Visualization of the reach of a post by a member of an on-line social networking system
US9736042B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 5, 2014 |
| Grant date | Aug 15, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 8, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/306
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system for visualizing the reach of a post by a member of an on-line social networking system may be designed to increase awareness of the members, as to which degree their posted updates are noticed and reacted to by other members. When a member creates a post, either through the on-line social networking website itself or through an application programming interface (API) that allows to include a share user interface (UI) control on a third web party site, the system monitors events associated with the post, collects statistics with respect to the monitored events and uses this data to generate a visualization of the reach of that post. Example visualization provides the creator of the post a sense of how many other members interacted with the post.
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