Information feeds of a social network

US8145678B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

• Donald A. Ramsay, JR. · Mercer Island, US
• Gary Caldwell · Redmond, US
• Ning Jiang · 红钢城街道, CN
• Venkatesh Veeraraghavan · Seattle, US
• Gail Giacobbe · Seattle, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 29, 2008
• Grant date: Mar 27, 2012
• Expiry date: Oct 5, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/10
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Various embodiments can be configured to provide a social networking computing environment. In an embodiment, a networked computing system can be used to provide informational feeds and commenting functionality to users of a social computing environment. In one embodiment, an enterprise-based social computing system can be configured to provide informational feeds to social networking application users. An informational feed can be populated with events and other information associated with one or more users of interest of an application user, but is not so limited. In one embodiment, a social computing environment can be configured to allow user commenting to feed items or events that are associated with a user or group of users.