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  • Systems and methods for providing pixelation and depixelation animations for media content
    Patent number: 9710952
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can detect a trigger to initiate at least one of a pixelation animation or a depixelation animation for a media content item. A set of pixelated images can be generated based on a source image associated with the media content item. Variable durations for presenting the set of pixelated images can be determined. The set of pixelated images can be presented, based on the variable durations, to produce the at least one of the pixelation animation or the depixelation animation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Nilesh Vinubhai Patel, William M. Ruben, William Joseph Flynn, III, Daniel James Smith, II
  • Social filtering of user interface
    Patent number: 10671413
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a content object for display based at least in part on one or more filtering criteria. The filtering criteria is a measure of suitability of each content object for presentation based at least in part on social-graph information between a first user and one or more second users or a current geo-location of the first user. The method also includes applying the filtering criteria to the content object; and providing for display on a user interface (UI) the content object based on whether the content object is suitable for presentation based at least in part on the filtering criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventor: Luke St. Clair
  • Systems and methods for smart scheduling of outbound data requests
    Patent number: 10904359
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can receive a first data request, wherein the first data request is associated with a deadline and requests data to be transmitted to a computing device. It is estimated whether the first data request will be fulfilled before the deadline based on estimated response sizes of responses to a set of pending data requests and a bandwidth associated with the computing device. A data transmission mode of operation is determined for the computing device based on the estimating whether the first data request will be fulfilled before the deadline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Amir Livneh, Adnan Majeed, Mergen Nachin
  • Implementing advanced caching
    Patent number: 9626301
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for implementing a priority queue in a storage device, e.g., a solid state drive. At least some of the embodiments can use an in-memory set of blocks to store items until the block is full, and commit the full block to the storage device. Upon storing a full block, a block having a lowest priority can be deleted. An index storing correspondences between items and blocks can be used to update priorities and indicated deleted items. By using the in-memory blocks and index, operations transmitted to the storage device can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Wyatt Andrew Lloyd, Linpeng Tang, Qi Huang
  • Interface for a video call
    Patent number: 10063809
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments relate to techniques for displaying participants in an interface during a group call, and is particularly well-suited to use with small displays. A full-size call interface may be shrunk down into a chathead that makes good use of limited screen real estate, especially when being used on a mobile device. On the smaller chathead, the dominant user is shown, and a roster of users is shrunk and may exhibit reduced functionality. The chathead may be moved around the screen, and other applications may continue to run in the space not occupied by the chathead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Duckjin Kang, Zhengping Zuo, Stephane Taine, Brendan Benjamin Aronoff
  • Systems and methods for time-lapse selection subsequent to capturing media content
    Patent number: 10687016
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can capture media content including an original set of frames. A selection of a time-lapse amount can be received. A subset of frames from the original set of frames can be identified based on the time-lapse amount. An orientation-based image stabilization process can be applied to the subset of frames to produce a stabilized subset of frames. A stabilized time-lapse media content item can be provided based on the stabilized subset of frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Frederick Dimson, Alexandre Karpenko
  • Methods and systems for detecting viruses in emails
    Patent number: 10313378
    Abstract: A method of monitoring email use is performed at a server system by monitoring email use in a first email application at a first device distinct from the server system and monitoring email use in a second email application at a second device distinct from the server system. An inconsistency in the monitored email use is detected for a first email that is received by the second device and appears to have been sent from the first device. In response to detecting the inconsistency, the first email is identified as being potentially malicious. At least one of the first and second devices may be notified that the first email is potentially malicious.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventor: Noam Makavy
  • Modifying advertisement bids using predicted advertisement performance
    Patent number: 10740789
    Abstract: An advertising system provides advertisements to client devices. To select advertisements, the advertising system identifies previously selected advertisements to determine which presentations of the advertisement are still in-flight and have not yet resulted in conversion event. The advertising system predicts total advertising spend based on the in-flight advertisements, and adjusts a paced bid for the advertisement by determining whether the estimated total advertising spend, reflecting predicted in-flight advertisements, is above or below an expected spending to reach a budget for the advertising campaign, which may increase or decrease the paced bid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: David Paul Capel, Harsh Doshi, Benjamin Casey Roberts
  • Image processing apparatus, method, and program using depression time input
    Patent number: 10761701
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus which includes an extension width determination unit for determining an extension width based on a depression time of the cursor at a reference position on an image display unit where a releasing operation of the cursor was performed, which is a time during which the cursor had been kept depressed until the releasing operation was performed, and an ornament piece arrangement unit for arranging the plurality of ornament pieces at positions radially extended away from the reference position with the extension width determined by the extension width determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Yukita Gotohda, Karin Kon
  • SMART CAMERA FOR SHARING PICTURES AUTOMATICALLY
    Publication number: 20130194438
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention disclose methods, apparatuses, systems, and computer-readable media for taking and sharing pictures of objects of interest at an event or an occasion. A device implementing embodiments of the invention may enable a user to select objects of interest from a view displayed by a display unit coupled to the device. The device may also have pre-programmed objects including objects that the device detects. In addition, the device may detect people using the users' social networks by retrieving images from social networks like Facebook® and LinkedIn®.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Charles Wheeler Sweet, III, Joel Simbulan Bernarte, Virginia Walker Keating, Serafin Diaz Spindola, Charles A. Bergan
  • Multi-user content presentation system
    Patent number: 10430051
