Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120072280 | Tracking Conversions - This specification describes technologies relating to content presentation. In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods that include the actions of presenting one or more ads to a user; receiving point of sale receipt information from the user, where the receipt image is associated with a redemption of a first ad of the one or more ads presented to the user, the redemption occurring at a physical retail location; processing the receipt information, using one or more processors, to extract text associated with the receipt information; determining that the extracted text associated with the receipt information is associated with the first ad presented to the user; and logging a conversion for the first ad. Other embodiments of this aspect include corresponding systems, apparatus, and computer program products. | 03-22-2012 |
20120140914 | RINGBACK ADVERTISING - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, in which an indication of a telephone call being placed from a calling number is received, and a determination is made of an audio advertisement to play based on the calling number. The audio advertisement is played based on the determination. | 06-07-2012 |
20120143701 | RE-PUBLISHING CONTENT IN AN ACTIVITY STREAM - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, for providing a method for re-publishing content that is provided by a content publisher to a user. A method includes providing an advertisement for display to a user in a slot, the advertisement including a first annotation providing information for or about re-publishing the advertisement; receiving a request to re-publish the advertisement to one or more individuals or groups associated with the user in a social context; and providing the advertisement as part of an activity stream for a social application, including presenting the advertisement in the activity stream for the user. | 06-07-2012 |
20130035994 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING CONTENT ON THIRD-PARTY MOBILE APPLICATIONS - Methods and systems are provided for allowing users to recommend advertisements displayed in a third-party application running on a user device while not granting the third-party application privileges to send such recommendations on behalf of the user. A social network application installed on the user device, and separate from the third-party application, acts as a proxy for advertisement recommendation requests (e.g., indications that a user wishes to recommend an advertisement displayed), and a user is required to confirm all such recommendation actions. In this manner, a third-party application (e.g., a “malicious third-party application) cannot send advertisement recommendation requests, and/or requests to undo such recommendations, on its own as if it were the user. | 02-07-2013 |
20130036016 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING CONTENT ON THIRD-PARTY MOBILE APPLICATIONS - Methods and systems are provided for allowing users to recommend advertisements displayed in a third-party application running on a user device while not granting the third-party application privileges to send such recommendations on behalf of the user. A social network application installed on the user device, and separate from the third-party application, acts as a proxy for advertisement recommendation requests (e.g., indications that a user wishes to recommend an advertisement displayed), and a user is required to confirm all such recommendation actions. In this manner, a third-party application (e.g., a “malicious third-party application) cannot send advertisement recommendation requests, and/or requests to undo such recommendations, on its own as if it were the user. | 02-07-2013 |
20130036304 | Share cookie on native platform in mobile device without having to ask for the user's login information - Methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for obtaining a limited ID cookie for ad targeting are disclosed. A client requests a limited ID cookie from a cookie making module (CMM), which sends a personal cookie to a verification module for verification. After verification, verification module sends a user ID with user information to CMM. CMM creates the limited ID cookie, and the limited ID cookie is sent to the client. The limited ID cookie is sent to an ads server which utilizes the limited ID cookie to target ads towards the user. | 02-07-2013 |
20130091441 | DETERMINING INTENT OF A RECOMMENDATION ON A MOBILE APPLICATION - Methods and systems are provided for determining the intent of a recommendation made by a user of a mobile application where the application includes a plurality of separable components, any one or more of which the recommendation can apply to. An application in which a user recommendation control is provided for presentation to a user also includes a tag indicating how a recommendation of the application should be interpreted with respect to the components included therein. The tag can be set by the application developer and can be in the form of text (e.g., a keyword or term) or a uniform resource locator (URL). Where a tag references multiple components of an application, a recommending user can be presented with a recommendation intent query. The recommendation intent query allows a user to designate one or more components of the application to which the user's recommendation should be attributed. | 04-11-2013 |
20130254301 | SYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method, computer program product, and computing system for providing a plurality of users of a social network with the ability to indicate affinity with an electronic object. An indication is received from a first user of the plurality of users to initiate an object-specific, synchronous communication session concerning the electronic object. Electronic invitations to join the object-specific, synchronous communication session are provided to one or more invited users of the plurality of users of the social network. A request is received, from at least one of the invited users, to join the object-specific, synchronous communication session. The object-specific, synchronous communication session is provided for the first user and the at least one of the invited users. | 09-26-2013 |
20130347078 | Aggregating Online Activities - The disclosure includes a system and method for automatically authorizing data transfer from a third party service to a user device. The system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to: receive a request for data from a user of a user device; receive information associated with the user and information associated with the user device; determine whether the user has previously provided authorization for a particular application available on the third party site; determine whether the user has previously provided authorization for the user device; and if the user has previously provided authorization for a particular application available on the third party site or has previously provided authorization for the user device, send data to the user device. | 12-26-2013 |
20140108152 | Managing Social Network Relationships Between A Commercial Entity and One or More Users - Systems and methods for managing relationships between a commercial entity and one or more of a plurality of users is described. One of the methods includes receiving data regarding a first opinion of one of the users. The first opinion is concerned with a first product/service. The user has a user identity (ID), the commercial entity has a commercial entity ID, the first product has a first product ID, and the first service has a first service ID. The method further includes mapping the first opinion data with the user ID and the commercial entity ID and the first product ID or the first service ID. The method includes creating data regarding a first sentiment group within a social network account of the commercial entity based on the mapped first opinion data. The method includes assigning the user ID to the first sentiment group data. | 04-17-2014 |
20140379795 | SMART NOTIFICATIONS IN A SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE - A method and system are disclosed for creating and modifying calendar events in a social networking site environment. On receiving a user request to modify a data entry describing a previously scheduled event or on detecting a change to a data entry describing a previously scheduled event, a synchronous communication session is initiated among the event participants. Subsequent to initiating a synchronous communication session, the data entry describing the previously scheduled event is modified based at least in part on at least one of the user request of the synchronous communication. On receiving a user request to add a new data entry describing a new event, a synchronous communication session is initiated for all event participants. Subsequent to the initiation of the synchronous communication session, the data entry for the new event is added based on at least one of the user request of the synchronous communication. | 12-25-2014 |
20150032820 | USING A DIGITAL IMAGE IN A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM - Systems and methods for using a digital image in a social networking system may use digital image to identify a physical entity. Information about the identified physical entity may be provided to an electronic display for review by a user. The user may perform a social networking action with the identified physical entity or a website associated with the physical entity. Social networking actions may include rating or commenting about the physical entity or the associated website via a social networking system. Social networking actions may also include sharing information about the physical entity or associated website with another user via the social networking system. | 01-29-2015 |