Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120203831 | Sponsored Stories Unit Creation from Organic Activity Stream - Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to sponsored story generation from an organic activity stream in a social networking site. A user wishing to promote an entry from an organic activity stream may, using a sponsor user interface, specify the types of stories to promote to a portion of the home page displayed to a member of a social network. | 08-09-2012 |
20120239750 | Sponsored-Stories-Unit Creation from Organic Activity Stream - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving sponsor specifications designating story characteristics; monitoring an organic activity stream for entries matching the story characteristics; and, in response to identifying an entry as matching the story characteristics, providing for display the entry in a predetermined area of a web page. | 09-20-2012 |
20120246232 | Sponsored-Stories-Unit Creation from Organic Activity Stream - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a bid to display in a predetermined area of a web page an organic-activity-stream entry matching particular story characteristics. The bid includes a bid amount and one or more targeting criteria. The method includes, n response to identifying an organic-activity-stream entry as matching the story characteristics, providing for display the organic-activity-stream entry in a predetermined area of a web page based at least in part on the bid amount and targeting criteria. | 09-27-2012 |
20130014030 | Sponsored-Stories-Unit Creation from Organic Activity Stream - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a first selection of an entity associated with a user of a social-networking system; receiving a second selection of a type of user interaction with the entity; and providing the first and second selections for use in a sponsored-story specification. The use of the first and second selections in the sponsored-story specification facilitate entries in an organic activity stream of the social-networking system that match the sponsored-story specification being provided for display in pre-determined areas of web pages. | 01-10-2013 |
20130218962 | SPONSORED-STORIES-UNIT CREATION FROM ORGANIC ACTIVITY STREAM - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving sponsor specifications designating story characteristics; monitoring an organic activity stream for entries matching the story characteristics; and, in response to identifying an entry as matching the story characteristics, providing for display the entry in a predetermined area of a web page. | 08-22-2013 |
20130246940 | Sponsored-Stories-Unit Creation from Organic Activity Stream - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a first selection of an entity associated with a user of a social-networking system; receiving a second selection of a type of user interaction with the entity; and providing the first and second selections for use in a sponsored-story specification. The use of the first and second selections in the sponsored-story specification facilitate entries in an organic activity stream of the social-networking system that match the sponsored-story specification being provided for display in pre-determined areas of web pages. | 09-19-2013 |
20130297702 | SPONSORED-STORIES-UNIT CREATION FROM ORGANIC ACTIVITY STREAM - A method includes receiving sponsor specifications designating story characteristics, monitoring an organic activity stream for entries matching the story characteristics, and, in response to identifying an entry as matching the story characteristics, providing for display the entry in a predetermined area of a web page. | 11-07-2013 |
20140040042 | MONITORING ACTIVITY STREAM FOR SPONSORED STORY CREATION - A method includes monitoring an activity stream to identify actions that match stored sponsored story specifications, for providing one or more sponsored stories to a viewing user. The sponsored story specifications include a visual specification for the sponsored story, and matched sponsored stories are ranked for a viewing user. Users can set privacy preferences related to sponsored stories. The ranking and privacy settings contribute to which sponsored stories are provided for display to the viewing user. | 02-06-2014 |
20140108965 | SPONSORED STORY SHARING USER INTERFACE - A method includes monitoring an activity stream to identify actions that match stored sponsored story specifications, for providing one or more sponsored stories to a viewing user. The sponsored story specifications include a visual specification for the sponsored story, and matched sponsored stories are ranked for a viewing user. Users can set privacy preferences related to sponsored stories. The ranking and privacy settings contribute to which sponsored stories are provided for display to the viewing user. | 04-17-2014 |
20140115500 | SPONSORED STORY USER INTERFACE - A method includes monitoring an activity stream to identify actions that match stored sponsored story specifications, for providing one or more sponsored stories to a viewing user. The sponsored story specifications include a visual specification for the sponsored story, and matched sponsored stories are ranked for a viewing user. Users can set privacy preferences related to sponsored stories. The ranking and privacy settings contribute to which sponsored stories are provided for display to the viewing user. | 04-24-2014 |
20140122249 | SPONSORED STORY CREATION USING INFERENTIAL TARGETING - A method includes monitoring an activity stream to identify actions that match stored sponsored story specifications, for providing one or more sponsored stories to a viewing user. The sponsored story specifications include a visual specification for the sponsored story, and matched sponsored stories are ranked for a viewing user. Users can set privacy preferences related to sponsored stories. The ranking and privacy settings contribute to which sponsored stories are provided for display to the viewing user. | 05-01-2014 |
20140123034 | SPONSORED STORY CREATION USER INTERFACE - A method includes monitoring an activity stream to identify actions that match stored sponsored story specifications, for providing one or more sponsored stories to a viewing user. The sponsored story specifications include a visual specification for the sponsored story, and matched sponsored stories are ranked for a viewing user. Users can set privacy preferences related to sponsored stories. The ranking and privacy settings contribute to which sponsored stories are provided for display to the viewing user. | 05-01-2014 |
20140207585 | SIMPLIFIED CREATION OF ADVERTISEMENTS FOR A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM - An advertisement interface presents a single input field for creating advertisements using a social networking system. When input is received via the single input field, the social networking system determines whether the destination identified by the input is internal to or external to the social networking system. Based on the determination of identified destination, a set of options unique to the type of destination is presented. Based on the user's selection of options, an advertisement is created and presented to other users of the social networking system. | 07-24-2014 |