# US 2014/0208232 A1 · Enabling Delayed Interactions with Content Items Presented by a Social Networking System

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- Number: US 2014/0208232 A1
- Document ID: US20140208232A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/747,714
- Filed: 2013-01-23
- Published: 2014-07-24
- Earliest claimed: 2013-01-23
- Assignees: Facebook, Inc.
- Applicants: Facebook, Inc.
- Inventors: Jane Leibrock; Loren Alfred Cheng; Matthew Brown; Jessica Gronski; Marc Horowitz; William Jacobs; Zhengzheng Pan; Xiao Ou; Joshua Van Dyke Watzman; Luke Woods; Rachel Margaret Wong
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140208232A1

## CPC

- G06Q 10/40: Business processes related to social networking or social networking services
- G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
- G06F 3/0484: for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
- H04L 67/02: based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)

## Abstract

When a user sees a content item presented by a social networking system, the user may select an option to save the content item. The saved content item may be reinserted in a newsfeed presented to the user, integrated into collections, archived, used for notifications to the user, or otherwise subsequently presented to the user. A plug-in may be used to save content items accessed through websites external to the social networking system. As privacy settings associated with a saved content item are modified, the modified privacy settings are applied to the saved content item, which may prevent the user saving the content item from subsequently viewing the saved content item.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A computer-implemented method comprising:
presenting one or more content items, each associated with a time, to a user of a social networking system user in a newsfeed comprising a chronological list of the content items based on the times associated with the content items;
receiving a selection of a content item from the presented one or more content items;
saving the selected content item and a description of a state of the selected content item when the selection was received in the social networking system;
retrieving information associated with the user by the social networking system; and
responsive to the retrieved information associated with the user satisfying one or more criteria, presenting the saved selected content item to the user.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein presenting the saved selected content item comprises:
including the stored selected content item in the newsfeed based on a time more recent than the time associated with the selected stored content item when it was initially presented.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein presenting the saved selected content item comprises:
transmitting a notification including the selected stored content item to the user.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the retrieved information associated with the user satisfying one or more criteria comprises:
determining a location associated with the saved selected content item is within a threshold distance of a location associated with the user.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the retrieved information associated with the user satisfying one or more criteria comprises:
determining a current time is greater than a threshold time from a time when the saved selected content item was saved.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the retrieved information associated with the user satisfying one or more criteria comprises:
determining the user has interacted with the social networking system for at least a threshold length of time.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the retrieved information associated with the user satisfying one or more criteria comprises:
determining at least a threshold number of saved content items are associated with the user.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the retrieved information associated with the user satisfying one or more criteria comprises:
determining a current time is a specified time of day associated with the user.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the retrieved information associated with the user satisfying one or more criteria comprises:
determining a type of interaction with the selected content item was received from another user connected to the user.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The computer-implemented method of claim 1, presenting the saved selected content item to the user is subject to one or more privacy settings associated with the saved selected content item by an additional user associated with the saved selected content item.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein the one or more privacy settings are determined at a time when the saved selected content item is to be presented.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein presenting the saved selected content item comprises:
presenting the saved selected content item having the state of the saved selected content item when the selection was received; and
presenting modifications to the saved selected content item occurring after the saving, the modifications visually distinguished from the state of the saved selected content item when the selection was received.

### Claim 13

A computer-implemented method comprising:
presenting one or more content items to a user of a social networking system user in a newsfeed comprising a list of the content items;
receiving a selection of a content item form the presented one or more content items;
saving the selected content item and a description of a state of the selected content item when the selection was received in the social networking system;
retrieving location information associated with the user by the social networking system;
determining whether the location information associated with the user is within a threshold distance of a location associated with the saved selected content item; and
responsive to determining the location information associated with the user is within the threshold distance of the location associated with the saved selected content item, presenting the saved selected content item to the user.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The computer-implemented method of claim 13, wherein presenting the saved selected content item comprises:
including the stored selected content item in the newsfeed based on a time more recent than a time associated with the selected stored content item when it was initially presented.

### Claim 15 (depends on 13)

The computer-implemented method of claim 13, wherein presenting the saved selected content item comprises:
transmitting a notification including the selected stored content item to the user.

### Claim 16 (depends on 13)

The computer-implemented method of claim 13, further comprising:
presenting the saved selected content item to the user is subject to one or more privacy settings associated with the saved selected content item by an additional user associated with the saved selected content item.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The computer-implemented method of claim 16, wherein the one or more privacy settings are determined at a time when the saved selected content item is to be presented.

### Claim 18 (depends on 13)

The computer-implemented method of claim 13, wherein presenting the saved selected content item comprises:
presenting the saved selected content item having the state of the saved selected content item when the selection was received; and
presenting modifications to the saved selected content item occurring after the saving, the modifications visually distinguished from the state of the saved selected content item when the selection was received.
