Filtering content in a social networking service
US9110953B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 23, 2009 |
| Grant date | Aug 18, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 21, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/306
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A social networking service presents information about the social network using multiple feeds in a user interface and provides mechanisms for filtering the content. A content feed includes the most recent content generated by the user's connections, and a highlights feed displays content based on importance and relevance. A user may add content to the social networking service through a composer interface. A user may also filter either or both of the content feed and the highlights feed using a filtering interface, which allows selective filtering of the feeds using one or more different types of filters, including as filtering by the source of the content, friends or networks, and/or content type.
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