SITE-WIDE NAVIGATION ELEMENT FOR USER ACTIVITY IN A SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE

• US 20090187865A1
• Filed: 01/19/2008
• Published: 07/23/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AirBNB Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Large, Jodi M., Muller, Michael, Brownholtz, Elizabeth A., Geyer, Werner, Dugan, Casey, Millen, David R., DiMicco, Joan M.
• Granted Patent: US 9,946,802 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/854
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to social networking and provide a method, system and computer program product for site-wide recent action management in a social network. In an embodiment of the invention, a social networking data processing system can be provided. The system can include a social networking application executing in a host server and generating different page views for different users of the social networking application. The system also can include a data store of recent actions for different ones of the users. Finally the system can include a site-wide navigation element displayed in each of the page views for each of the users irrespective of the page view and whether or not the page view is a home page or profile page. In particular, the element can include user links to different profile pages for different users with recent actions.

Claims

1. A social networking data processing system comprising:

a social networking application executing in a host server and generating different page views for different users of the social networking application;

a data store of recent actions for different ones of the users; and

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a site-wide navigation element displayed in every page view for each of the users irrespective of the page view and whether or not the page view is a home page or profile page or a display page of a particular social media, the element comprising a plurality of user links to different profile pages for different users with recent actions.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the recent actions comprises actions selected from the group consisting of status updates, profile updates, new content, revised contents, replaced content, comments on content, and user actions taken on social media within the social networking application.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the user links each comprises a thumbnail image of a corresponding one of the different users.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the user links each are activated to respond to a proximity event with a tool-tip indicating a corresponding recent action.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the user links each are activated with a context menu providing menu choices to perform actions in respect to a corresponding one of the different users.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the user links are filtered according to date range.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the user links are filtered according to time range.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the user links are filtered to reflect recent actions pertaining only to newly added items.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the user links are filtered to reflect recent actions pertaining only to updated existing items.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the user links are filtered to reflect recent actions pertaining only to a specified type of item that has been newly added or updated.

11. A method for site-wide recent action management in a social network, the method comprising:

loading a page view for a user of a social network;

identifying a plurality of users associated with detected recent actions;

creating a site-wide navigation element with a set of user links to corresponding ones of the users associated with the detected recent actions;

rendering the page view with the site-wide navigation element; and

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repeating the loading, identifying creating and rendering for each other different page view requested by the user of the social network.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein creating a site-wide navigation element with a set of user links to corresponding ones of the users associated with the detected recent actions, comprises creating a site-wide navigation element with a set of thumbnails providing links to corresponding ones of the users associated with the detected recent actions.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising creating a context menu for each of the user links, the context menu providing menu choices to perform actions in respect to a corresponding one of the users.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising creating a tool tip responsive to a proximity event for each of the user links, the tool tip providing a textual indication of a detected recent action in respect to a corresponding one of the users.

15. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium embodying computer usable program code for site-wide recent action management in a social network, the computer program product comprising:

computer usable program code for loading a page view for a user of a social network;

computer usable program code for identifying a plurality of users associated with detected recent actions;

computer usable program code for creating a site-wide navigation element with a set of user links to corresponding ones of the users associated with the detected recent actions;

computer usable program code for rendering the page view with the site-wide navigation element; and

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computer usable program code for repeating the loading, identifying creating and rendering for each other different page view requested by the user of the social network.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the computer usable program code for creating a site-wide navigation element with a set of user links to corresponding ones of the users associated with the detected recent actions, comprises computer usable program code for creating a site-wide navigation element with a set of thumbnails providing links to corresponding ones of the users associated with the detected recent actions.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising computer usable program code for creating a context menu for each of the user links, the context menu providing menu choices to perform actions in respect to a corresponding one of the users.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising computer usable program code for creating a tool tip responsive to a proximity event for each of the user links, the tool tip providing a textual indication of a detected recent action in respect to a corresponding one of the users.