SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING, SELECTING, PRESENTING, AND EXECUTING CALLS TO ACTION

• US 20160180400A1
• Filed: 12/19/2014
• Published: 06/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Rhodes, Lacie, Winters, Kelly B., Liu, Tony Hsien-yu, Zou, Jing, Shein, David, Guo, Dong, Sharon, Eyal Michael
• Application Number:
  US14/577,568
• Publication Number:
  US 20160180400A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0269 based on user profile or attribute
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can acquire information associated with a user who is accessing a page within a social networking system. The page can be associated with a page entity. At least one call to action can be selected, out of a set of calls to action, based at least in part on the information associated with the user. The at least one call to action can be associated with the page entity. The at least one call to action can be presented to the user via the page within the social networking system. A user interaction performed with respect to the at least one call to action can be detected. An operation associated with the at least one call to action can be executed. The operation can correspond to one of a plurality of operations executable for the at least one call to action.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

acquiring, by a computing system, information associated with a user who is accessing a page within a social networking system, the page being associated with a page entity;

selecting, by the computing system, at least one call to action, out of a set of calls to action, based at least in part on the information associated with the user, the at least one call to action being associated with the page entity; and

presenting, by the computing system, to the user via the page within the social networking system, the at least one call to action.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the selecting of the at least one call to action further comprises:

determining, based at least in part on the information associated with the user, a respective user relevance probability metric for each call to action in the set of calls to action;

determining that one or more calls to action are associated with one or more respective user relevance probability metrics that at least meet a specified user relevance probability threshold; and

identifying the at least one call to action to include the one or more calls to action associated with the one or more respective user relevance probability metrics that at least meet the specified user relevance probability threshold.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the information associated with the user indicates at least one of an identity of the user, a gender of the user, an age of the user, a location associated with the user, an educational institution associated with the user, a professional institution associated with the user, a language associated with the user, or a relationship status of the user.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the information associated with the user includes historical data associated with the user, and wherein the historical data is associated with at least one of a browsing history of the user, an application usage history of the user, or a social networking system usage history of the user.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein the social networking system usage history of the user indicates one or more social interactions performed by the user with respect to at least one content item posted via the social networking system.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, wherein the one or more social interactions includes at least one of an up-vote, a comment, a share, or a save.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the information associated with the user indicates that the user is part of a particular defined audience, wherein the selecting of the at least one call to action is further based at least in part on selection criteria, and wherein the selection criteria specify that the at least one call to action is to be selected for the particular defined audience.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the information associated with the user is dynamically acquired, wherein the information associated with the user includes one or more updates, and wherein the selecting of the at least one call to action is performed dynamically based on the one or more updates.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the presenting of the at least one call to action includes displaying the at least one call to action in association with at least one interactive element, and wherein the at least one interactive element is displayed within at least one of a cover photo of the page, an informational section of the page, a post published on the page, a hover element associated with the page, a search bar element associated with the page, or a search result element associated with the page.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the presenting of the at least one call to action is performed using at least one of a website configured to communicate with the social networking system or an application configured to communicate with the social networking system.

11. A system comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to perform;

acquiring information associated with a user who is accessing a page within a social networking system, the page being associated with a page entity;

selecting at least one call to action, out of a set of calls to action, based at least in part on the information associated with the user, the at least one call to action being associated with the page entity; and

presenting, to the user via the page within the social networking system, the at least one call to action.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the instructions cause the system to further perform:

determining, based at least in part on the information associated with the user, a respective user relevance probability metric for each call to action in the set of calls to action;

determining that one or more calls to action are associated with one or more respective user relevance probability metrics that at least meet a specified user relevance probability threshold; and

identifying the at least one call to action to include the one or more calls to action associated with the one or more respective user relevance probability metrics that at least meet the specified user relevance probability threshold.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the information associated with the user indicates at least one of an identity of the user, a gender of the user, an age of the user, a location associated with the user, an educational institution associated with the user, a professional institution associated with the user, a language associated with the user, or a relationship status of the user.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the information associated with the user includes historical data associated with the user, and wherein the historical data is associated with at least one of a browsing history of the user, an application usage history of the user, or a social networking system usage history of the user.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the information associated with the user indicates that the user is part of a particular defined audience, wherein the selecting of the at least one call to action is further based at least in part on selection criteria, and wherein the selection criteria specify that the at least one call to action is to be selected for the particular defined audience.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing system, cause the computing system to perform:

acquiring information associated with a user who is accessing a page within a social networking system, the page being associated with a page entity;

selecting at least one call to action, out of a set of calls to action, based at least in part on the information associated with the user, the at least one call to action being associated with the page entity; and

presenting, to the user via the page within the social networking system, the at least one call to action.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the instructions cause the system to further perform:

determining, based at least in part on the information associated with the user, a respective user relevance probability metric for each call to action in the set of calls to action;

determining that one or more calls to action are associated with one or more respective user relevance probability metrics that at least meet a specified user relevance probability threshold; and

identifying the at least one call to action to include the one or more calls to action associated with the one or more respective user relevance probability metrics that at least meet the specified user relevance probability threshold.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the information associated with the user indicates at least one of an identity of the user, a gender of the user, an age of the user, a location associated with the user, an educational institution associated with the user, a professional institution associated with the user, a language associated with the user, or a relationship status of the user.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the information associated with the user includes historical data associated with the user, and wherein the historical data is associated with at least one of a browsing history of the user, an application usage history of the user, or a social networking system usage history of the user.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the information associated with the user indicates that the user is part of a particular defined audience, wherein the selecting of the at least one call to action is further based at least in part on selection criteria, and wherein the selection criteria specify that the at least one call to action is to be selected for the particular defined audience.