Social Network Economy Using Gift Credits
First Claim
1. A method of receiving user feedback on content in a social networking system, the method comprising:
- maintaining an account of credits for each of a first user and a second user of a social networking system;
receiving content posted by a second user;
receiving, from the first user, a comment on the content posted by the second user, the comment associated with a number of credits to transfer from the first user'"'"'s account to the second user'"'"'s account; and
transferring the number of credits from the first user'"'"'s account to the second user'"'"'s account.
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Abstract
In a social networking system environment, users can give another user credits, a scarce commodity, as part of commenting on content posted by the other user. These credits can be used as a peer-to-peer recommendation signal, and they can also be used as input to a decision engine that determines what content to display in a highlights section that will be viewed by a wider audience and increasing the likelihood of further engagement with the content. Credits in a social networking system environment have scarcity value. In various embodiments, in order to increase the number of credits in the system, users buy them or an administrator distributes them. In some implementations, the total amount of credits in the system can decrease if a user cashes out the credits for real money. In some implementations, credits can be used to buy virtual or real-world gifts.
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27 Claims
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1. A method of receiving user feedback on content in a social networking system, the method comprising:
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maintaining an account of credits for each of a first user and a second user of a social networking system; receiving content posted by a second user; receiving, from the first user, a comment on the content posted by the second user, the comment associated with a number of credits to transfer from the first user'"'"'s account to the second user'"'"'s account; and transferring the number of credits from the first user'"'"'s account to the second user'"'"'s account. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of receiving user feedback in a social networking system, the method comprising:
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receiving content posted by a first user of a social networking system; receiving, from a second user, in response to the content posted by the first user, an indication of a number of credits to transfer from the second user to the first user; and transferring the number of credits from the second user to the first user. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of publicizing content in a social networking system, the method comprising:
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determining an amount of credits received by posted content; and publicizing content in the social networking system based on the amount of credits the content received. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer program product for receiving user feedback on content in a social networking system, the computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium containing computer program code for:
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maintaining an account of credits for each of a first user and a second user of a social networking system; receiving content posted by a second user; receiving, from the first user, a comment on the content posted by the second user, the comment associated with a number of credits to transfer from the first user'"'"'s account to the second user'"'"'s account; and transferring the number of credits from the first user'"'"'s account to the second user'"'"'s account. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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24. A computer program product for receiving user feedback in a social networking system, the computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium containing computer program code for:
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receiving content posted by a first user of a social networking system; receiving, from a second user, in response to the content posted by the first user, an indication of a number of credits to transfer from the second user to the first user; and transferring the number of credits from the second user to the first user. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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26. A computer program product for publicizing content in a social networking system, the computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium containing computer program code for:
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determining an amount of credits received by posted content; and publicizing content in the social networking system based on the amount of credits the content received. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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