# Nicholas Galbreath — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Nicholas Galbreath has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [How Facebook Ranks Search Results Based on Your Friends' Activity](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/8914392/facebook-events) — granted 2014
  A method for ranking search results by prioritizing links that your social network friends have clicked on previously.

**Full profile:** https://patentbrief.org/inventor/nicholas-galbreath

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