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Eliciting event-driven feedback in a social network

US9210228B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 11, 2012
Grant dateDec 8, 2015
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Expiry dateDec 9, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L67/535
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Particular embodiments detect events associated with information about activities that a user has engaged in. The activities may be associated with a location or location-agnostic. Based on the received information, the social-networking system sends the user a request for follow-up information after an appropriate time delay. The time delay may vary based on the user activity and the context of the event that triggered the request. After the follow-up information is received, such information is stored in the social-networking system and may be used to determine recommendations, sponsored stories, advertisements, etc. to send to friends of the user. The information may also be used for ranking or filtering recommendations.

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