Presenting question and answer data in a social networking system
US8701019B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 24, 2011 |
| Grant date | Apr 15, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 21, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q50/01
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A social networking system includes a question and answer system that displays to a viewing user questions and answers provides by other users of the social networking system. The question and answer system may display answers to a particular question in a way that visually indicates both the global answer set and a subset of the global answer set, such as the viewing user's friends. The social networking system may also display to a viewing user news stories about another user asking or answering a question, where the format of the displayed new stories is based on an affinity that the viewing user has for the user who provided the question or answer mentioned in the news story. The displayed questions and/or answers may be associated with an object in the social networking system, where the user interface provides additional information about those objects.
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