Social Context for Applications

• US 20140244745A1
• Filed: 02/26/2013
• Published: 08/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Murarka, Neel Ishwar, Fung, Phillip, Chandrasekaran, Raghavendar
• Granted Patent: US 9,167,046 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/131 Protocols for games, networked simulations or virtual reality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes determining one or more applications on one or more first client computing devices of a first user of a social-networking system; determining one or more second users of the social-networking system that are connected to the first user within the social-networking system; determining one or more applications on one or more second client computing devices of the second users; comparing the applications on the first client computing devices with the applications on the second client computing devices; determining one or more application recommendations for the first user based at least in part on the comparison; and sending the application recommendations to the first user.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

by one or more server computing devices, determining one or more applications on one or more first client computing devices of a first user of a social-networking system;

by one or more server computing devices, determining one or more second users of the social-networking system that are connected to the first user within the social-networking system;

by one or more server computing devices, determining one or more applications on one or more second client computing devices of the second users;

by one or more server computing devices, comparing the applications on the first client computing devices with the applications on the second client computing devices;

by one or more server computing devices, determining one or more application recommendations for the first user based at least in part on the comparison; and

by one or more server computing devices, sending the application recommendations to the first user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the social-networking system comprises a graph that comprises a plurality of nodes and edges connecting the nodes;

at least one node in the graph corresponding to the first user;

for each of the second users at least one node in the graph corresponding to the second user; and

at least one of the nodes corresponding to the first user and at least one of the nodes corresponding to a second user being connected to each other by one or more edges.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one of the first client computing devices is a smartphone of the first user.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein one or more of the server computing devices are associated with the social-networking system.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein one or more of the application recommendations comprise a notification that one or more of the second users have installed one or more applications associated with the application recommendations.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein one or more of the application recommendations comprise a badge indicating a number of second users that have used one or more applications associated with the application recommendations.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the comparison comprises determining one or more applications on the second client computing devices not on the first client computing devices.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the comparison comprises determining a number of uses by one or more of the second users of one or more applications on the first client computing devices.

9. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software configured when executed to:

determine one or more applications on one or more first client computing devices of a first user of a social-networking system;

determine one or more second users of the social-networking system that are connected to the first user within the social-networking system;

determine one or more applications on one or more second client computing devices of the second users;

compare the applications on the first client computing devices with the applications on the second client computing devices;

determine one or more application recommendations for the first user based at least in part on the comparison; and

send the application recommendations to the first user.

10. The media of claim 9, wherein:

the social-networking system comprises a graph that comprises a plurality of nodes and edges connecting the nodes;

at least one node in the graph corresponding to the first user;

for each of the second users at least one node in the graph corresponding to the second user; and

at least one of the nodes corresponding to the first user and at least one of the nodes corresponding to a second user being connected to each other by one or more edges.

11. The media of claim 9, wherein the at least one of the first client computing devices is a smartphone of the first user.

12. The media of claim 9, wherein one or more of the server computing devices are associated with the social-networking system.

13. The media of claim 9, wherein one or more of the application recommendations comprise a notification that one or more of the second users have installed one or more applications associated with the application recommendations.

14. The media of claim 9, wherein one or more of the application recommendations comprise a badge indicating a number of second users that have used one or more applications associated with the application recommendations.

15. The media of claim 9, wherein the software is further configured to determine one or more applications on the second client computing devices not on the first client computing devices.

16. The media of claim 9, wherein the software is further configured to determine a number of uses by one or more of the second users of one or more applications on the first client computing devices.

17. A method comprising:

by one or more first client computing devices, sending information associated with one or more applications on one or more of the first computing devices to one or more server computing devices of a social-networking system, the applications are on one or more of the first client computing devices of a first user of the social-networking system;

by one or more first client computing devices, receiving one or more application recommendations for the first user from one or more of the server computing devices, the application recommendations being determining based at least in part on a comparison of the applications on the first client computing devices with one or more applications on a second client computing devices of one or more second users, the second users are connected to the first user within the social-networking system; and

by one or more first client computing devices, providing the application recommendations for display.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein:

the social-networking system comprises a graph that comprises a plurality of nodes and edges connecting the nodes;

at least one node in the graph corresponding to the first user;

for each of the second users at least one node in the graph corresponding to the second user; and

at least one of the nodes corresponding to the first user and at least one of the nodes corresponding to a second user being connected to each other by one or more edges.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the at least one of the first client computing devices is a smartphone of the first user.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein one or more of the application recommendations comprise a notification that one or more of the second users have installed one or more applications associated with the application recommendations.