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  • DIGITAL ASSET HOSTING AND DISTRIBUTION
    Publication number: 20130198344
    Abstract: A first collection of content that includes digital assets is maintained on a host computer. Based on a determination that a portable media device becomes connected to a client computer that is separate from the host computer and that interacts with the host computer, initiation of a synchronization of the first collection of content resident on the host computer with a second collection of content on the portable media device is automatically triggered. The synchronization of the first collection with the second collection includes a transfer of at least one of the digital assets from the host computer to the client computer to the portable media device and is triggered and conditioned upon the determination that the portable media device has become connected to the client computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventor: FACEBOOK, INC.
  • Personalized Location Information for Mobile Devices
    Publication number: 20130190019
    Abstract: Providing location information on a mobile device includes receiving signals from external devices. Each signal includes information that specifies a geographic location for the external device that has provided the signal. A geographic location for the mobile device is calculated by using the information contained in each of the received signals. A representation of the geographic location of the mobile device is generated. The representation of the geographic location is included within an electronic message that provides information describing a user of the mobile device to other users of an electronic communications system. The electronic message is transmitted to another device to provide an indication of the geographic location for the user to one of the other users of the electronic communications system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventor: FACEBOOK, INC.
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GEOGRAPHICALLY ORGANIZING AND CLASSIFYING BUSINESSES ON THE WORLD-WIDE WEB
    Publication number: 20130191367
    Abstract: A method and search engine for classifying a source publishing a document on a portion of a network, includes steps of electronically receiving a document, based on the document, determining a source which published the document, and assigning a code to the document based on whether data associated with the document published by the source matches with data contained in a database. An intelligent geographic- and business topic-specific resource discovery system facilitates local commerce on the World-Wide Web and also reduces search time by accurately isolating information for end-users. Distinguishing and classifying business pages on the Web by business categories using Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes is achieved through an automatic iterative process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventor: Facebook, Inc.
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GEOGRAPHICALLY ORGANIZING AND CLASSIFYING BUSINESSES ON THE WORLD-WIDE WEB
    Publication number: 20130110817
    Abstract: A method and search engine for classifying a source publishing a document on a portion of a network, includes steps of electronically receiving a document, based on the document, determining a source which published the document, and assigning a code to the document based on whether data associated with the document published by the source matches with data contained in a database. An intelligent geographic- and business topic-specific resource discovery system facilitates local commerce on the World-Wide Web and also reduces search time by accurately isolating information for end-users. Distinguishing and classifying business pages on the Web by business categories using Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes is achieved through an automatic iterative process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventor: FACEBOOK, INC.
  • Switching Between Connectivity Types to Maintain Connectivity
    Publication number: 20130159538
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for leveraging narrowband connectivity (such as dial-up communications or other types of low bandwidth communications) to provision or configure broadband connectivity between a broadband access provider and a broadband device, such as a DSL modem or a cable modem. Specifically, because narrowband connectivity does not require advance configuration or provisioning by the host system of connectivity parameters for an access-seeking device, a modem at an access-seeking device may be leveraged to establish a narrowband connection between that device and a host system and to enable an exchange or negotiation of connectivity parameters necessary to enable future broadband connectivity. Thus, once established, the narrowband connection may be used as a conduit for communicating required provisioning information between the broadband-enabling host and the access-seeking device to enable broadband connectivity by the device in the future.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventor: Facebook, Inc.
  • PROVIDING ADVERTISEMENT CONTENT VIA AN ADVERTISEMENT PROXY SERVER
    Publication number: 20140244406
    Abstract: An advertisement (ad) proxy server acts as a proxy for serving content of third-party ads to users of an online system, reducing data leakage from users to advertisers. The ad proxy server acts as an intermediate storage and access point for content included in advertisement, such as images and videos. When an advertisement from an advertiser is selected for presentation by the online system, an ad tag identifying the location of the content for the selected ad is retrieved and used to retrieve a copy of the advertisement content. The ad proxy server stores the copy of the advertisement content and generates a modified ad tag identifying the ad proxy server. The modified ad tag is sent to a client device, which retrieves the copy of the advertisement content from the ad proxy server rather than directly from the advertiser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventor: Facebook, Inc.
  • SWITCHING BETWEEN CONNECTIVITY TYPES TO MAINTAIN CONNECTIVITY
    Publication number: 20130185444
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for leveraging narrowband connectivity (such as dial-up communications or other types of low bandwidth communications) to provision or configure broadband connectivity between a broadband access provider and a broadband device, such as a DSL modem or a cable modem. Specifically, because narrowband connectivity does not require advance configuration or provisioning by the host system of connectivity parameters for an access-seeking device, a modem at an access-seeking device may be leveraged to establish a narrowband connection between that device and a host system and to enable an exchange or negotiation of connectivity parameters necessary to enable future broadband connectivity. Thus, once established, the narrowband connection may be used as a conduit for communicating required provisioning information between the broadband-enabling host and the access-seeking device to enable broadband connectivity by the device in the future.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventor: Facebook, Inc.
