Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120102114 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRACKING RESPONSES ON AN ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK - Disclosed are systems, apparatus, methods, and computer readable media for performing actions in response to information updates provided in an information feed such as a news feed capable of being displayed on a display device. In one implementation, an information update to be displayed in the information feed is received. The information update may be stored in a feed table for inclusion in the information feed. In some implementations, an indication of activation of a response request rule is received. The response request rule may be configured to create a response request related to an identified information update to request information from one or more recipients. The response request may be stored, accessed and presented in association with the identified information update in an information feed. | 04-26-2012 |
20120223951 | CHATTER CONTEXTS - Disclosed are systems, apparatus, methods, and computer readable media for selecting updates to associated records to publish on an information feed in an on-demand database service environment. In one implementation, a selection input is received. The selection input may indicate a first one of a plurality of user account contexts associated with a user account in a feed system. The first one of the plurality of user account contexts may be associated with a set of feed items stored in the feed system. Based on the selection input indicating the first one of a plurality of user account contexts, one or more candidate feed items for presentation in an information feed may be determined. The information feed may be capable of being displayed on a display device. | 09-06-2012 |
20120331053 | CREATING AND MANAGING GRANULAR RELATIONSHIPS ON AN ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK - This disclosure provides implementations of methods, apparatus, systems, and computer program products for creating and managing granular relationships on an online social network. In some implementations, a request to generate an information feed is associated with configuration information, which identifies a source of information updates. Each of the information updates can be of a certain type. The configuration information identifies one or more of these types. An information update can be selected from the identified information source. The selected information update has one or more of the types associated therewith. The requested information feed is generated to include the selected information update and displayed on a display device. | 12-27-2012 |
20130021370 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTATION OF FEED ITEMS IN AN INFORMATION FEED TO BE DISPLAYED ON A DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed are systems, apparatus, methods and computer-readable media for presenting feed items in an information feed to be displayed on a display device. In some implementations, a first feed item including first data is received, and a second feed item including second data is received. In some instances, presentation information is generated indicating that the second feed item is capable of being displayed on the display device in a spatial relationship with the first feed item, where the spatial relationship is independent of a linear presentation of the feed items in the information feed. In some instances, generated presentation information includes a first presentation and a second presentation, where the first presentation indicates that the second feed item is capable of being displayed on the display device in a spatial relationship with the first feed item, and the second presentation is different from the first presentation. | 01-24-2013 |
20130024454 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ORGANIZING DATA OF A SOCIAL NETWORK INFORMATION FEED - Techniques for organizing data of an information feed. An information feed including one or more feed items is displayed in a presentation on a display device. An indication that a portion of data of the one or more feed items of the information feed as being in a category is received. An identification of the first category is stored in a database system along with the portion of data. The identification and the portion of data may be evaluated, searched, modified or presented using various techniques. | 01-24-2013 |
20130024511 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTATION OF FEED ITEMS IN AN INFORMATION FEED TO BE DISPLAYED ON A DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed are systems, apparatus, methods and computer-readable media for presenting feed items in an information feed to be displayed on a display device. In some implementations, a first feed item including first data is received, and a second feed item including second data is received. In some instances, presentation information is generated indicating that the second feed item is capable of being displayed on the display device in a spatial relationship with the first feed item, where the spatial relationship is independent of a linear presentation of the feed items in the information feed. In some instances, generated presentation information includes a first presentation and a second presentation, where the first presentation indicates that the second feed item is capable of being displayed on the display device in a spatial relationship with the first feed item, and the second presentation is different from the first presentation. | 01-24-2013 |
20130024788 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTATION OF FEED ITEMS IN AN INFORMATION FEED TO BE DISPLAYED ON A DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable storage media for displaying a feed item of an information feed in a presentation on a display device. In some implementations, a feed item having one or more attributes is received. A filter including one or more parameters is applied to the one or more feed item attributes. The filter is capable of being stored on one or more storage mediums. When the one or more feed item attributes satisfies the one or more filter parameters, presentation information is generated. The presentation information includes at least one indicator configured to identify, in a user interface on the display device, the feed item as having the one or more attributes satisfying the one or more filter parameters. The presentation information can be stored on one or more storage mediums. | 01-24-2013 |
20130031172 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATING FEED INFORMATION TO ONE OR MORE RECIPIENTS - Disclosed are systems, apparatus, methods and computer-readable media for communicating feed information to one or more recipients. In some implementations, an instruction to communicate an information update to one or more identified first recipients is received. In some instances, an additional recipient indicator is identified and an identification of one or more second recipients based on the additional recipient indicator is generated. In some instances, the one or more second recipients are provided access to the information update. | 01-31-2013 |
20130031487 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FRAGMENTING NEWSFEED OBJECTS - A technique allows a newsfeed item shown in a newsfeed of a social network to be easily promoted to another newsfeed in the social network. In a specific embodiment, the system receives a first user's promotion selection of an item displayed in a newsfeed of the first user. The item includes content provided by a second user. The first user is prompted to select a destination newsfeed. A selection of the destination newsfeed is received and the item is published on the destination newsfeed for a third user. | 01-31-2013 |
20130060859 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVE DISPLAY OF INFORMATION UPDATES OF A FEED OF AN ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK - Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer readable storage media for selective display of information updates of a feed of an online social network. In some implementations, a computing device is configured to apply one or more parameters to one or more attributes of the information updates. One or more of the information updates can be identified as having an attribute satisfying the one or more parameters. Data can be provided to a display device configured to display the feed in a user interface, where the data includes an indication to omit or include the identified one or more information updates. | 03-07-2013 |
