Generating segmented community flyers in a social networking system
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1. A system for dynamically generating a segmented community flyer comprising:
- a server configured with a social network database, the database storing;
a plurality of social network database records representing one or more segmented communities, each segmented community defined within a social networking system, andinformation for tracking affiliations of a plurality of users of the social networking system with one or more of the segmented communities; and
a segmented community flyer settings engine coupled to the web-based social network database, the segmented community flyer settings engine comprising;
a flyer settings selection component configured to receive one or more flyer settings selections for a segmented community flyer and payment for a limited distribution of the segmented community flyer from a member of a selected segmented community,a flyer generator component configured to generate a segmented community flyer for the segmented community based on the one or more flyer settings selections, anda flyer display component configured to display a plurality of the generated flyers to other members of the selected segmented community in accordance with the received flyer settings selections until the limited distribution has been reached.
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Abstract
Segmented community flyers are predicated upon segmented communities. Segmented communities are for those web-based users that appreciate the distinction between their “real life” friends in their local geographic communities and their “cyberspace” contacts, many of whom they have never met in person. Further, those web-based users that do appreciate their “real life” friends in their local geographic communities need a way of communicating to many of these “real life” friends at once, without having to spend time preparing and sending multiple emails. Segmented community flyers advantageously accomplish such communication.
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1. A system for dynamically generating a segmented community flyer comprising:
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a server configured with a social network database, the database storing; a plurality of social network database records representing one or more segmented communities, each segmented community defined within a social networking system, and information for tracking affiliations of a plurality of users of the social networking system with one or more of the segmented communities; and a segmented community flyer settings engine coupled to the web-based social network database, the segmented community flyer settings engine comprising; a flyer settings selection component configured to receive one or more flyer settings selections for a segmented community flyer and payment for a limited distribution of the segmented community flyer from a member of a selected segmented community, a flyer generator component configured to generate a segmented community flyer for the segmented community based on the one or more flyer settings selections, and a flyer display component configured to display a plurality of the generated flyers to other members of the selected segmented community in accordance with the received flyer settings selections until the limited distribution has been reached. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for dynamically generating a segmented community flyer comprising:
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establishing one or more segmented communities, each segmented community defined within a social networking system; tracking affiliations of a plurality of users of the social networking system with one or more of the segmented communities; receiving one or more flyer settings selections for a segmented community flyer and payment for a limited distribution of the segmented community flyer from a member of a selected segmented community; generating, by a computer system, a segmented community flyer based on the one or more flyer settings selections; and displaying a plurality of the generated flyers to other members of the selected segmented community in accordance with the received flyer settings selections until the limited distribution has been reached. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium having instructions for dynamically generating a segmented community flyer comprising:
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establishing one or more segmented communities, each segmented community defined within a social networking system; tracking affiliations of a plurality of users of the social networking system with one or more of the segmented communities; receiving one or more flyer settings selections for a segmented community flyer and payment for a limited distribution of the segmented community flyer from a member of a selected segmented community; generating, by a computer system, a segmented community flyer based on the one or more flyer settings selections; and displaying a plurality of the generated flyers to other members of the selected segmented community in accordance with the received flyer settings selections until the limited distribution has been reached. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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