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US 8,751,578 B2Granted
Providing an answer to a question from a social network site using a separate messaging site
AssigneeYellowpages.Com LLC
InventorsJustin Marcucci, Coby P. Randquist
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Abstract
A question is received on a first social network site from a first user. The question is sent to a second user of a second social network site who receives the question from the second social network site. The first social network site receives an answer to the question from the second user via the second social network site and provides the answer to the first user.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, via a computing device, information that was posted on a first social network site by a first user that is a member of the first social network site;
- sending, via the computing device, a question to a second social network site, such that the question is posted on the second social network site and is directed to a second user that is a member of a second social network site, wherein the question is based on the information that was posted on the first social network site by the first user;
- receiving, via the computing device, an answer to the question from the second user, wherein the answer is received from the second social network site;
- receiving, via the computing device, one or more prior questions corresponding to the first user that were sent to the second social network site;
- receiving, via the computing device, one or more answers to the one or more prior questions that were sent to the second social network site;
- correlating, via the computing device, the answer to the question from the second user with the question, and correlating, via the computing device, the one or more prior questions with the one or more answers to the one or more prior questions;
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- providing, via the computing device, an activity feed to the first user on the first social network site, the activity feed comprising the question, the answer correlated to the question, the one or more prior questions, and the one or more answers correlated to the one or more prior questions.
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A system comprising:
- one or more network interfaces accessible from a network;
- one or more repositories to retain content corresponding to a first user;
- one or more processors coupled to at least one of the one or more network interfaces and to at least one of the one or more repositories, the one or more processors to execute instructions to:
- receive information that was posted on a first social network site by a first user that is a member of the first social network site;
- send a question to a second social network site, such that the question is posted on the second social network site and is directed to a second user that is a member of a second social network site, wherein the question is based on the information that was posted on the first social network site by the first user;
- receive an answer to the question from the second user, wherein the answer is received from the second social network site;
- receive one or more prior questions corresponding to the first user that were sent to the second social network site;
- receive one or more answers to the one or more prior questions that were sent to the second social network site;
- correlate the answer to the question from the second user with the question, and correlating, via the computing device, the one or more prior questions with the one or more answers to the one or more prior questions;
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- provide an activity feed to the first user on the first social network site, the activity feed comprising the question, the answer correlated to the question, the one or more prior questions, and the one or more answers correlated to the one or more prior questions.
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A non-transitory machine-readable medium having machine-readable instructions thereon which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
- receive information that was posted on a first social network site by a first user that is a member of the first social network site;
- send a question to a second social network site, such that the question is posted on the second social network site and is directed to a second user that is a member of a second social network site, wherein the question is based on the information that was posted on the first social network site by the first user;
- receive an answer to the question from the second user, wherein the answer is received from the second social network site;
- receive one or more prior questions corresponding to the first user that were sent to the second social network site;
- receive one or more answers to the one or more prior questions that were sent to the second social network site;
- correlate the answer to the question from the second user with the question, and correlating, via the computing device, the one or more prior questions with the one or more answers to the one or more prior questions;
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- provide an activity feed to the first user on the first social network site, the activity feed comprising the question, the answer correlated to the question, the one or more prior questions, and the one or more answers correlated to the one or more prior questions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.