Sandra Yien Huang, 622128 Spaulding Ave, Berkeley, CA 94703

2014003, Jan 30, 2014

Jul 26, 2012

13/559482

Adam D'Angelo - Palo Alto CA, US
Sandra Liu Huang - Menlo Park CA, US
Joel Lewenstein - San Francisco CA, US
Yair Livne - Palo Alto CA, US
Benjamin Golub - Cambridge MA, US
Gregory N. Price - San Francisco CA, US

Quora, Inc. - Palo Alto CA

G06Q 30/02

705 735

A credit mechanism or system for use with a network-based application is described. The credit mechanism operates in conjunction with the network-based application to require that users pay a number of credits to interact with other users. The number of credits required to interact with a particular user may be determined using an algorithm that takes as input a number of signals that are inferred from observed data and which generally represent a measure of the particular user's willingness to provide time and attention (e.g., supply of attention), and a measure of the desire of other users to obtain the particular user's attention (e.g., demand for attention).

2014028, Sep 18, 2014

Mar 15, 2013

13/833908

Adam Edward D'Angelo - Palo Alto CA, US
Rebekah Marie Cox - Mountain View CA, US
Sandra Liu Huang - Menlo Park CA, US
Joel Oren Lewenstein - San Francisco CA, US
Tudor Stefan Achim - Palo Alto CA, US

G06F 17/30
G06F 17/22

715234, 707736, 707737

According to various embodiments, a viewing event may be detected, the viewing event corresponding to a user viewing a content item. A view reason associated with the viewing event may be determined, the view reason indicating how the user was notified of the content item or how the user accessed the content item. A privacy value associated with the viewing event may be determined, the privacy value indicating an inferred sensitivity of the user to publication of the viewing event. Further, metadata describing the viewing event may be generated. Moreover, the metadata may be associated with the content item.

2014022, Aug 14, 2014

Feb 13, 2013

13/766417

Sandra Liu Huang - Menlo Park CA, US
Adam D'Angelo - Palo Alto CA, US
Joel Lewenstein - San Francisco CA, US
Yair Livne - Palo Alto CA, US
Gregory N. Price - San Francisco CA, US

H04L 29/06

705 1469, 715753

Techniques for facilitating the promotion of content are described. Consistent with some embodiments, a content promotion interface is presented with a content item, enabling a user to promote the content item. By promoting the content item, the user can influence one or more algorithms used in selecting and presenting content items to other users, such that the promoted content item is provided preferential processing and may be selected for presentation in situations where it may otherwise not be (e.g., if not promoted), and the promoted content item may be presented in a manner designed to garner more collective user-attention than the content item would otherwise receive, if presented in a conventional manner (e.g., without having been promoted).