Social network collections

US11399002B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Meta Platforms, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Xiao Ou Wang · San Francisco, US
• Josselyn Tsai · Brooklyn, US
• Ryan Keenan Olson · New York, US
• Shilpa Sarkar · San Francisco, US
• Derek Jalee Tsay · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 26, 2020
• Grant date: Jul 26, 2022
• Expiry date: Aug 26, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F3/04842
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques are described that enable a user to create a collection of content posts on a social networking system. In some cases, a social networking system receives multiple content posts to be shared, and shares the multiple content posts with a first group of user accounts. The social networking system receives a request to create a collection of one or more content posts of the multiple content posts, where the request includes a descriptor associated with the collection. The social networking system generates the collection of the one or more content posts including the descriptor, and provides the collection to a second group of user accounts.