Patents by Inventor Zizhuang Yang
Zizhuang Yang 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: 10908765Abstract: The invention provides a display interface in a social networking system that enables the presentation of information related to a user in a timeline or map view. The system accesses information about a user of a social networking system, including both data about the user and social network activities related to the user. The system then selects one or more of these pieces of data and/or activities from a certain time period and gathers them into timeline units based on their relatedness and their relevance to users. These timeline units are ranked by relevance to the user, and are used to generate a timeline or map view for the user containing visual representations of the timeline units organized by location or time. The timeline or map view is then provided to other users of the social networking system that wish to view information about the user.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Drew W. Hamlin, William Joseph Flynn, III, Burak Guzel, Samuel Lessin, Paul M. McDonald, Stefan Parker, Aaron Sittig, Arun Vijayvergiya, Zizhuang Yang, Mark E. Zuckerberg
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Patent number: 10296159Abstract: The invention provides a display interface in a social networking system that enables the presentation of information related to a user in a timeline or map view. The system accesses information about a user of a social networking system, including both data about the user and social network activities related to the user. The system then selects one or more of these pieces of data and/or activities from a certain time period and gathers them into timeline units based on their relatedness and their relevance to users. These timeline units are ranked by relevance to the user, and are used to generate a timeline or map view for the user containing visual representations of the timeline units organized by location or time. The timeline or map view is then provided to other users of the social networking system that wish to view information about the user.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2011Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Drew W. Hamlin, William Joseph Flynn, III, Burak Guzel, Samuel Lessin, Paul M. McDonald, Stefan Parker, Aaron Sittig, Arun Vijayvergiya, Zizhuang Yang, Mark E. Zuckerberg
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Patent number: 10242067Abstract: The invention provides a display interface in a social networking system that enables the presentation of information related to a user in a timeline or map view. The system accesses information about a user of a social networking system, including both data about the user and social network activities related to the user. The system then selects one or more of these pieces of data and/or activities from a certain time period and gathers them into timeline units based on their relatedness and their relevance to users. These timeline units are ranked by relevance to the user, and are used to generate a timeline or map view for the user containing visual representations of the timeline units organized by location or time. The timeline or map view is then provided to other users of the social networking system that wish to view information about the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2014Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Serkan Piantino, Ryan Case, Stanislav Funiak, Daniel Klatzko Gibson, Jeff Huang, Ryan David Mack, Paul M. McDonald, Arun Vijayvergiya, Joshua Wiseman, Zizhuang Yang, Steven Young, Raylene Kay Yung, Mark E. Zuckerberg
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Patent number: 9946430Abstract: The invention provides a display interface in a social networking system that enables the presentation of information related to a user in a timeline or map view. The system accesses information about a user of a social networking system, including both data about the user and social network activities related to the user. The system then selects one or more of these pieces of data and/or activities from a certain time period and gathers them into timeline units based on their relatedness and their relevance to users. These timeline units are ranked by relevance to the user, and are used to generate a timeline or map view for the user containing visual representations of the timeline units organized by location or time. The timeline or map view is then provided to other users of the social networking system that wish to view information about the user.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2011Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Samuel Lessin, William Joseph Flynn, III, Daniel Klatzko Gibson, Burak Guzel, Drew W. Hamlin, Jeff Huang, Paul M. McDonald, Stefan Parker, Arun Vijayvergiya, Josh Wiseman, Zizhuang Yang, Wei Zhong Yeh, Steven Young, Raylene Kay Yung, Mark E. Zuckerberg
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Patent number: 9860338Abstract: Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems for relationship mapping are detailed. In some embodiments, a post by a first user includes a relationship term associated with a second user. Depending upon privacy policy settings, a link to the second user's profile.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2014Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Dante Nardone, Brian Jay Thomas, Zizhuang Yang
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Publication number: 20160191656Abstract: Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems for relationship mapping are detailed. In some embodiments, a post by a first user includes a relationship term associated with a second user. Depending upon privacy policy settings, a link to the second user's profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2014Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventors: Thomas Dante Nardone, Brian Jay Thomas, Zizhuang Yang
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Patent number: 8726142Abstract: The invention provides a display interface in a social networking system that enables the presentation of information related to a user in a timeline or map view. The system accesses information about a user of a social networking system, including both data about the user and social network activities related to the user. The system then selects one or more of these pieces of data and/or activities from a certain time period and gathers them into timeline units based on their relatedness and their relevance to users. These timeline units are ranked by relevance to the user, and are used to generate a timeline or map view for the user containing visual representations of the timeline units organized by location or time. The timeline or map view is then provided to other users of the social networking system that wish to view information about the user.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2011Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Serkan Piantino, Ryan Case, Stanislav Funiak, Daniel Klatzko Gibson, Jeff Huang, Ryan David Mack, Paul M. McDonald, Arun Vijayvergiya, Josh Wiseman, Zizhuang Yang, Steven Young, Raylene Kay Yung, Mark E. Zuckerberg
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Publication number: 20130073984Abstract: The invention provides a display interface in a social networking system that enables the presentation of information related to a user in a timeline or map view. The system accesses information about a user of a social networking system, including both data about the user and social network activities related to the user. The system then selects one or more of these pieces of data and/or activities from a certain time period and gathers them into timeline units based on their relatedness and their relevance to users. These timeline units are ranked by relevance to the user, and are used to generate a timeline or map view for the user containing visual representations of the timeline units organized by location or time. The timeline or map view is then provided to other users of the social networking system that wish to view information about the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2011Publication date: March 21, 2013Inventors: Samuel Lessin, William Joseph Flynn, III, Daniel Klatzko Gibson, Burak Guzel, Drew W. Hamlin, Jeff Huang, Paul M. McDonald, Stefan Parker, Arun Vijayvergiya, Josh Wiseman, Zizhuang Yang, Wei Zhong Yeh, Steven Young, Raylene Kay Yung, Mark E. Zuckerberg
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Publication number: 20130073995Abstract: The invention provides a display interface in a social networking system that enables the presentation of information related to a user in a timeline or map view. The system accesses information about a user of a social networking system, including both data about the user and social network activities related to the user. The system then selects one or more of these pieces of data and/or activities from a certain time period and gathers them into timeline units based on their relatedness and their relevance to users. These timeline units are ranked by relevance to the user, and are used to generate a timeline or map view for the user containing visual representations of the timeline units organized by location or time. The timeline or map view is then provided to other users of the social networking system that wish to view information about the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2011Publication date: March 21, 2013Inventors: Serkan Piantino, Ryan Case, Stanislav Funiak, Daniel Klatzko Gibson, Jeff Huang, Ryan David Mack, Paul M. McDonald, Arun Vijayvergiya, Josh Wiseman, Zizhuang Yang, Steven Young, Raylene Kay Yung, Mark E. Zuckerberg
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Publication number: 20130073985Abstract: The invention provides a display interface in a social networking system that enables the presentation of information related to a user in a timeline or map view. The system accesses information about a user of a social networking system, including both data about the user and social network activities related to the user. The system then selects one or more of these pieces of data and/or activities from a certain time period and gathers them into timeline units based on their relatedness and their relevance to users. These timeline units are ranked by relevance to the user, and are used to generate a timeline or map view for the user containing visual representations of the timeline units organized by location or time. The timeline or map view is then provided to other users of the social networking system that wish to view information about the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2011Publication date: March 21, 2013Inventors: Drew W. Hamlin, William Joseph Flynn, III, Burak Guzel, Samuel Lessin, Paul M. McDonald, Stefan Parker, Aaron Sittig, Arun Vijayvergiya, Zizhuang Yang, Mark E. Zuckerberg