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Method, medium, and system for adjusting a selectable element based on social networking usage

  • US 8,355,955 B1
  • Filed: 08/30/2010
  • Issued: 01/15/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method of generating a personalized display page, the method comprising:

  • assigning at least one of a default position or a default size to a user-selectable feature to be displayed on a plurality of display pages, wherein the user-selectable feature is configured to share an opinion of a user regarding an item advertised on a display page from the plurality of display pages with a plurality of social networking contacts of the user when the user-selectable feature is selected by the user;

    confirming that the user of a catalog system has authorized access by the catalog system to a social networking system;

    retrieving, from the social networking system, social networking information that identifies the plurality of social networking contacts of the user;

    determining, based at least in part on the retrieved social networking information, a social networking usage by the user by at least calculating a number of times the user has created a comment or a post on the social networking system;

    based at least in part on the determination, changing at least one of the default position to a new position or the default size to a new size;

    outputting the display page for the item for presentation to the user, wherein the display page includes the user-selectable feature according to the at least one of the new position or the new size;

    outputting the display page for the item for presentation to a second user, the second user different from the first user, wherein the display page includes the user-selectable feature according to the at least one of the default position or the default size; and

    wherein the method is performed in its entirety by a computer system comprising one or more machines.

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