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Selecting social networking system user information for display via a timeline interface

  • US 10,242,067 B2
  • Filed: 03/26/2014
  • Issued: 03/26/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • accessing a first request from a first viewing user and a second request from a second viewing user for a user profile page related to a subject user of a social networking system, where the first and second viewing users are different from the subject user;

    generating a set of timeline units based on narrative data associated with the subject user, each timeline unit of the set of timeline units including one or more content items from the narrative data;

    for the first viewing user and the second viewing user;

    generating a score for each of the set of timeline units, wherein each score comprises a measure of the relevance of a timeline unit to the respective viewing user;

    generating a ranking of the set of timeline units based on the scores generated for each of the set of timeline units for the respective viewing user; and

    selecting a subset of the set of timeline units based on the ranking for the respective viewing user, wherein the selected subset of timeline units for the first viewing user is different than the selected subset of timeline units for the second viewing user; and

    transmitting the user profile page to the first viewing user and the second viewing user, the user profile page comprising a timeline interface that includes the selected subset of timeline units for the respective viewing user.

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