Managing Information About Relationships in a Social Network via a Social Timeline
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1. A computer-implemented method for displaying a social timeline, the method comprising:
- maintaining in a computer system a plurality of relationships among users in a social networking environment, each relationship comprising a connection between at least two users of the social networking environment;
for at least one relationship, receiving one or more relationship details from at least one of the users in the relationship;
generating a social timeline for one or more relationships, the social timeline comprising a listing of one or more of the relationship details, the social timeline further comprising selectable links such that selection of the links provides access to information about the relationships associated with the links; and
displaying the social timeline of the relationships in a graphical user interface.
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Abstract
A system, method, and computer program for generating a social timeline is provided. A plurality of data items associated with at least one relationship between users associated with a social network is received, each data item having an associated time. The data items are ordered according to the at least one relationship. A social timeline is generated according to the ordered data items.
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1. A computer-implemented method for displaying a social timeline, the method comprising:
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maintaining in a computer system a plurality of relationships among users in a social networking environment, each relationship comprising a connection between at least two users of the social networking environment; for at least one relationship, receiving one or more relationship details from at least one of the users in the relationship; generating a social timeline for one or more relationships, the social timeline comprising a listing of one or more of the relationship details, the social timeline further comprising selectable links such that selection of the links provides access to information about the relationships associated with the links; and displaying the social timeline of the relationships in a graphical user interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for displaying a social timeline, the system comprising:
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a social relationship editor module configured to maintain in a computer system a plurality of relationships among users in a social networking environment, each relationship comprising a connection between at least two users of the social networking environment; a communications interface configured to, for at least one relationship, receive one or more relationship details from at least one of the users in the relationship; a social timeline module configured to generate a social timeline for one or more relationships, the social timeline comprising a listing of one or more details of the relationships, the social timeline further comprising selectable links such that selection of the links provides access to information about the relationships associated with the links; and a display configured to display the social timeline of the relationships in a graphical user interface. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer program product for displaying a social timeline, the computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium containing computer program code for:
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maintaining in a computer system a plurality of relationships among users in a social networking environment, each relationship comprising a connection between at least two users of the social networking environment; for at least one relationship, receiving one or more relationship details from at least one of the users in the relationship; generating a social timeline for one or more relationships, the social timeline comprising a listing of one or more details of the relationships, the social timeline further comprising selectable links such that selection of the links provides access to information about the relationships associated with the links; and displaying the social timeline of the relationships in a graphical user interface. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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