Inventor · Mountain View, CA, US

Christopher Lunt

50Patents
22h-index
7Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: May 26, 2004 → Jul 17, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7117254B2 Method of inducing content uploads in a social network Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 379 Expired
US7188153B2 System and method for managing connections in an online social network Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 356 Active
US7478078B2 Method for sharing relationship information stored in a social network database with third party databases Physics 280 Expired
US7788260B2 Ranking search results based on the frequency of clicks on the search results by members of a social network who are within a predetermined degree of separation Physics 228 Expired
US8010458B2 System and method for managing information flow between members of an online social network Electricity 195 Active
US8782753B2 Authorization and authentication based on an individual's social network Electricity 116 Active
US8103947B2 Collaborative system and method for generating biographical accounts Physics 114 Active
US8949261B2 Clarifying search results using social-networking information Physics 79 Active
US8775324B2 Compatibility scoring of users in a social network Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 77 Active
US8924406B2 Ranking search results using social-networking information Physics 77 Active
US7890501B2 Visual tags for search results generated from social network information Physics 76 Active
US8914392B2 Ranking search results based on the frequency of access on the search results by users of a social-networking system Physics 76 Active
US7451161B2 Compatibility scoring of users in a social network Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 71 Active
US8302164B2 Authorization and authentication based on an individual's social network Electricity 57 Active
US8291477B2 Authorization and authentication based on an individual's social network Electricity 54 Active
US8468103B2 System and method for managing information flow between members of an online social network Electricity 44 Active
US9100400B2 Authorization and authentication based on an individual's social network Electricity 43 Active
US8800005B2 Authorization and authentication based on an individual's social network Electricity 36 Active
US8806584B2 Authorization and authentication based on an individual's social network Electricity 36 Active
US8793579B2 Graphical user interfaces for supporting collaborative generation of life stories Electricity 33 Active
US8219500B2 System and method for managing information flow between members of an online social network Electricity 31 Active
US9391971B2 Authorization and authentication based on an individual's social network Electricity 27 Active
US8775951B2 Graphical user interfaces for supporting collaborative generation of life stories Electricity 13 Active
US8689098B2 System and method for organizing recorded events using character tags Physics 10 Active
US10180764B2 Graphical user interfaces for supporting collaborative generation of life stories Electricity 6 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.