Rohit Dhawan

US Patent:

8612586, Dec 17, 2013

Filed:

Dec 9, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/316292

Inventors:

Eric Faller - Palo Alto CA, US
Rohit Dhawan - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Facebook, Inc. - Menlo Park CA

International Classification:

G06F 15/173

US Classification:

709224, 709200, 709204

Abstract:

When a social interaction involving a non-user page is detected, a determination is made as to whether to notify an administrator of the page regarding the detected interaction. The determination is made based on a notification policy that describes a variable pattern for communicating with the administrator regarding social interactions. If a determination is made to notify the administrator, a communication is transmitted to the administrator describing the detected interaction.

US Patent:

20130124298, May 16, 2013

Filed:

Nov 15, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/297117

Inventors:

Huajing Li - Sunnyvale CA, US
Yanxin Shi - Palo Alto CA, US
Rohit Dhawan - San Francisco CA, US
Richard Bill Sim - Foster City CA, US
Rong Yan - Mountain View CA, US
David Dawei Ye - Palo Alto CA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 30/02

US Classification:

705 1442, 705 1466, 705 1453, 705 1458

Abstract:

A social networking system may identify a first set of users as part of a training cluster and identify a second set of users that is similar to the first set of users for purposes of targeting advertisements related to the advertiser. Using past engagement history (e.g., click-through rates), demographic information, and keywords associated with the training cluster of users, a social networking system may generate a training model specific to the training cluster. Confidence scores may be used to identify similar users across the total population of users of the social networking system for creating a targeting cluster of users for the advertisement. A revenue sharing scheme may be used induce page administrators to increase their fan base by enabling advertisers to target advertisements to users that have expressed interest in pages associated with the page administrators.

US Patent:

20130132993, May 23, 2013

Filed:

Jul 19, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/780389

Inventors:

Jill A. Huchital - Saratoga CA, US
Rohit Dhawan - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

GOOGLE INC. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

H04H 9/00

US Classification:

725 22

Abstract:

The present disclosure includes a system and method for tracking local telephone numbers. In some implementations, a method of tracking local TV ads includes receiving tracking information for a TV advertisement from a plurality of geographic regions. The TV advertisement are presented in each geographic region with a local telephone number. Metrics associated with the TV advertisement are determined for each geographic region using the tracking information. One or more Web pages are populated with at least one or more metrics for presenting to an advertiser.

US Patent:

20130173633, Jul 4, 2013

Filed:

Dec 28, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/339258

Inventors:

Brian Piepgrass - Mountain View CA, US
Rohit Dhawan - San Francisco CA, US
Nicolas Andrij Bushak - San Francisco CA, US
Thomas Giovanni Carriero - Menlo Park CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707748, 707769, 707E17014

Abstract:

In one embodiment, a social-networking system accesses a social graph with a plurality of user nodes and a plurality of location nodes, receives a search query with location parameters, identifies a set of location nodes based on the search query, and determines a value for each location nodes in the set based on the edges connected to the location nodes in the social graph.