Robert W Cathcart

US Patent:

20100306821, Dec 2, 2010

Filed:

May 29, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/474782

Inventors:

Robert William Cathcart - San Francisco CA, US
Stephen P. Middlekauff - San Francisco CA, US
Laura M. Wallace - Palo Alto CA, US
Colin M. Bogart - San Francisco CA, US
Jose L. Fernandez Martinez - Mountain View CA, US
Diana D. Wilson - San Francisco CA, US
Matthew J. Schweitz - San Francisco CA, US
Albert Bachand - San Francisco CA, US
Jessica S. Bronesky - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Google, Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06F 7/04
G06Q 10/00
G06Q 50/00
G06F 7/06
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

726 3, 705 7, 707E17044

Abstract:

Embodiments of a computer system, a method, and a computer-program product (e.g., software) for use with the computer system are described. These embodiments may be used to evaluate a user request to regain control of an online account. For example, the user request may be submitted online using a web page, and may include information that establishes the user's identity or that substantiates that the user is the owner of the online account, such as a history of recent activities associated with the online account. This information may be evaluated by comparing it to stored information associated with the online account, such as a stored history of recent activities or one or more locations of a registered user when the registered user previously accessed the online account. After evaluating the user request, remedial action may be performed.

US Patent:

20130124624, May 16, 2013

Filed:

Nov 11, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/294998

Inventors:

Robert William Cathcart - San Francisco CA, US
Rafael Linden Sagula - Kirkland WA, US
Cameron Alexander Marlow - Menlo Park CA, US
Jonathan Chang - San Francisco CA, US
Siddharth Kar - Palo Alto CA, US
Eric Sun - Palo Alto CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709204

Abstract:

Equivalent concepts expressed across multiple domains are matched and associated with a metapage generated by a social networking system. User preferences expressed on multiple domains, represented as pages in a social networking system, may be organized by concept and shared with advertisers, third-party developers, and other users using the metapages generated for the concepts. Aggregated social information may be presented to users viewing a page associated with a metapage. Information presented on external websites may be used to link pages across multiple domains with a metapage generated on the social networking system. Information on other external websites associated with the metapage may be presented as links on the pages associated with the metapage. Feedback from users may be used to include or exclude pages from being associated with a generated metapage. A best page for a concept embodied in multiple pages may be determined using a hierarchy of rules.

US Patent:

20130124625, May 16, 2013

Filed:

Nov 11, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/295000

Inventors:

Robert William Cathcart - San Francisco CA, US
Rafael Linden Sagula - Kirkland CA, US
Cameron Alexander Marlow - Menlo Park CA, US
Jonathan Chang - San Francisco CA, US
Siddharth Kar - Palo Alto CA, US
Eric Sun - Palo Alto CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709204

Abstract:

Equivalent concepts expressed across multiple domains are matched and associated with a metapage generated by a social networking system. User preferences expressed on multiple domains, represented as pages in a social networking system, may be organized by concept and shared with advertisers, third-party developers, and other users of the social networking system using the metapages generated for the concepts. Aggregated social information may be presented to users of the social networking system viewing a page associated with a metapage. Information presented on external websites may be used to link pages across multiple domains with a metapage generated on the social networking system, presenting the information on other external websites associated with the metapage as links on the pages associated with the metapage. Feedback from users may be used to include or exclude pages from being associated with a generated metapage.

US Patent:

20130124626, May 16, 2013

Filed:

Nov 11, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/295001

Inventors:

Robert William Cathcart - San Francisco CA, US
Rafael Linden Sagula - Kirkland CA, US
Cameron Alexander Marlow - Menlo Park CA, US
Jonathan Chang - San Francisco CA, US
Siddharth Kar - Palo Alto CA, US
Eric Sun - Palo Alto CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709204

Abstract:

Equivalent concepts expressed across multiple domains are matched and associated with a metapage generated by a social networking system. User preferences expressed on multiple domains, represented as pages in a social networking system, may be organized by concept and shared with advertisers, third-party developers, and other users of the social networking system using the metapages generated for the concepts. Aggregated social information may be presented to users of the social networking system viewing a page associated with a metapage. Information presented on external websites may be used to link pages across multiple domains with a metapage generated on the social networking system. A best page may be determined for a concept embodied in multiple pages on the social networking system using a hierarchy of rules. A best page may also be determined for a user based on information about the user.

