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Providing social presence information for content items

US9721012B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 21, 2014
Grant dateAug 1, 2017
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Expiry dateApr 5, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/972
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and machine-implemented method for displaying social presence information associated with content, the method including identifying content being provided for display, determining an entity associated with the content, determining one or more social presence scores for the content based on social activity at one or more pages belonging to the entity at one or more social networking services, the social presence score being determined based on one or more indications of the quantity or quality of the social activity, determining, based on at least one score of the one or more social presence scores, whether the content should be annotated with social presence information regarding the social activity and providing the content and social presence information for display if it is determined that the content should be annotated with social presence information.

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