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Dynamically providing a news feed about a user of a social network

US7669123B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 11, 2006
Grant dateFeb 23, 2010
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Expiry dateAug 22, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L67/55
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for displaying a news feed in a social network environment is described. The method includes generating news items regarding activities associated with a user of a social network environment and attaching an informational link associated with at least one of the activities, to at least one of the news items, as well as limiting access to the news items to a predetermined set of viewers and assigning an order to the news items. The method further may further include displaying the news items in the assigned order to at least one viewing user of the predetermined set of viewers and dynamically limiting the number of news items displayed.

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