US Patent:

20130124627, May 16, 2013

Filed:

Nov 11, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/295002

Inventors:

Robert William Cathcart - San Francisco CA, US
Rafael Linden Sagula - Kirkland WA, US
Cameron Alexander Marlow - Menlo Park CA, US
Jonathan Chang - San Francisco CA, US
Siddharth Kar - Palo Alto CA, US
Eric Sun - Palo Alto CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709204

Abstract:

Equivalent concepts expressed across multiple domains are matched and associated with a metapage generated by a social networking system. User preferences expressed on multiple domains, represented as pages in a social networking system, may be organized by concept and shared with advertisers, third-party developers, and other users of the social networking system using the metapages generated for the concepts. Aggregated social information may be presented to users of the social networking system viewing a page associated with a metapage. Information presented on external websites may be used to link pages across multiple domains with a metapage generated on the social networking system. Social context information may be provided on a page associated with a metapage for a viewing user that shows expressions of interest by other users on the page and other pages associated with the metapage.

US Patent:

20130151612, Jun 13, 2013

Filed:

Dec 13, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/324776

Inventors:

Jeffrey Scott Dunn - Seattle WA, US
Robert William Cathcart - San Francisco CA, US
Cameron Alexander Marlow - Menlo Park CA, US
Mukund Narasimhan - Bellevue WA, US
Yuankai Ge - Palo Alto CA, US
Venkataramanan Iyer Nandagopal - Mountain View CA, US
Chad Little - San Carlos CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709204

Abstract:

A social networking system leverages user's social information to evaluate content submitted for inclusion in objects. If the evaluated submission is accepted, the submission is added to the content of an object. Accepted submissions are also used to predict associations between metadata and objects. Metadata is used to predict which objects will match user searches for information. The social networking system also provides a user interface configured to prompt users to submit information to objects. When a user completes a submission to an object, the user is provided with other options for groups of objects to contribute to. The objects offered are chosen to increase the likelihood that the user will choose to provide submissions to one of the provided objects.

US Patent:

20140025666, Jan 23, 2014

Filed:

Jul 19, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/553761

Inventors:

Cameron Alexander Marlow - Menlo Park CA, US
Robert William Cathcart - San Francisco CA, US
Jeffrey Scott Dunn - Seattle WA, US
Rafael Linden Sagula - Kirkland WA, US
Siddharth Kar - Palo Alto CA, US
Jonathan Chang - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 15/16
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707723, 709204, 707E17119

Abstract:

Embodiments of the invention improve the ability of a social networking system to determine which types of data—hereinafter referred to as “fields”—are relevant to which types of user pages. Specifically, a social networking system assigns page types to different user pages, and likewise stores information on different types of fields. By analyzing the relationships of different pages and fields, the social networking system determines which types of fields are particularly well-suited for inclusion on different types of pages. Using the learned information about page types and field types, the social networking system can better aid page administrators in specifying data to add to their pages. For example, the social networking system can recommend to administrators the addition of certain types of fields or automatically add the fields. Further, the social networking system can specialize a search for social networking system data to field types.

US Patent:

20140025671, Jan 23, 2014

Filed:

Jul 19, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/553760

Inventors:

Cameron Alexander Marlow - Menlo Park CA, US
Robert William Cathcart - San Francisco CA, US
Jeffrey Scott Dunn - Seattle WA, US
Rafael Linden Sagula - Kirkland WA, US
Venkataramanan Iyer Nandagopal - Mountain View CA, US
Siddharth Kar - Palo Alto CA, US
Eric Sun - Palo Alto CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707727, 707E17082

Abstract:

Embodiments improve the ability of users of a social networking system to search for information that is likely to be relevant to them by learning and/or applying a search context associated with selector components used to search for objects of the social networking system. The search context is specific to the use of an individual selector and thus need not be as general as the context of an entire page or set of pages in which selectors can be embedded. The social networking system may learn the context of a selector by monitoring user selections from prior search results performed using the selector.