  • IDENTIFYING USERS SHARING COMMON CHARACTERISTICS
    Publication number: 20130179525
    Abstract: Displaying electronic information in an instant-messaging application includes accessing a first electronic message providing information describing a first user that has an identifier included in a set of identifiers of users of an instant messaging application. A second electronic message providing information describing a second user that has an identifier included in the set of identifiers of users of an instant messaging application is accessed. Content contained within the first and second messages is analyzed to determine that at least a portion of content is common to the first and second electronic messages. Based upon the content analysis, an indication that the first and second messages include common content is provided to the user. Alternatively or additionally, an indication that two users are in physical proximity to a geographic location may be provided in response to detecting that the two users are within a threshold distance from the geographic location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventor: FACEBOOK, INC.
  • IDENTIFYING USERS SHARING COMMON CHARACTERISTICS
    Publication number: 20130179524
    Abstract: Displaying electronic information in an instant-messaging application includes accessing a first electronic message providing information describing a first user that has an identifier included in a set of identifiers of users of an instant messaging application. A second electronic message providing information describing a second user that has an identifier included in the set of identifiers of users of an instant messaging application is accessed. Content contained within the first and second messages is analyzed to determine that at least a portion of content is common to the first and second electronic messages. Based upon the content analysis, an indication that the first and second messages include common content is provided to the user. Alternatively or additionally, an indication that two users are in physical proximity to a geographic location may be provided in response to detecting that the two users are within a threshold distance from the geographic location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventor: Facebook, Inc.
  • PROVIDING USER METRICS FOR AN UNKNOWN DIMENSION TO AN EXTERNAL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130086169
    Abstract: A social networking system may provide user metrics for unknown dimensions to an external system using received hash codes from user devices performing actions on the external system. Embodiments of the invention receive hash codes generated by external systems that are embedded in redirect Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) that are executed by user devices. The social networking system may match the received hash codes to identifying information about users, e.g., user identifiers. The user profile information may be reported to external systems based on hash codes in an aggregated format without disclosing identifying information about users. In one embodiment, a hash code may include identifying information of an administrator of an external system to enable the administrator to merge information about users of the social networking system with other unknown dimensions of information about the users that is known by the external system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventor: Facebook, Inc.
  • Automatically Locating Users in Proximity to a User of a Social Networking System
    Publication number: 20130097247
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically locating web-based social network members are provided. According to one embodiment, contact content including an associated GPS identifier and status for web-based social network members located at or near the same location automatically appears on a GPS-enabled device. A further exemplary system includes a GPS-enabled device configured to receive a GPS identifier and a status representing a location and a current state for a web-based social network member, a processing module that associates the received GPS-identifier and the received status, and a communications module that sends the associated GPS-identifier and status to a server comprising a web-based social network database. Contact content in a web-based social network database record in the web-based social network database is updated to include the associated GPS identifier and status for the web-based social network member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventor: FACEBOOK, INC.
  • Preventing messaging of co-users on user definable co-user lists
    Publication number: 20130111608
    Abstract: A real time notification system that tracks, for each user, the logon status of selected co-users of an on-line or network system and displays that information in real time to the tracking user in a unique graphical interface. The invention provides user definable on-line co-user lists, or “buddy lists”, that track specific co-users in real-time automatically. A user can create many separate buddy lists of co-users, either with intersecting or disjoint lists of users, and label these buddy lists according to the user's preference. The user can update a buddy list or create new buddy lists whenever necessary. When a user logs on to a system, the user's set of buddy lists is presented to the buddy list system. The buddy list system attempts to match co-users currently logged into the system with the entries on the user's buddy list. Any matches are displayed to the user. As co-users logon and loge, a user's buddy list is updated to reflect these changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventor: FACEBOOK, INC.
  • USER DEFINABLE ON-LINE CO-USER LISTS
    Publication number: 20130110933
    Abstract: A real time notification system that tracks, for each user, the logon status of selected co-users of an on-line or network system and displays that information in real time to the tracking user in a unique graphical interface. The invention provides user definable on-line co-user lists, or “buddy lists”, that track specific co-users in real-time automatically. A user can create many separate buddy lists of co-users, either with intersecting or disjoint lists of users, and label these buddy lists according to the user's preference. The user can update a buddy list or create new buddy lists whenever necessary. When a user logs on to a system, the user's set of buddy lists is presented to the buddy list system. The buddy list system attempts to match co-users currently logged into the system with the entries on the user's buddy list. Any matches are displayed to the user. As co-users logon and logoff, a user's buddy list is updated to reflect these changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventor: FACEBOOK, INC.
