Customizable Content for Distribution in Social Networks
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1. A method comprising:
- delivering content to a first user of an online social network, the content allowing enhancement by the first user;
receiving one or more enhancements to the content by the first user;
detecting the presence of a second user on the social network;
determining a social context of the second user, the social context comprising data associated with the second user with respect to the social network; and
modifying the content based at least on the determined social context of the second user and the one or more enhancements to the content by the first user; and
delivering the modified content to the second user.
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Abstract
Particular embodiments of the present invention are related to customizing content based on a social context associated with the viewer of the content. The social context may include information regarding the viewer'"'"'s friends or contacts in a social network, and information regarding the interaction of such friends or contacts with the customizable content.
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1. A method comprising:
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delivering content to a first user of an online social network, the content allowing enhancement by the first user; receiving one or more enhancements to the content by the first user; detecting the presence of a second user on the social network; determining a social context of the second user, the social context comprising data associated with the second user with respect to the social network; and modifying the content based at least on the determined social context of the second user and the one or more enhancements to the content by the first user; and delivering the modified content to the second user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus, comprising:
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one or more processors; one or more network interfaces; a memory; and computer-executable instructions carried on a computer readable medium, the instructions readable by the one or more processors, the instructions, when read and executed, for causing the one or more processors to; deliver content to a first user of an online social network via the one or more network interfaces, the content allowing enhancement by the first user; receive via the one or more network interfaces one or more enhancements to the content by the first user; detect via the one or more network interfaces the presence of a second user on the social network; determine a social context of the second user, the social context comprising data associated with the second user with respect to the social network; and modify the content based at least on the determined social context of the second user and the one or more enhancements to the content by the first user; and deliver the modified content to the second user via the one or more network interfaces. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An article of manufacture comprising:
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a computer readable medium; and computer-executable instructions carried on the computer readable medium, the instructions readable by a processor, the instructions, when read and executed, for causing the processor to; deliver content to a first user of an online social network via the one or more network interfaces, the content allowing enhancement by the first user; receive via the one or more network interfaces one or more enhancements to the content by the first user; detect via the one or more network interfaces the presence of a second user on the social network; determine a social context of the second user, the social context comprising data associated with the second user with respect to the social network; and modify the content based at least on the determined social context of the second user and the one or more enhancements to the content by the first user; and deliver the modified content to the second user via the one or more network interfaces. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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