Bob Trahan

Title: Bob Trahan: Social Network Trust and User Approval

Introduction

Bob Trahan is an inventor based in Palo Alto, California, whose patent work includes systems for assessing trust in social networks. He is associated with Meta Platforms, Inc. His portfolio includes 4 patents.

Latest Patents

Trahan’s listed patents include “Determining a Trust Level of a User in a Social Network Environment” and “Determining a Trust Level of a User in a Social Network Environment,” described in the supplied information as separate patent entries.

The inventions describe monitoring interaction requests between an approved user and a non-approved user. Requests are classified as one of two types, and separate trust values are increased according to the type of interaction. The system uses those values to determine a trust level and may change the non-approved user’s status to approved based on the trust level and the individual values.

Career Highlights

Trahan’s listed patent work focuses on evaluating user interactions and applying trust-based criteria to user approval in social network environments. The supplied information associates him with Meta Platforms, Inc.

Collaborations

The listed coworkers are Ezra Callahan and Aditya Agarwal.

Conclusion

Bob Trahan’s described inventions address trust assessment and user approval in social networks through interaction monitoring and separate trust values.