Efficient Navigation Through Social Networking Content
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- transmitting a request for content items for a requesting user to a social networking system;
receiving the content items from the social networking system;
receiving navigation units from the social networking system, each navigation unit associated with at least one identified content item, a time determined from the at least one content item, and a value of a metric generated based on the at least one identified content item;
displaying a subset of the received content items in a content region;
displaying the received navigation units in a navigation region, a position where a navigation unit is displayed in the navigation region determined based on the time associated with the navigation unit and the value of the metric associated with the navigation unit;
receiving a selection of a navigation unit displayed in the navigation region; and
modifying the content region to display a content item associated with the selected navigation unit.
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Abstract
A social networking system presents an interface to a user for easily navigating through content items. The interface includes a content region and a navigation region. The content region displays content items while the navigation region displays navigation units. Each navigation unit represents one or more content items of the content region and is displayed at a location in the navigation region based on a time associated with a content item represented by the navigation unit and based on a value of a metric. Selecting a navigation unit modifies the content region to display the one or more content items associated with the selected navigation unit.
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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transmitting a request for content items for a requesting user to a social networking system; receiving the content items from the social networking system; receiving navigation units from the social networking system, each navigation unit associated with at least one identified content item, a time determined from the at least one content item, and a value of a metric generated based on the at least one identified content item; displaying a subset of the received content items in a content region; displaying the received navigation units in a navigation region, a position where a navigation unit is displayed in the navigation region determined based on the time associated with the navigation unit and the value of the metric associated with the navigation unit; receiving a selection of a navigation unit displayed in the navigation region; and modifying the content region to display a content item associated with the selected navigation unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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transmitting a request for content items for a requesting user to a social networking system; receiving the content items from the social networking system; receiving navigation units from the social networking system, each navigation unit associated with at least one identified content item, a time determined from the at least one content item, and a value of a metric generated based on the at least one identified content item; displaying a subset of the received content items in a content region; and displaying the received navigation units in a navigation region, a position where a navigation unit is displayed in the navigation region determined based on the time associated with the navigation unit and the value of the metric associated with the navigation unit. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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receiving a request for content items from a requesting user; identifying content items to present to the requesting user; generating navigation units based on the identified content items, each navigation unit associated with at least one identified content item, a time determined from the at least one content item, and a value of the metric generated based on the at least one identified content item; transmitting instructions for generating an interface to a user device associated with the requesting user, the instructions for displaying a subset of the identified content items in a content region and displaying the navigation units in a navigation region, where a position a navigation unit is displayed in the navigation region is determined based on a time associated with the navigation unit and a value of the metric associated with the navigation unit. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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