  • Managing user definable co-user lists
    Publication number: 20130117690
    Abstract: A real time notification system that tracks, for each user, the logon status of selected co-users of an on-line or network system and displays that information in real time to the tracking user in a unique graphical interface. The invention provides user definable on-line co-user lists, or “buddy lists”, that track specific co-users in real-time automatically. A user can create many separate buddy lists of co-users, either with intersecting or disjoint lists of users, and label these buddy lists according to the user's preference. The user can update a buddy list or create new buddy lists whenever necessary. When a user logs on to a system, the user's set of buddy lists is presented to the buddy list system. The buddy list system attempts to match co-users currently logged into the system with the entries on the user's buddy list. Any matches are displayed to the user. As co-users logon and loge, a user's buddy list is updated to reflect these changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventor: Facebook, Inc.
  • ADDING CO-USERS TO USER DEFINABLE CO-USER LISTS
    Publication number: 20130110858
    Abstract: A real time notification system that tracks, for each user, the logon status of selected co-users of an on-line or network system and displays that information in real time to the tracking user in a unique graphical interface. The invention provides user definable on-line co-user lists, or “buddy lists”, that track specific co-users in real-time automatically. A user can create many separate buddy lists of co-users, either with intersecting or disjoint lists of users, and label these buddy lists according to the user's preference. The user can update a buddy list or create new buddy lists whenever necessary. When a user to logs on to a system, the user's set of buddy lists is presented to the buddy list system. The buddy list system attempts to match co-users currently logged into the system with the entries on the user's buddy list. Any matches are displayed to the user. As co-users logon and logoff, a user's buddy list is updated to reflect these changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventor: Facebook, Inc.
  • Managing User Endorsements in Online Social Networking Systems
    Publication number: 20140033075
    Abstract: A computer system facilitates the process of enabling users of an online social networking system to endorse online content. A user of the online social networking system provides input representing an address (e.g., URL) of the content. In response, the system generates code implementing a mechanism for endorsing the content (such as a Facebook “like” button) and provides the code as output to the user. The user may then insert the code into a page (e.g., a Facebook page or a web page external to Facebook) containing the content, thereby producing a modified page. The modified page may be rendered to display a Facebook “like” button or other means for endorsing the content. Furthermore, the user may use the system to control the appearance of messages (such as Facebook news feed stories) that are generated in response to an endorsement of the content, and to track content endorsements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: OFFERPOP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wendell Lansford, Prakash Mishra
  • SOCIAL NETWORKING WEBPAGE APPLICATION
    Publication number: 20110252325
    Abstract: A Facebook™ application comprises logging on to Facebook™; looking in the Newsfeed for the “7 Days Out Application”; and clicking on the application for full listing of friends' plans, as well as events (sponsored by advertisers) over the next seven days. The application also comprises logging on to Facebook™; navigating to the “Home” page; clicking on the tab or icon for “7 Days Out—Share Your Plans for Next 7 Days With Friends”; uploading a statement of plans for each particular day that the user wants to let friends know plans; and saving the inputted information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventor: MICHAEL STEPHEN KERNAN
  • Social networking webpage application
    Patent number: 8661345
    Abstract: A Facebook™ application comprises logging on to Facebook™; looking in the Newsfeed for the “7 Days Out Application”; and clicking on the application for full listing of friends' plans, as well as events (sponsored by advertisers) over the next seven days. The application also comprises logging on to Facebook™; navigating to the “Home” page; clicking on the tab or icon for “7 Days Out—Share Your Plans for Next 7 Days With Friends”; uploading a statement of plans for each particular day that the user wants to let friends know plans; and saving the inputted information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Inventor: Michael Stephen Kernan
  • METHODS, SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR PROVIDING GIFTS
    Publication number: 20140351015
    Abstract: A social gift-giving system is operable with a social networking service such as Facebook. A graphical user interface (GUI) is provided on a display of a computing device. A user logs in to the social networking service. Responsive to selection of a first region of the GUI, the GUI displays a list of other users of the social networking service associated with the first user. These other users may be the first user's Facebook friends. Using the GUI, the user can select a Facebook friend, select a gift for the friend, and purchase the gift for the friend.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Andreas EHN, Leo GIERTZ, Magnus HULT, Hjalmar WINBLADH
  • A COMPUTING DEVICE FOR RELATING NODES AND ITEMS IN SOCIAL GRAPH
    Publication number: 20170032001
    Abstract: A social gift-giving system is operable with a social networking service such as Facebook. A graphical user interface (GUI) is provided on a display of a computing device. A user logs in to the social networking service. Responsive to selection of a first region of the GUI, the GUI displays a list of other users of the social networking service associated with the first user. These other users may be the first user's Facebook friends. Using the GUI, the user can select a Facebook friend, select a gift for the friend, and purchase the gift for the friend.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Anthony Kyle AMADIO, Emmanuel CARYDIS, Viveka William Jacob WEILEY
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