20130061156 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FILTERING INFORMATION UPDATES TO DISPLAY IN A FEED OF AN ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK - Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer readable storage media for filtering information updates to display in a feed of an online social network. A computing device receives one or more parameters. The parameter(s) is applied to to one or more attributes of the information updates. One or more of the information updates is identified as having one or more attributes satisfying the one or more parameters. Data indicating the identified one or more information updates is generated. The generated data is provided to a display device configured to display presentations of the feed in a user interface. The presentations include a first presentation of the feed with the information updates and a second presentation of the feed with only the identified information updates as indicated by the generated data. | 03-07-2013 |
20130091229 | Computer Implemented Methods And Apparatus For Providing Selective Notifications In An Online Social Network - Disclosed are various implementations of different methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable storage media for providing selective notifications in an online social network. In some implementations, an information update is capable of being stored in a database and capable of being included in an information feed displayed on a display device. One or more notification options is provided in association with the information update. A selection of the one or more notification options can be received. The selected one or more notification options can define one or more conditions for sending a network communication indicating data received in association with the information update. The one or more notification options is stored on a storage medium. | 04-11-2013 |
20130198652 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A REMINDER REGARDING A FEED ITEM OF A FEED OF AN ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK - Disclosed are examples of apparatus, methods, and computer readable storage media for providing a reminder regarding a feed item of an information feed of an online social network. In some implementations, an indication is received at a computing device. The indication is with respect to occurrence of an event in relation to a designated one of a plurality of feed items of the information feed of the online social network. In response to receiving the indication, data is provided to cause a display device to display a reminder component with the information feed in a user interface. The reminder component is configured to present information identifying the designated feed item. | 08-01-2013 |
20130205215 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DEFINING GROUPS OF USERS OF AN ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK - Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer readable storage media for defining groups of users of an online social network. An indication of an event associated with the online social network can be received. One or more parameters can be compared to an attribute of the event or of a designated user. When the attribute satisfies the one or more parameters, data indicating the designated user can be generated. In some implementations, the generated data is provided to a display device to indicate an addition or a removal of the designated user as a member of a group of the online social network. In some implementations, group membership data can be determined and stored to add or remove the designated user as one of the group members. | 08-08-2013 |
20130232156 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TAGGING A SOCIAL NETWORK OBJECT - Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer readable storage media for tagging objects in an online social network. One or more information updates having one or more attributes can be identified. The identified one or more information updates can be associated with one or more tags based on the one or more attributes. Each identified information update can be stored with metadata indicating respective tag associations such that information updates are capable of being sorted and displayed on a display device. In some implementations, data indicating information update sorting based on tag associations can be generated and provided to a display device to display information updates sorted as indicated by the generated data. | 09-05-2013 |
20140019187 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING A PROJECT WORKFLOW ON A SOCIAL NETWORK FEED - Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer readable storage media for generating a project workflow in an online social network. An indication of an event is received to initiate a project workflow. The project workflow may be defined by a series of stages and one or more entities associated with any of the stages. As such, one or more relevant entities associated with the project workflow are identified and one or more stages for completing the project workflow are determined. A workflow object stored or configured to be stored in one or more feed tables in a database system is generated, where the workflow object includes a plurality of data fields. A feed item associated with the workflow object is provided in an information feed of at least one of the one or more relevant entities. | 01-16-2014 |
20140040374 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING RELEVANT DATA IN A SOCIAL NETWORK FEED ACCORDING TO A LOCATION OF A COMPUTING DEVICE - Disclosed are systems, apparatus, methods and computer-readable storage media for providing relevant data in a social network feed. In some implementations, a physical location of a computing device associated with a user is indicated. An entity is identified as having a physical location in proximity to the computing device. Relevant feed content associated with the identified entity is determined in accordance with one or more relevance parameters. Data is provided to the computing device to update a presentation of a social network feed to include or to graphically identify the determined feed content. | 02-06-2014 |
20140082078 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GHOSTING AND PROVIDING PROXIES IN A NETWORK FEED - Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer readable storage media for maintaining anonymity in an online social network. In some implementations, a user can be designated a ghost user with respect to an entity in the online social network. One or more invisibility levels can be determined for the ghost user. Data indicating content to display in accordance with one or more invisibility levels can be generated and provided to a display device configured to display a presentation of the social network feed associated with the entity in a user interface associated with a second user. Also disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer readable storage media for designating a proxy in an online social network. In some implementations, a first user can be designated as a proxy user of a second user in an online social network with respect to one or more entities within the online social network. | 03-20-2014 |
20140101250 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATION-BASED SOCIAL NETWORK FEEDS - Systems and methods are provided for location-based social network feeds. A system identifies a geolocation of a display device. The system identifies a first network feed and a second network feed associated with a user profile associated with the display device. The system identifies a first geolocation associated with the first network feed. The system identifies a second geolocation associated with the second network feed. The system calculates a first proximity between the first geolocation and the geolocation of the display device. The system calculates a second proximity between the second geolocation and the geolocation of the display device. The system outputs, to the display device, the first network feed based on the first proximity and the second network feed based on the second proximity. | 04-10-2014 |
20150026600 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRACKING RESPONSES ON AN ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK - Disclosed are systems, apparatus, methods, and computer readable media for performing actions in response to information updates provided in an information feed such as a news feed capable of being displayed on a display device. In one implementation, an information update to be displayed in the information feed is received. The information update may be stored in a feed table for inclusion in the information feed. In some implementations, an indication of activation of a response request rule is received. The response request rule may be configured to create a response request related to an identified information update to request information from one or more recipients. The response request may be stored, accessed and presented in association with the identified information update in an information feed. | 01-22-2015 |