Mobile Ticker

• US 20140096062A1
• Filed: 09/28/2012
• Published: 04/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Luu, Francis, Urim, Alexander, Yao, Rose
• Granted Patent: US 9,373,147 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/774
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes receiving from a server, by a mobile computing device, real-time activity stories for display by the mobile computing device. The real-time activity stories are sent automatically by the server to the mobile computing device while a user is interacting with the mobile computing device. The method also includes receiving from the server, by the mobile computing device, news-feed stories for display by the mobile computing device. The news-feed stories are sent by the server to the mobile computing device in response to requests from the mobile computing device for the news-feed stories. The method also includes displaying, by the mobile computing device, to the user the real-time activity stories and the news-feed stories in a scrollable visual stack.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

by a mobile computing device, receiving from a server one or more real-time activity stories to the mobile computing device for display by the mobile computing device, the real-time activity stories being sent automatically by the server to the mobile computing device while a user is interacting with the mobile computing device;

by the mobile computing device, receiving from the server one or more news-feed stories for display by the mobile computing device, the news-feed stories being sent by the server to the mobile computing device in response to requests from the mobile computing device for the news-feed stories; and

by the mobile computing device, displaying to the user the real-time activity stories and the news-feed stories in a scrollable visual stack of real-time activity stories and news-feed stories.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the scrollable visual stack is ordered based on recency.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying to the user the real-time activity stories and the news feed stories in a scrollable visual stack of real-time activity stores and news-feed stories comprises collapsing a plurality of adjacently displayed real-time activity stories in a frame within the scrollable visual stack, the frame displaying no more than a specified number of the real-time activity stories.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the frame further comprises a selectable icon indicating additional one or more real-time activity stories.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile computing device is a smartphone.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein a social-networking system comprises the server and delivers the real-time activity stories and news-feed stories, the social-networking system comprising a graph that comprises a plurality of nodes and edges connecting the nodes, at least one node in the graph corresponding to the user.

7. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to:

receive from a server one or more real-time activity stories to a mobile computing device for display by the mobile computing device, the real-time activity stories being sent automatically by the server to the mobile computing device while a user is interacting with the mobile computing device;

receive from the server one or more news-feed stories for display by the mobile computing device, the news-feed stories being sent by the server to the mobile computing device in response to requests from the mobile computing device for the news-feed stories; and

display to the user the real-time activity stories and the news-feed stories in a scrollable visual stack of real-time activity stories and news-feed stories.

8. The media of claim 7, wherein the scrollable visual stack is ordered based on recency.

9. The media of claim 7, wherein, to display to the user the real-time activity stories and the news feed stories in a scrollable visual stack of real-time activity stores and news-feed stories, the software is operable when executed to collapse a plurality of adjacently displayed real-time activity stories in a frame within the scrollable visual stack, the frame displaying no more than a specified number of the real-time activity stories.

10. The media of claim 9, wherein the frame further comprises a selectable icon indicating additional one or more real-time activity stories.

11. The media of claim 7, wherein the mobile computing device is a smartphone.

12. The media of claim 7, wherein a social-networking system comprises the server and delivers the real-time activity stories and news-feed stories, the social-networking system comprising a graph that comprises a plurality of nodes and edges connecting the nodes, at least one node in the graph corresponding to the user.

13. A computing device comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media coupled to the processors and embodying software that is operable when executed by the processors to;

receive from a server one or more real-time activity stories to the mobile computing device for display by the computing device, the real-time activity stories being sent automatically by the server to the computing device while the user is interacting with the computing device;

receive from the server one or more news-feed stories for display by the computing device, the news-feed stories being sent by the server to the computing device in response to requests from the computing device for the news-feed stories; and

display to the user the real-time activity stories and the news-feed stories in a scrollable visual stack of real-time activity stories and news-feed stories.

14. The computing device of claim 13, wherein the scrollable visual stack is ordered based on recency.

15. The computing device of claim 13, wherein, to display to the user the real-time activity stories and the news feed stories in a scrollable visual stack of real-time activity stores and news-feed stories, the software is further operable when executed by the processors to collapse a plurality of adjacently displayed real-time activity stories in a frame within the scrollable visual stack, the frame displaying no more than a specified number of the real-time activity stories.

16. The computing device of claim 15, wherein the frame further comprises a selectable icon indicating additional one or more real-time activity stories.

17. The computing device of claim 13, wherein the computing device is a smartphone.

18. The computing device of claim 13, wherein a social-networking system comprises the server and delivers the real-time activity stories and news-feed stories, the social-networking system comprising a graph that comprises a plurality of nodes and edges connecting the nodes, at least one node in the graph corresponding to the user.