Enabling preference portability for users of a social networking system

US10210465B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• FACEBOOK, INC. · US

Inventors

• Robert William Cathcart · San Francisco, US
• Rafael Linden Sagula · Kirkland, US
• Cameron Alexander Marlow · Menlo Park, US
• Jonathan Chang · San Francisco, US
• Siddharth Kar · San Francisco, US
• Eric Sun · Palo Alto, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 11, 2011
• Grant date: Feb 19, 2019
• Expiry date: Nov 11, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/00
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Equivalent concepts expressed across multiple domains are matched and associated with a metapage generated by a social networking system. User preferences expressed on multiple domains, represented as pages in a social networking system, may be organized by concept and shared with advertisers, third-party developers, and other users using the metapages generated for the concepts. Aggregated social information may be presented to users viewing a page associated with a metapage. Information presented on external websites may be used to link pages across multiple domains with a metapage generated on the social networking system. Information on other external websites associated with the metapage may be presented as links on the pages associated with the metapage. Feedback from users may be used to include or exclude pages from being associated with a generated metapage. A best page for a concept embodied in multiple pages may be determined using a hierarchy of rules.