CREATING PERSONALIZED COLLECTIONS OF OBJECTS MAINTAINED BY A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving a request from a user of a social networking system to include an object associated with a product and maintained by the social networking system in one or more sets of objects associated with the user;
retrieving metadata describing one or more characteristics of the product;
presenting one or more options associated with the received request, the set of options including an option for selecting at least one of the sets of objects associated with the user in which to include the object;
storing the object associated with the product and the metadata describing one or more characteristics of the product in the selected at least one of the sets of objects associated with the user; and
presenting a story to one or more users connected to the user through the social networking system, the story identifying the user and further describing the product associated with the object and metadata associated with the product.
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Abstract
A social networking system user includes objects maintained by the social networking system in a collection of objects associated with the user'"'"'s user profile. The objects in a collection may be associated with a product or service offered by a system external to the social networking system. A story may be generated describing the product associated with the object added to the collection. The story may be presented to other social networking system users connected to the user. Metadata describing the product is associated with the object included in the collection and is updated. The user may be notified of the updated metadata or an action may be performed if the updated metadata satisfy one or more criteria.
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16 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a request from a user of a social networking system to include an object associated with a product and maintained by the social networking system in one or more sets of objects associated with the user; retrieving metadata describing one or more characteristics of the product; presenting one or more options associated with the received request, the set of options including an option for selecting at least one of the sets of objects associated with the user in which to include the object; storing the object associated with the product and the metadata describing one or more characteristics of the product in the selected at least one of the sets of objects associated with the user; and presenting a story to one or more users connected to the user through the social networking system, the story identifying the user and further describing the product associated with the object and metadata associated with the product. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
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receiving a request from a user of a social networking system to include an object associated with a product and maintained by the social networking system in one or more sets of objects associated with the user; retrieving metadata describing one or more characteristics of the product; storing the object associated with the product and the metadata describing one or more characteristics of the product in the selected at least one of the sets of objects associated with the user; and presenting a story to one or more users connected to the user through the social networking system, the story identifying the user and describing the product associated with the object and metadata associated with the product. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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receiving a request from a user of a social networking system to include an object associated with a product and maintained by the social networking system in one or more sets of objects associated with the user; retrieving metadata describing one or more characteristics of the product; storing the object associated with the product and the metadata describing one or more characteristics of the product in the selected at least one of the sets of objects associated with the user; identifying one or more additional users connected to the user; and presenting a story identifying the user, describing the product associated with the object and metadata associated with the product in a news feed presented to the one or more additional users connected to the user. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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