US 2013/0212495 A1Published application

Dynamically updating media content for display to a user of a social network environment based on user interactions

AssigneeFacebook, Inc.

InventorsMark E. Zuckerberg, Andrew G. Bosworth, Chris Cox, Ruchi Sanghvi, Matthew Cahill

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Abstract

A system and method provides dynamically selected media content to someone using an electronic device in a social network environment. Items of media content are selected for the user based on his or her relationships with one or more other users. The user's relationships with other users are reflected in the selected media content and its format. An order is assigned to the items of media content, for example, based on their anticipated importance to the user, and the items of media content are displayed to the user in the assigned order. The user may change the order of the items of media content. The user's interactions with media content available in the social network environment are monitored, and those interactions are used to select additional items of media content for the user.

Claims24

Dependent claims

A method comprising:

storing in a database a user profile for a viewing user of a social network system, the user profile including an identification of a plurality of other users of the social network system with whom the viewing user has established a connection;
selecting a plurality of news stories based on one or more preference settings of the viewing user identifying relationships between the viewing user and one or more other users of the social network system, at least one of the news stories comprising a description about an action taken by at least one of the other users of the social networking system with whom the viewing user has established a connection;
sending a newsfeed including the selected plurality of news stories to the viewing user;
monitoring one or more interactions between the viewing user of the social network system and at least one of:
another user of the social network system and media content in the social network system;
selecting one or more additional news stories for the viewing user based at least in part on the one or more preference settings of the viewing user;
updating the newsfeed to include the selected additional news stories, at least one of the additional news stories describing an action taken by at least one of the other users of the social network system with whom the viewing user has established a connection;
and
sending the updated newsfeed comprising the selected additional news stories to the user device for display to the viewing user.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/846,876Filed 18 Mar 2013
Priority: 11 Aug 2006
Published: 15 Aug 2013
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

G06Q 30/02
Commerce: marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
H04L 67/02
Protocols: based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
H04L 67/306
Profiles: user profiles
H04L 67/535
Network services: tracking the activity of the user

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