Re-Ranking Story Content

• US 20140189539A1
• Filed: 10/25/2013
• Published: 07/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: St. Clair, Luke, Weaver, Daniel, Watzman, Joshua Van Dyke, Schafer, Daniel
• Granted Patent: US 10,649,607 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/753
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a cover feed interaction history from a device associated with a user of a social-networking system. An order for a plurality of content boards may be determined based on the cover feed interaction history (e.g., viewing history, download status, the current order of content boards in the cover feed, user interaction history, whether the user bookmarked or pinned a particular content board), user information related to the user, and device information about device-based events and device status. Finally, the order for the content boards may be sent to the device. The determination of the order for the content boards may be based on the cover feed interaction history, recency of content included in the content boards, popularity of the content, relevance of content to the user, or device-based events.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

by the computing device, receiving a cover feed interaction history from a device associated with a user of a social-networking system;

by the computing device, determining an order for a plurality of content boards based on the cover feed interaction history, user information related to the user, and device information related to the device; and

by the computing device, sending the order for the content boards to the device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the cover feed interaction history comprises information regarding:

which content boards the user has viewed, which content boards still have content that is waiting for completion of download, what the current order is for the content boards, how long the user viewed a particular content board, whether the user interacted with the content board, whether the user skipped back to bring up a previously-viewed content board, whether the user bookmarked or pinned a particular content board.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the device information comprises information about device-based events and device status, the information comprising:

network connectivity status, power status, or a history log of recent device transactions involving social connections of the user.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the order for the content boards is based on the cover feed interaction history, recency of content included in the content boards, popularity of the content, relevance of content to the user, or device-based events.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the order for the content boards includes one or more new content boards, further comprising:

retrieving content associated with the user;

composing new content boards using the retrieved content; and

sending the new content boards to the device.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the retrieving the content associated with the user is based on the cover feed interaction history, the device information or the user information.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the order for the content boards includes one or more updates to previously-provided content boards, further comprising:

retrieving updates to content associated with the user;

composing updates to the previously-provided content boards using the retrieved updates; and

sending the updates to the previously-provided content boards to the device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the retrieving the updates to the content associated with the user is based on the cover feed interaction history, the device information or the user information.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an update to the order for the content boards from the device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the received update to the content board order is based on one or more factors:

which content boards have been completely downloaded and cached on the mobile device;

which content boards have background images whose orientation corresponds to the current orientation of the mobile device, which content boards include content associated with a social connection of the user, wherein the mobile device has recently received or sent a communication associated with the social connection, or whether the device'"'"'s current status is conducive to presentation of a particular content board.

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

receive a cover feed interaction history from a device associated with a user of a social-networking system;

determine an order for a plurality of content boards based on the cover feed interaction history, user information related to the user, and device information related to the device; and

send the order for the content boards to the device.

12. The media of claim 11, wherein the cover feed interaction history comprises information regarding:

which content boards the user has viewed, which content boards still have content that is waiting for completion of download, what the current order is for the content boards, how long the user viewed a particular content board, whether the user interacted with the content board, whether the user skipped back to bring up a previously-viewed content board, whether the user bookmarked or pinned a particular content board.

13. The media of claim 11, wherein the device information comprises information about device-based events and device status, the information comprising:

network connectivity status, power status, or a history log of recent device transactions involving social connections of the user.

14. The media of claim 11, wherein the determination of the order for the content boards is based on the cover feed interaction history, recency of content included in the content boards, popularity of the content, relevance of content to the user, or device-based events.

15. The media of claim 11, wherein the order for the content boards includes one or more new content boards, and wherein the software is further operable when executed to:

retrieving content associated with the user;

composing new content boards using the retrieved content; and

sending the new content boards to the device.

16. The media of claim 15, wherein the retrieval of the content associated with the user is based on the cover feed interaction history, the device information or the user information.

17. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors being operable when executing the instructions to;

receive a cover feed interaction history from a device associated with a user of a social-networking system;

determine an order for a plurality of content boards based on the cover feed interaction history, user information related to the user, and device information related to the device; and

send the order for the content boards to the device.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the order for the content boards includes one or more updates to previously-provided content boards, and wherein the processors are further operable when executing the instructions to:

retrieve updates to content associated with the user;

compose updates to the previously-provided content boards using the retrieved updates; and

send the updates to the previously-provided content boards to the device.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the retrieving the updates to the content associated with the user is based on the cover feed interaction history, the device information or the user information.

20. The system of claim 17, further comprising:

receiving an update to the order for the content boards from the device, wherein the received update to the content board order is based on one or more factors;

which content boards have been completely downloaded and cached on the mobile device;

which content boards have background images whose orientation corresponds to the current orientation of the mobile device, which content boards include content associated with a social connection of the user, wherein the mobile device has recently received or sent a communication associated with the social connection, or whether the device'"'"'s current status is conducive to presentation of a particular content board.