INTEGRATING UPDATES INTO A SOCIAL-NETWORKING SERVICE

• US 20100318925A1
• Filed: 06/12/2009
• Published: 12/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Elliott, Paul, Shahine, Omar, Sethi, Bhupinder Singh, Obasanjo, Dare
• Application Number:
  US12/483,801
• Publication Number:
  US 20100318925A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/760
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems, methods, and computer readable media for providing to a first user of a first social-networking site information associated with a second user of a second social-networking site, where the second user is not registered at the first social-networking site. In some embodiments, the first user registered at the first social-networking site requests information associated with the second user at the second social-networking site to be added to the presentation feed of the first user on the first social-networking site. After the first user is authenticated by a second social-networking site to receive information associated with the second user, the information associated with the second user is displayed to the first user on the first social-networking site.

Claims

1. Computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, perform a method of presenting in a first social-networking website (“

site”

) activity logged in a second social-networking site, the method comprising;

presenting a first social-networking site interface on a remote computing device to a first user, the first user associated with the first social-networking site;

receiving information from the first user, wherein the information identifies a second user, said second user associated with the second social-networking site;

retrieving activity information provided by the second user to the second social-networking site; and

presenting the activity information of the second user on the first social-networking site to the first user.

2. The media of claim 1, wherein the first social-networking site interface includes an updated list of activity information provided to the first user.

3. The media of claim 2, wherein the updated list of activity information provided to the first user includes the activity information of the second user.

4. The media of claim 3, wherein the activity information provided by the second user is automatically retrieved from the second social-networking site.

5. The media of claim 3, wherein the activity information provided by the second user is periodically retrieved from the second social-networking site.

6. The media of claim 1, further comprising:

presenting activity information provided by the second user to the first social-networking site;

integrating the activity information provided by the second user to the first social-networking site and the activity information provided by the second user to the second social-networking site; and

presenting the integrated activity information into a single uniform feed on the first social-networking site.

7. The media of claim 6, wherein the activity information provided by the second user to the first social-networking site is presented in a first font selected from at least one predetermined font.

8. The media of claim 7, wherein the activity information provided by the second user to the second social-networking site is presented in a second font selected from at least one predetermined font.

9. The media of claim 1, wherein said retrieving said activity information is facilitated by a first server associated with said first social-networking site requesting said activity information from a second server that is associated with said second social-networking site.

10. Computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, perform a method of presenting in a first social-networking website (“

site”

) activity logged in a second social-networking site, the method comprising;

authenticating at an application server that hosts a second social-networking site that a first user is registered at the first social-networking site;

receiving a subscription request from the first user to receive activity information related to a second user, the second user associated with the second social-networking site;

retrieving activity information provided by the second user to the second social-networking site; and

presenting the activity information to the first user.

11. The media of claim 10, wherein the activity information provided by the second user is automatically retrieved from the second social-networking site.

12. The media of claim 10, wherein the activity information provided by the second user is periodically retrieved from the second social-networking site.

13. The media of claim 10, further comprising:

presenting activity information provided by the second user to the first social-networking site;

integrating the activity information provided by the second user to the first social-networking site and the activity information provided by the second user to the second social-networking site; and

presenting the integrated activity information into a single uniform feed on the first social-networking site.

14. The media of claim 13, wherein the activity information provided by the second user to the first social-networking site is presented in a first font selected from at least one predetermined font.

15. The media of claim 14, wherein the activity information provided by the second user to the second social-networking site is presented in a second font selected from at least one predetermined font.

16. The media of claim 10, wherein said retrieving said activity information is facilitated by a first server associated with said first social-networking site requesting said activity information from a second server that is associated with said second social-networking site.

17. A method of associating at least a first category of social-networking activity from a first social-networking service and a second category of social-networking activity from a second social-networking service with a user profile at the first social-networking service, the method comprising:

receiving a request from the user to login to the first social-networking service;

authenticating the user as being registered at the first social-networking service;

receiving a request from the user to add the second category of social-networking activity to the user profile at the first social-networking service;

determining that the user must be authenticated by the second social-networking service to receive the second category of social-networking activity;

generating a user interface to query the user to enter authentication information associated with the second social-networking service;

receiving authentication information from the user;

sending authentication information of the user to the second social-networking service;

receiving confirmation from the second social-networking service that the user is authenticated; and

adding the second category of social-networking activity to the user profile on the first social-networking site.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

presenting activity information provided by the second user to the first social-networking site;

integrating the activity information provided by the second user to the first social-networking site and the activity information provided by the second user to the second social-networking site; and

presenting the integrated activity information into a single uniform feed on the first social-networking site.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the activity information provided by the second user to the first social-networking site is presented in a first font selected from at least one predetermined font.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the activity information provided by the second user to the second social-networking site is presented in a second font selected from at least one predetermined font.