US 11,727,018 B1
Selecting content and identifying users for identification to additional users of social networking system based on user attributes or content item characteristics
Adrien Thomas Friggeri, Cupertino, CA (US); Japinder Singh, Cupertino, CA (US); Thomas Frederick Dimson, Stanford, CA (US); and Gregor Hochmuth, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Meta Platforms, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed by Meta Platforms, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/917,732.
Application 16/917,732 is a continuation of application No. 14/288,207, filed on May 27, 2014, granted, now 10,698,907.
Int. Cl. G06F 16/248 (2019.01); H04L 67/02 (2022.01); G06F 40/186 (2020.01); H04L 67/306 (2022.01); H04L 67/025 (2022.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); H04L 51/52 (2022.01); H04L 51/214 (2022.01); H04L 67/52 (2022.01); H04L 67/53 (2022.01); G06F 16/2457 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/24578 (2019.01) [G06F 16/248 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 40/186 (2020.01); H04L 51/214 (2022.05); H04L 51/52 (2022.05); H04L 67/02 (2013.01); H04L 67/025 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); H04L 67/52 (2022.05); H04L 67/53 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
in response to a user using a social networking system, retrieving stored information associated with the user, wherein the stored information comprises a plurality of content items such that each content item comprises a characteristic;
grouping the plurality of content items based on an attribute type comprising at least: i) user-specific, ii) interaction-specific and iii) time-based, wherein the characteristic of each content item is associated with the attribute type;
determining a distinct weight value for each attribute type;
determining a score for the content items based on the distinct weight value associated with each attribute type;
identifying two or more other users of the social networking system, wherein the score determined for the content items associated with the two or more other users exceeds a threshold;
generating a selectable feed, the selectable feed comprising a set of video content items that include one or more video content items that the two or more other users have posted on the social networking system;
in response to the user selecting the selectable feed, causing display of a video content item in the set of video content items along with information associated with an other user of the two or more other users that posted the video content item, the information including a selectable identifier the selection of the selectable identifier causes display of additional information and content items associated with the other user.