US 11,888,607 B2
Systems and methods for facilitating discovery of users who share common characteristics within a social networking system
Nathan Andrew Sharp, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Meta Platforms, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed by Meta Platforms, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/517,571.
Application 17/517,571 is a continuation of application No. 16/377,774, filed on Apr. 8, 2019, granted, now 11,233,862.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/665,478, filed on May 1, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/720,493, filed on Aug. 21, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/757,128, filed on Nov. 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0060549 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 67/51 (2022.01); H04L 51/52 (2022.01); H04L 67/306 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/51 (2022.05) [H04L 51/52 (2022.05); H04L 67/306 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving a request from a user of a social networking system to participate in a discovery service of the social networking system that facilitates connections between users of the social networking system who share common attributes, wherein the user is a member of an interest-based community facilitated by the social networking system;
obtaining at least one desired user attribute for new user connections;
identifying at least one additional user of the social networking system who:
is a participant in the discovery service;
is an additional member the interest-based community facilitated by the social networking system; and
possesses the desired user attribute; and
when representing a social media post generated by the additional user within a user interface of the social networking system, presenting an interface affordance associated with the social media post that denotes the additional user's participation in the discovery service, membership in the interest-based community, and possession of the desired attribute, visually distinguishing the social media post from an additional social media post generated by another user of the social networking system who is excluded from at least one of:
a set of users who are participants in the discovery service;
a membership of the interest-based community facilitated by the social networking system; or
a set of users of the social networking system who possess the desired user attribute.