Mary K Graham

US Patent:

20120324042, Dec 20, 2012

Filed:

Jun 20, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/164210

Inventors:

Mary Graham - San Francisco CA, US
Erick Tseng - San Francisco CA, US
Chamath M. Palihapitiya - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709217

Abstract:

The automatic transmission of communications between a mobile device and a social networking system is regulated based on the communication mode of the mobile device. A communication for transmission between the mobile device and the social networking system is detected. A communication switch setting, such as a switch position, is determined for the mobile device. A communication mode for the mobile device is determined based on the communication switch setting. For example, if the switch is in a first position, the mobile device is determined to be in a social mode. Likewise, if the switch is in a second position, the mobile device is determined to be a manual mode. If the mobile device is in the social mode, the communication is automatically transmitted. If the mobile device is in the manual mode, the communication is transmitted only in response to authorization from the user of the mobile device.

US Patent:

20130054706, Feb 28, 2013

Filed:

Aug 29, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/220412

Inventors:

Mary Graham - San Francisco CA, US
Aaron Sittig - San Francisco CA, US
Erick Tseng - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709206

Abstract:

A communications device that modulates one or more operating parameters of a visual message indicator to reflect one or more aspects of messaging activity directed or relating to a user.

US Patent:

20130151611, Jun 13, 2013

Filed:

Dec 12, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/323737

Inventors:

Mary Graham - San Francisco CA, US
Erick Tseng - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709204

Abstract:

A social networking system displays raw stories about a user's friends' actions in a news ticker as those actions occur. The social networking system is monitored for actions associated with users connected with the target user. The social networking system may be continually monitored such that actions are identified in real-time as they are performed. The news ticker is updated such that stories including the identified actions and the associated connected users are displayed within a news ticker interface. The news ticker interface may be a dedicated portion of the social networking system interface, for example in a column next to a newsfeed. The news ticker interface may be updated in real time as actions associated with connected users are performed. The target user may select a displayed story in the news ticker, and additional information related to the selected story may be displayed, for instance in a separate interface.

US Patent:

20170169479, Jun 15, 2017

Filed:

Feb 27, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/443782

Inventors:

- Menlo Park CA, US
Mary Graham - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 30/02

Abstract:

In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an indication of a reward-generating event comprising an action performed by a first user of a social-networking system in response to an advertisement. The advertisement may have been selected by the social-networking system based at least in part on a bid amount from an advertiser. The method may further include updating a social graph of the social-networking system based on the reward-generating event, wherein updating the social graph comprises adding an edge connecting a first node to a second node corresponding to the advertisement or an entity associated with the advertisement. The method may further include determining and allocating a first portion of the bid amount to allocate to the first user and a second portion of the bid amount to allocate to the social-networking system based on the reward generating event.

US Patent:

20140100943, Apr 10, 2014

Filed:

Oct 8, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/647275

Inventors:

Chamath Palihapitiya - Palo Alto CA, US
Mary Graham - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 30/02

US Classification:

705 1439

Abstract:

In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an indication of a reward-generating event associated with an advertisement. The reward-generating event includes an action by a user in response to the advertisement being presented to the user. The method also includes determining based at least in part on the action by the user a reward to allocate to the user for the reward-generating event.