Method for generating social network activity streams
AssigneeYammer, Inc.
InventorsDavid Oliver Sacks, Adam Marc Pisoni, Kris Branson Gale, James Robert Patterson
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Abstract
A method for notifying users of an online social network of an activity performed within a web site that is external to the online social network by an individual who is a registered user of the online social network and the web site. The method comprises the steps of receiving a notification package from the external web site, the notification package including a notification message that describes the activity performed, parsing the notification package to extract a list of recipients, each of whom is to receive the notification message, and issuing the notification message to each of the recipients.
Claims20
A method of notifying users of an online social network of an activity performed within a web site that is external to the online social network by an individual who is a registered user of the online social network and the web site, comprising:
- receiving a notification package from the external web site, the notification package including a notification message that describes the activity performed;
- parsing the notification package to extract a list of recipients, each of whom is to receive the notification message;
- and
- issuing the notification message to each of the recipients.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause a computer system to notify users of an online social network of an activity performed within a web site that is external to the online social network by an individual who is a registered user of the online social network and the web site, by performing the steps of:
- receiving a notification package from the external web site, the notification package including a notification message that describes the activity performed;
- parsing the notification package to extract a list of recipients, each of whom is to receive the notification message;
- and
- issuing the notification message to each of the recipients.
A computer system for an online social network that is configured to notify users of the online social network of an activity performed within a web site that is external to the online social network by an individual who is a registered user of the online social network and the web site, comprising:
- a database that stores profiles of the users of the online social network, the profiles including a profile of the individual and identifiers of other users of the online social network who are indicated to be friends of the individual;
- and
- a processor programmed to receive a notification package from the external web site, parse the notification package to extract a list of recipients, each of whom is to receive the notification message, and issue the notification message to each of the recipients,
- wherein the number of the recipients is less than the number of the other users of the online social network who are indicated to be friends of the individual.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.