Creating and sharing interest lists in a social networking system

US8510380B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• FACEBOOK, INC. · US

Inventors

• Eric Faller · Redmond, US
• Zachary Ethan Carpen Rait · Palo Alto, US
• Joshua Stephen Wiseman · San Francisco, US
• Mark E. Zuckerberg · Palo Alto, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 9, 2012
• Grant date: Aug 13, 2013
• Expiry date: Mar 1, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q50/01
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A social networking service allows a user of the service to create an interest list associated with a topic of interest, where the interest list includes members that may post content via the social networking service. Members of the interest list may post content associated with the topic. Other users of the social network service may subscribe to the list, and these subscribers may then receive a feed that contains the content posted by the members of the interest list.