DESIGNATING PRIORITY FOR CHARACTERISTICS OF VITALITY EVENTS IN A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM
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1. A method of prioritizing vitality events in a social networking computer system, the method comprising:
- parsing a vitality event in a vitality stream of a user to determine a plurality of characteristics of the vitality event;
increasing or decreasing a plurality of weights associated with the plurality of respective characteristics in response to receiving a first command from the user via the social networking computer system;
comparing the plurality of weights to respective thresholds;
determining that a weight of a first characteristic of the plurality of characteristics reaches a corresponding first threshold; and
in response to the determining step, providing an inquiry on a social networking web page that enables the user to select at least one prioritization action to be performed with respect to vitality events having the first characteristic.
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Abstract
A social networking system is configured to enable users in the system to prioritize vitality events in their respective vitality streams. For instance, a user may designate that at least one specified prioritization action is to be performed for any vitality event having one or more characteristic(s) specified by the user. Accordingly, when a vitality event having the one or more specified characteristic(s) is associated with the user, the at least one specified prioritization action is performed with respect to that vitality event.
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1. A method of prioritizing vitality events in a social networking computer system, the method comprising:
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parsing a vitality event in a vitality stream of a user to determine a plurality of characteristics of the vitality event; increasing or decreasing a plurality of weights associated with the plurality of respective characteristics in response to receiving a first command from the user via the social networking computer system; comparing the plurality of weights to respective thresholds; determining that a weight of a first characteristic of the plurality of characteristics reaches a corresponding first threshold; and in response to the determining step, providing an inquiry on a social networking web page that enables the user to select at least one prioritization action to be performed with respect to vitality events having the first characteristic. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium having computer program logic recorded thereon for enabling a processor-based system to prioritize vitality events in a social networking computer system, comprising:
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a first program logic module for enabling the processor-based system to parse a vitality event in a vitality stream of a user to determine a plurality of characteristics of the vitality event; a second program logic module for enabling the processor-based system to increase or decrease a plurality of weights associated with the plurality of respective characteristics in response to receiving a first command from the user; a third program logic module for enabling the processor-based system to compare the plurality of weights to respective thresholds to determine that a weight of a first characteristic of the plurality of characteristics reaches a corresponding first threshold; and a fourth program logic module for enabling the processor-based system to provide an inquiry on a social networking web page that enables the user to select at least one prioritization action to be performed with respect to vitality events having the first characteristic in response to the weight of the first characteristic reaching the corresponding first threshold. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A social networking priority designation system comprising:
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a parsing module configured to parse a vitality event in a vitality stream of a user to determine a plurality of characteristics of the vitality event; a weight change module configured to increase or decrease a plurality of weights associated with the plurality of respective characteristics in response to receiving a first command from the user via a social networking computer system; a comparison module configured to compare the plurality of weights to respective thresholds to determine that a weight of a first characteristic of the plurality of characteristics reaches a corresponding first threshold; and an inquiry module configured to provide an inquiry on a social networking web page that enables the user to select at least one prioritization action to be performed with respect to vitality events having the first characteristic in response to the weight of the first characteristic reaching the corresponding first threshold. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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