Giving gifts and displaying assets in a social network environment
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1. A method for representing ownership of an asset in a social network environment, the method comprising:
- receiving a request from a first user of the social network environment to purchase the asset for a second user;
recording information about a purchase of the asset from a vendor;
associating, by a server for the social networking environment, the purchased asset with a profile of the second user;
sending for display to a viewing user an association between the purchased asset and the second user on a feed display page;
sending for display to the viewing user, in connection with the association between the purchased asset and the second user, information indicating that a third user, with whom the viewing user has established a connection in the social network, owns the asset, and information including a name of the first user who gave the asset to the second user, on the feed display page.
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Abstract
A system and method is described for giving gifts via a social network and displaying icons representing assets that have been acquired via the social network. In various embodiments, the assets include real assets, digital assets, and virtual assets. Digital assets that have been acquired via the social network environment may also be displayed. In some embodiments, the assets are received as gifts or in trade from another user of the social network environment.
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52 Claims
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1. A method for representing ownership of an asset in a social network environment, the method comprising:
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receiving a request from a first user of the social network environment to purchase the asset for a second user; recording information about a purchase of the asset from a vendor; associating, by a server for the social networking environment, the purchased asset with a profile of the second user; sending for display to a viewing user an association between the purchased asset and the second user on a feed display page; sending for display to the viewing user, in connection with the association between the purchased asset and the second user, information indicating that a third user, with whom the viewing user has established a connection in the social network, owns the asset, and information including a name of the first user who gave the asset to the second user, on the feed display page. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for buying a gift in a social network environment, the method comprising:
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receiving a request from a first user of the social network environment to purchase the gift; receiving from the first user an identity of a second user of the social network environment designated to receive the gift; recording information about a purchase of the gift from a vendor; associating, by a server for the social networking environment, the purchased gift with a profile for the second user; sending for display to a viewing user an association between the purchased gift and the second user in the social network environment on a feed display page; sending for display to the viewing user, in connection with the association between the purchased gift and the second user, information indicating that a third user, with whom the viewing user has established a connection in the social network, owns the gift, and information including a name of the first user who gave the gift to the second user, on the feed display page. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method for representing a digital asset in a social network environment, the method comprising:
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receiving a request from a first user of the social network environment to purchase the digital asset for a second user; recording information about a purchase of the digital asset from a vendor for the user; associating, by a server for the social networking environment, the digital asset with a profile for the second user; sending for display to a viewing user an association between the digital asset and the second user on a feed display page; sending for display to the viewing user, in connection with the association between the digital asset and the second user, information indicating that a third user, with whom the viewing user has established a connection in the social network, owns the digital asset, and information including a name of the first user who gave the digital asset to the second user, on the feed display page. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A method for buying a gift in a social network environment, the method comprising:
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receiving a request from a first user of the social network environment to purchase the gift; receiving from the first user an identity of a second user of the social network environment designated to receive the gift; recording information about a purchase of the gift for the second user; associating, by a server for the social networking environment, the purchased gift with a profile for the second user; sending for display to a viewing user an association between the purchased gift and the second user in the social network environment on a news feed display page in the social network environment; sending for display to the viewing user, in connection with the association between the purchased gift and the second user, a link to the profile of the second user and a link to purchase the gift, information indicating that a third user, with whom the viewing user has established a connection in the social network, owns the gift, and information including a name of the first user who gave the gift to the second user, on the news feed display page. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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