US 11,734,751 B2
Social network launches and user queueing
Joseph Paul Devoy, III, New York, NY (US); and Benji Renzo Kuroda, New York, NY (US)
Assigned to Meta Platforms, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed by Meta Platforms, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/228,218.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/085,496, filed on Sep. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/199,023, filed on Dec. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0101415 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/00 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0643 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
4. A method comprising:
receiving updated content associated with a pre-launch product from a seller account at a social networking system;
responsive to receiving the updated content:
updating a pre-launch page based at least in part on the updated content;
determining that a current time is prior to a launch date of the pre-launch product;
identifying a first interactive element related with the pre-launch product, the first interactive element associated with a first user account;
identifying a second interactive element related with the pre-launch product, the second interactive element associated with a second user account;
in response to determining that the current time is prior to the launch date, transitioning the first interactive element and the second interactive element to a countdown clock;
updating the first interactive element related with the pre-launch product based at least in part on the updated content and a first characteristic of the first user account; and
updating the second interactive element related with the pre-launch product based at least in part on the updated content and a second characteristic of the second user account, the second characteristic different than the first characteristic; and
causing the first interactive element to be presented on a display of a first user device associated with the first user account or the second interactive element to be pretend on a display of a second user device associated with the second user account.