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Computer implemented methods and apparatus for sharing data of an information feed of an online social network

  • US 10,069,841 B2
  • Filed: 08/10/2017
  • Issued: 09/04/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for sharing social network messages using a social networking system, the system comprising:

  • a database system implemented using a server system comprising one or more hardware processors, the database system configurable to cause;

    processing a request received from a user device of a first user of the social networking system, the first user being connected with a first network of users of the social networking system;

    generating, using a database and based on the request, a first social network message to be included in a conversation between the first user and a future or existing participant in the conversation, the participant being external to the first network of users, the conversation being electronic and comprising a plurality of social network messages accessible via the social networking system and configured to be displayed in a user interface on a display of the user device, the user interface configured to permit submission of a reply to a social network message of the conversation;

    generating a network communication comprising content of the first message, the network communication being in a format other than a conversation format of the conversation;

    sending the generated network communication to a network address of the participant, the generated network communication configured to be sent, at least partly, through a communications network external to the professional social networking system;

    processing a response network communication received from the network address, the response network communication being in response to the generated network communication;

    generating, using the database, a second social network message to be included in the conversation, the second message comprising content of the response network communication; and

    displaying, in the user interface on the display of the user device, at least a portion of the second message in association with an identification of the participant.

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