Rohit D 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:

20070094073, Apr 26, 2007

Filed:

Dec 30, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/323301

Inventors:

Rohit Dhawan - San Francisco CA, US
Kosar Jaff - Kirkland WA, US
Scott Ludwig - Bellevue WA, US
Narayanan Shivakumar - San Jose CA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

705014000

Abstract:

Advertisements that facilitate telephonic communications between users and advertisers, and which avoid perceived problems or limitations of PPC and CTC offerings, are described. These advertisements may include offer information used to score the ad and/or to assess a charge to the advertiser in the event of a call conversion.

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:

20130139048, May 30, 2013

Filed:

Nov 30, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/308215

Inventors:

Rohit Dhawan - San Francisco CA, US
Yuankai Ge - Palo Alto CA, US
Jeffrey Andrew Kanter - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/00

US Classification:

715234

Abstract:

Posts are ranked for display on a page in a social network environment based on interaction and user score signals associated with the post and a viewing user. The signals for each of the posts are scored, and a ranking score for each post is determined. The posts are ranked in an order for display based on the ranking score and displayed for the viewing user on the page. Posts submitted by other users who have established connections with the viewing user are also filtered for display in a social box on the page.

US Patent:

20130151613, Jun 13, 2013

Filed:

Dec 13, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/325036

Inventors:

Rohit Dhawan - San Francisco CA, US
Jeffrey Andrew Kanter - San Francisco CA, US
Thomas Giovanni Carriero - Menlo Park CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709204

Abstract:

A social networking system provides tips to users about non-user entities within the social networking system. Tips include short questions, comments, reviews and non-user entities include businesses, products, bands, songs etc. Tips are provided by users of the social networking system, wherein the tips are displayed to other users of if the other users meet privacy criteria associated with the tips. Additionally, tips are ranked based on the likelihood that a user will view or read the tip. Tips with the greatest likelihood are ranked higher than those with a lower likelihood. Selected tips with a high likelihood to be viewed are displayed to a viewing user on the topic page or within the user's news feed story.

US Patent:

20130159089, Jun 20, 2013

Filed:

Dec 15, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/326336

Inventors:

SEBASTIAN GIL - BASKING RIDGE NJ, US
ROUSSEAU KAZI - MORENO VALLEY CA, US
ROHIT DHAWAN - SAN FRANCISCO CA, US
JEFFREY ANDREW KANTER - SAN FRANCISCO CA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 30/02

US Classification:

705 1438, 705 1439

Abstract:

A social networking system distributes offers to its users using the social networking users' news feed or another communication channel in the social networking system. To distribute offers, the social networking system receives a post from an advertising user, which includes a coupon or other offer that can be redeemed at a merchant establishment. The post generates an offer story that includes the post with the offer, and an option for claiming the offer. The social networking system sends the offer story to a viewing user of the social networking system, and receives from the viewing user a selection of the option for claiming the offer. To further distribute the offer, the social networking system sends a news story about the viewing user claiming the offer in a feed of news stories to one or more other users of the social networking system who are connected to the viewing user.

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.