Patents by Inventor Yaniv Taigman

Yaniv Taigman 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).

  • Relationship mapping employing multi-dimensional context including facial recognition
    Patent number: 8666198
    Abstract: A system and method for mapping interpersonal relationships, the method including processing a multiplicity of images and contextual information relating thereto including creating and prioritizing a list of a plurality of candidate persons having at least a predetermined relationship with at least one person connected to at least one image, using multi-dimensional information including visually sensible information in the multiplicity of images and contextual information relating thereto and searching the list of a plurality of candidate persons based at least in part on the prioritizing to select at least one of the candidate persons as having at least a predetermined relationship with the at least one person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Eden Shochat, Moti Shniberg, Gil Hirsch, Yaniv Taigman
  • RELATIONSHIP MAPPING EMPLOYING MULTI-DIMENSIONAL CONTEXT INCLUDING FACIAL RECOGNITION
    Publication number: 20110182485
    Abstract: A system and method for mapping interpersonal relationships, the method including processing a multiplicity of images and contextual information relating thereto including creating and prioritizing a list of a plurality of candidate persons having at least a predetermined relationship with at least one person connected to at least one image, using multi-dimensional information including visually sensible information in the multiplicity of images and contextual information relating thereto and searching the list of a plurality of candidate persons based at least in part on the prioritizing to select at least one of the candidate persons as having at least a predetermined relationship with the at least one person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventors: Eden Shochat, Moti Shniberg, Gil Hirsch, Yaniv Taigman