Paul J Martino

US Patent:

7788358, Aug 31, 2010

Filed:

Mar 6, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/369562

Inventors:

Paul J. Martino - Mountain View CA, US

Assignee:

Aggregate Knowledge - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06F 15/173

US Classification:

709223, 709224, 709225, 709226, 709227, 709200, 709217, 709232, 370468, 370252, 370455, 705 26, 705 7, 705 14

Abstract:

A relationship server tracks end-user interactions across multiple web sites and generates recommendations. The web sites observe relationships established by end-user interactions. If end-users provide the same personally identifiable information to multiple web sites, the sites generate the same unique identifier for those end-users. The web sites send messages to the relationship server that reference the end-users using the identifiers and describe the relationships observed for the end-users. The relationship server receives messages from multiple web sites and canonicalizes them to produce an efficient representation of the relationships. Upon receiving a message requesting a recommendation based on an item, the relationship server performs collaborative filtering using the relationship data to identify a list of items to recommend. The relationship server sends the recommendations to the requesting entity and the recommendations are presented to the end-user.

US Patent:

7797345, Sep 14, 2010

Filed:

Apr 7, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/102565

Inventors:

Paul J. Martino - Mountain View CA, US
Mark Pincus - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc. - San Jose CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707792

Abstract:

A method for a computer system includes receiving a listing from a first user, determining a first plurality of social network relationship factors for the first user with respect to a first plurality of users, determining a second plurality of users from the first plurality of users who fulfill a filtering criteria, wherein a third plurality of users from the first plurality of users do not fulfill the filtering criteria, and making the listing available to users from the second plurality of users but not the third plurality of users, and providing the listing to a second user from the second plurality of users.

US Patent:

7818392, Oct 19, 2010

Filed:

Apr 7, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/102572

Inventors:

Paul J. Martino - Mountain View CA, US
Mark Pincus - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc. - San Jose CA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709217, 709224, 709200

Abstract:

A hierarchal posting method includes determining a first plurality of social network relationship factors associated with a first plurality of users with respect to a first user, determining a second plurality of users from the first plurality of users that have associated social network relationship factors that satisfy a filtering criteria, wherein a third plurality of users from the first plurality of users have associated social network relationship factors that do not satisfy the filtering criteria, determining a first plurality of hierarchal posts associated with the second plurality of users, wherein a second plurality of hierarchal posts are associated with the third plurality of users, and automatically providing the first plurality of hierarchal posts to the first user, but not the second plurality of hierarchal posts to the first user.

US Patent:

7818394, Oct 19, 2010

Filed:

Sep 8, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/222685

Inventors:

Brian Lawler - San Francisco CA, US
Elliot Loh - San Francisco CA, US
Paul Martino - Mountain View CA, US
Mark Pincus - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Cisco Techology, Inc. - San Jose CA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709217, 709244, 709200

Abstract:

A method for a computer server includes receiving search criteria from a first user at a remote client, receiving a first identifier associated with the first user, performing a search to determine a plurality of search results including a first and a second search result, determining a first rating from a second user associated with the first search result, determining a first social network indicia from the second user to the first user within a social network, determining a second rating from a third user associated with the second search result, determining a second social network indicia from the third user to the first user within the social network, providing the first search result to the remote client including the first rating and the first social network indicia, and providing the second search result to the remote client including the second rating and the second social network indicia.

US Patent:

7831684, Nov 9, 2010

Filed:

Sep 8, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/223452

Inventors:

Brian Lawler - San Francisco CA, US
Elliot Loh - San Francisco CA, US
Paul Martino - Mountain View CA, US
Mark Pincus - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc. - San Jose CA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709217, 709244, 709200

Abstract:

A method for a computer system includes receiving a search request from a first user, determining a user identifier associated with the first user, determining a plurality of user identifiers associated with the user identifier within a social network, determining a first plurality of search request results of a plurality of users associated with the plurality of user identifiers, determining a list of results to the search request in response to the search request and to the first plurality of search request results, and providing the list of results to the first user as a response to the search request.

US Patent:

7844671, Nov 30, 2010

Filed:

Apr 7, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/102569

Inventors:

Brian Lawler - San Francisco CA, US
Elliot Loh - San Francisco CA, US
Paul Martino - Mountain View CA, US
Mark Pincus - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc. - San Jose CA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709206, 709204

Abstract:

A method for a computer system include determining a first social distance for a first user with respect to a second user, determining a second social distance for a third user with respect to the second user, determining a first trust-metric for the first user in response to the first social distance, determining a second trust-metric for the third user in response to the second social distance, and prioritizing a first communication from the first user over a second communication from the third user, in response to the first trust-metric and the second trust-metric.

US Patent:

7853630, Dec 14, 2010

Filed:

Jan 8, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/008181

Inventors:

Paul Martino - Mountain View CA, US
Gian-Paolo Musumeci - Berkeley CA, US
Kristopher C. Wehner - Oakland CA, US

Assignee:

Aggregate Knowledge - San Mateo CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707999003, 707999103, 707E17055, 707E1706, 707E17014, 707E17109

Abstract:

Systems and methods are described for performing the dynamic generation of correlation scores between arbitrary objects. When a behavioral event is recorded, that is to say when an end user interacts with multiple objects, relationships between objects are created. These relationships are maintained as a list. When a request for correlated items is requested based upon a seed object, a list of correlated items is dynamically created through the generation of a pivot set and a scoring algorithm to compute the list of correlated items.

US Patent:

7856449, Dec 21, 2010

Filed:

May 6, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/123853

Inventors:

Paul J. Martino - Mountain View CA, US
Chris Vale - San Francisco CA, US
Kristopher C. Wehner - Oakland CA, US

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc. - San Jose CA

International Classification:

G06F 7/00
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707784, 707781, 707802

Abstract:

A computer system includes a database configured to store a plurality of social network relationships, a graphing system coupled to a database, wherein the graphing system includes a processor and random access memory, wherein the random access memory is configured to store at least a portion of the plurality of social network relationships from the database, wherein the processor is configured to determine a social map for a user in response to at least the portion of the plurality of social network relationships in the random access memory, and wherein the random access memory is configured to store the social map for the user, and a server coupled to the database and the graphing system, wherein the server is configured to receive an indication of the user, and wherein the server is configured to provide the indication of the user to the graphing system.