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Brian Acton
Also filed as: ACTON BRIAN · ACTON BRIAN L · ACTON BRIAN LANGE
53 granted patents·3 pending applications·301 citations·filing 2003–2022
98Inventor score
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56 records- 0196US8923812B1Phone number verification method and systemKOUM JAN·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 30, 2014·27 cites·17 claims
- 0294US9473428B1Dynamic muting of communication notificationsWHATSAPP INC·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 18, 2016·22 cites·10 claims
- 0393US10582036B2Methods and systems for generating an ephemeral content messageWHATSAPP INC·Filed 2017·Granted Mar 3, 2020·9 cites·17 claims
- 0489US9503485B1Connecting communicating devices in a multi-server communication systemWHATSAPP INC·Filed 2013·Granted Nov 22, 2016·9 cites·16 claims
- 0589US7844589B2Method and apparatus for performing a searchYAHOO INC·Filed 2003·Granted Nov 30, 2010·64 cites·50 claims
- 0688US10608978B2Voice communications with real-time status notificationsWHATSAPP INC·Filed 2016·Granted Mar 31, 2020·5 cites·14 claims
- 0788US9628831B2Multimedia transcoding method and system for mobile devicesKOUM JAN·Filed 2012·Granted Apr 18, 2017·6 cites·32 claims
- 0886US10367892B2System and method for aggregating communication connectionsWHATSAPP INC·Filed 2016·Granted Jul 30, 2019·4 cites·15 claims
- 0985US7672877B1Product data classificationYAHOO INC·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 2, 2010·59 cites·46 claims
- 1083US10587551B1Techniques for multi-agent messagingWHATSAPP INC·Filed 2018·Granted Mar 10, 2020·5 cites·20 claims
- 1183US9992258B2Techniques for managing a remote web client from an application on a mobile deviceWHATSAPP INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jun 5, 2018·4 cites·17 claims
- 1283US9226121B2Voice communications with real-time status notificationsWHATSAPP INC·Filed 2013·Granted Dec 29, 2015·5 cites·18 claims
- 1381US11316965B1Methods and systems for processing an ephemeral con tent messageWHATSAPP INC·Filed 2020·Granted Apr 26, 2022·1 cites·20 claims
- 1481US10778831B2Methods and systems for displaying an ephemeral content messageWHATSAPP INC·Filed 2017·Granted Sep 15, 2020·2 cites·20 claims
- 1580US7130819B2Method and computer readable medium for search scoringYAHOO INC·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 31, 2006·20 cites·33 claims
- 1679US11265413B1Methods and systems for generating an ephemeral content messageWHATSAPP INC·Filed 2020·Granted Mar 1, 2022·1 cites·20 claims
- 1779US9203960B1Mobile device status and notification method and systemKOUM JAN·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 1, 2015·3 cites·29 claims
- 1878US10375538B1Synthetic communication network method and systemWHATSAPP INC·Filed 2018·Granted Aug 6, 2019·1 cites·14 claims
- 1977US7840442B2Method and computer storage medium for search scoringYAHOO INC·Filed 2006·Granted Nov 23, 2010·5 cites·26 claims
- 2076US10136272B2Synthetic communication network method and systemWHATSAPP INC·Filed 2017·Granted Nov 20, 2018·1 cites·20 claims
- 2176US9602985B2Voice communications with real-time status notificationsWHATSAPP INC·Filed 2015·Granted Mar 21, 2017·2 cites·19 claims
- 2275US11336734B1System and method for aggregating communication connectionsWHATSAPP INC·Filed 2019·Granted May 17, 2022·1 cites·20 claims
- 2374US9419935B2Voice communications with real-time status notificationsWHATSAPP INC·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 16, 2016·2 cites·34 claims
- 2473US12219017B1System and method for aggregating communication connectionsWHATSAPP INC·Filed 2022·Granted Feb 4, 2025·0 cites·17 claims
- 2572US10225399B2Mobile device status and notificationWHATSAPP INC·Filed 2017·Granted Mar 5, 2019·1 cites·17 claims
- 2672US7359898B1Scoring mechanism selection along multiple dimensionsYAHOO INC·Filed 2004·Granted Apr 15, 2008·22 cites·18 claims
- 2771US11882231B1Methods and systems for processing an ephemeral content messageWHATSAPP LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Jan 23, 2024·0 cites·17 claims
- 2871US11847304B1Techniques for media album display and managementWHATSAPP LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Dec 19, 2023·0 cites·18 claims
- 2969US9998593B1Mobile device status and notificationWHATSAPP INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jun 12, 2018·1 cites·16 claims
- 3068US8995965B1Synthetic communication network method and systemKOUM JAN·Filed 2010·Granted Mar 31, 2015·1 cites·14 claims
- 3167US11032678B1Synthetic communication network method and systemWHATSAPP LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Jun 8, 2021·0 cites·19 claims
- 3267US10098090B2Dynamic muting of communication notificationsWHATSAPP INC·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 9, 2018·1 cites·18 claims
- 3366US8868554B1Associating product offerings with product abstractionsACTON BRIAN·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 21, 2014·9 cites·30 claims
- 3465US11449840B1System and method for facilitating payment for a third party's application subscriptionWHATSAPP INC·Filed 2020·Granted Sep 20, 2022·0 cites·20 claims
- 3565US10542396B1Synthetic communication network method and systemWHATSAPP INC·Filed 2019·Granted Jan 21, 2020·0 cites·14 claims
- 3663US11616747B1Systems and methods for multi-agent messagingWHATSAPP LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Mar 28, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 3763US11159478B1Voice communications with real-time status notificationsWHATSAPP LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Oct 26, 2021·0 cites·20 claims
- 3863US9882852B2Techniques for escalating temporary messaging bansWHATSAPP INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 30, 2018·1 cites·20 claims
- 3963US9792591B1System and method for facilitating payment for a third party's application subscriptionWHATSAPP INC·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 17, 2017·1 cites·15 claims
- 4062US9374457B2Phone number verification method and systemWHATSAPP INC·Filed 2014·Granted Jun 21, 2016·0 cites·19 claims
- 4160US11106341B1Techniques for media album display and managementWHATSAPP INC·Filed 2019·Granted Aug 31, 2021·0 cites·20 claims
- 4260US10681202B2Methods and systems for processing an ephemeral content messageWHATSAPP INC·Filed 2017·Granted Jun 9, 2020·0 cites·17 claims
- 4359US11146519B1Techniques for multi-agent messagingWHATSAPP INC·Filed 2020·Granted Oct 12, 2021·0 cites·20 claims
- 4459US10736078B1Dynamic muting of communication notificationsWHATSAPP INC·Filed 2018·Granted Aug 4, 2020·0 cites·17 claims
- 4558US7519581B2Method and apparatus for performing a searchYAHOO INC·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 14, 2009·6 cites·21 claims
- 4657US9998602B2Voice communications with real-time status notificationsWHATSAPP INC·Filed 2017·Granted Jun 12, 2018·0 cites·20 claims
- 4755US10600038B2System and method for facilitating payment for a third party's application subscriptionWHATSAPP INC·Filed 2017·Granted Mar 24, 2020·0 cites·20 claims
- 4855US9819801B2Voice communications with real-time status notificationsWHATSAPP INC·Filed 2017·Granted Nov 14, 2017·0 cites·17 claims
- 4954US10212213B1Techniques for managing a remote web client from an application on a mobile deviceWHATSAPP INC·Filed 2018·Granted Feb 19, 2019·0 cites·18 claims
- 5053US10310719B2Techniques for media album display and managementWHATSAPP INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jun 4, 2019·0 cites·21 claims
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