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods for providing content presentations to users of a content presentation system. A content presentation generally includes a plurality of content items provided by one or more users of the content presentation system. In one or more embodiments, the content presentation system may enable a user to modify multiple content attributes using a simple gesture. In addition, the content presentation system can provide users dynamic and interactive notifications that correspond to content items and/or other co-user activities within the content presentation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Sharon Zeng, Leo Litterello Mancini, Dolapo Omobola Falola
  • Interaction with artificial reality based on physical objects
    Patent number: 11409364
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are related to a system and a method for controlling a virtual reality based on a physical object. In one aspect, a shape of a hand of a user corresponding to a surface or a structure of a physical object is detected. In one aspect, according to the detected shape of the hand, an interactive feature for the surface or the structure of the physical object is generated in a virtual reality or augmented reality application. In one aspect, a user interaction with the interactive feature is detected. In one aspect, an action of the virtual reality or augmented reality application is initiated, in response to detecting the user interaction with the interactive feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Qian Zhou, Kenrick Cheng-Kuo Kin
  • Determining user preference of an object from a group of objects maintained by a social networking system
    Patent number: 11144182
    Abstract: A social networking system identifies a user's relative preference for objects maintained by the social networking system, such as pages associated with movies, restaurants, businesses, or other content. To obtain the user's preferences, the system provides pairs, or groups, of objects to a user and prompts the user to indicate a preference between the objects in each pair. This obtained information about the user's relative preferences is stored in conjunction with the user's profile, which can then be used to select content subsequently presented to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Pike, Yuankai Ge, Chad E. Little
  • High-capacity machine learning system
    Patent number: 10229357
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a high-capacity training and prediction machine learning platform that can support high-capacity parameter models (e.g., with 10 billion weights). The platform implements a generic feature transformation layer for joint updating and a distributed training framework utilizing shard servers to increase training speed for the high-capacity model size. The models generated by the platform can be utilized in conjunction with existing dense baseline models to predict compatibilities between different groupings of objects (e.g., a group of two objects, three objects, etc.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Ou Jin, Stuart Michael Bowers, Dmytro Dzhulgakov
  • Systems and methods for user account recovery
    Patent number: 10027656
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can determine a request to recover access to an account of a first user, the request being received from a computing device of a second user. A determination is made that the first user and the second user are recognized as social connections by a social networking system. The first user is authenticated through the computing device of the second user based at least in part on the first user and the second user being recognized as social connections. A login session is established between the computing system and the computing device of the second user upon authenticating the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Dustin S. Ho, Dylan Frederick Ladwig
  • Real-time tracking of offline transactions
    Patent number: 10796338
    Abstract: An online system receives offline conversion data in real-time from a third party system regarding an offline user, the offline conversion data indicating an action performed by the offline user and identifying information for the offline user. The online system identifies a local user matching the offline user based on the identifying information for the offline user. The online system stores the offline conversion for the identified local user. The online system determines an attribution to a sponsored content item for the offline conversion. The online system presents updated information regarding the offline conversion to the third party system in real-time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Yair Cohn, Sebastian Hollington
  • Incorporation of content from an external followed user within a social networking system
    Patent number: 9661086
    Abstract: A following user follows a followed user on a third-party application. The followed user may additionally approve the inclusion of content posted by the followed user on the third-party application within an account of any following users on the social networking system. Subsequent postings by the followed user on the third-party application cause the third-party application to notify the social networking system of the posting. The social networking system in turn incorporates the posting of the followed user on the third-party application into a user interface that it displays to the following user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Yariv Sadan, Zachary Rait, Austin Haugen
  • Ranking and Updating of Contact Information from Multiple Sources
    Publication number: 20140019409
    Abstract: Collecting contact information for a plurality of contact entities from various sources and ranking the contact information based at least on the sources. The ranking of the contact information is determined based on the reliability of the sources. The ranked contact information is shared with users subject to privacy settings. The privacy setting allows the users or the contact entity to share certain contact information with others while keeping certain contact information privately or sharing the contact information with a limited number of users. After a change in the contact information from a reliable source is detected, the change may be propagated to other sources or client devices of the users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Erick Tseng, Luke Shepard
  • Identify experts and influencers in a social network
    Patent number: 8954503
    Abstract: On embodiment accesses a set of information comprising one or more elements of information relating to a subject matter, wherein the one or more elements of information have been shared among one or more users of a social-networking system; for each element of information, determines a rate of sharing of the element of information among the one or more users and identifies one or more first users who cause the rate of sharing of the element of information to increase; and identifies one or more influencers associated with the subject matter from the one or more first users identified for each element of information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Garrod Bosworth, Michael Patrick Murphy
  • Systems and methods for recommending follow up content
    Patent number: 10318597
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media configured to detect access by a user to an original content item relating to a story. At least one of a comments based technique, a token based technique, and a tag based technique is performed on content items. Constraints are applied to identify at least one follow up content item from the content items relating to a development of the story.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Holly Marie Ormseth, Elad Gerson, Guy Dassa, Khalid Bakry El-Arini, Gaurav Shankar, Yuanxuan Wang, Varun Kacholia, Prasoon Mishra, David Vickrey, Sanjeet Uday Hajarnis, Sahil P. Thaker
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