, Arin Sarkissian, Wayne Pan, Hojeong Kim, Rebeca Sermer, Zoe Diamadi
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Patent number: 10243911Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 12, 2015Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Wayne Pan, Nicholas David Snyder, William Jayang Sun
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Patent number: 10212121Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 12, 2015Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Wayne Pan, Nicholas David Snyder, William Jayang Sun
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Publication number: 20180006991Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2016Publication date: January 4, 2018Inventors: Jordan Levy, Arin Sarkissian, Wayne Pan, Hojeong Kim, Rebeca Sermer, Zoe Diamadi
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Publication number: 20160307212Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2015Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: Wayne Pan, Nicholas David Snyder, William Jayang Sun
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Publication number: 20160307233Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2015Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: Wayne Pan, Nicholas David Snyder, William Jayang Sun
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Publication number: 20160307211Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2015Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: Wayne Pan, Nicholas David Snyder, William Jayang Sun
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Publication number: 20160149851Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2015Publication date: May 26, 2016Inventors: Wayne Pan, Nicholas David Snyder, William Jayang Sun
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Publication number: 20160149850Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2015Publication date: May 26, 2016Applicant: Linkedln CorporationInventors: Wayne Pan, Nicholas David Snyder, William Jayang Sun
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Publication number: 20160149852Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2015Publication date: May 26, 2016Inventors: Wayne Pan, Nicholas David Snyder, William Jayang Sun
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Publication number: 20150007168Abstract: A software-based customer relationship management system and method.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2014Publication date: January 1, 2015Inventors: Jacob Taylor, John Roberts, Clinton Oram, Majed Itani, Wayne Pan
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Patent number: 8839232Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 25, 2008Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Sugarcrm Inc.Inventors: Jacob Taylor, John Roberts, Clinton Oram, Majed Itani, Wayne Pan
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Patent number: 8319800Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 22, 2011Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Wayne Pan, Omar Hamoui
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Patent number: 8228346Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 26, 2011Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Wayne Pan, Omar Hamoui
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Publication number: 20120001914Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2011Publication date: January 5, 2012Applicant: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Wayne PAN, Omar HAMOUI
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Publication number: 20080222630Abstract: A software-based customer relationship management system and method.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2008Publication date: September 11, 2008Applicant: SugarCRM Inc.Inventors: Jacob Taylor, John Roberts, Clinton Oram, Majed Itani, Wayne Pan
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Publication number: 20080028021Abstract: A software-based customer relationship management system and method.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2007Publication date: January 31, 2008Inventors: John Roberts, Jacob Taylor, Clinton Oram, Andrew Dreisch, Majed Itani, Wayne Pan, Roger Smith, Julian Ostrow, Chris Nojima