Generating a consolidated social story for a user of a social networking system
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1. A method comprising:
- storing actions performed by one or more users of a social networking system;
accessing relationship data for the one or more users, the relationship data identifying relationships of one or more users with other users of the social networking system;
selecting a stored action, wherein the selected stored action was performed by a user who has a relationship with a viewing user of the social networking system;
selecting one or more additional stored actions performed by one or more other users of the social networking system who also have a relationship with the viewing user, wherein the selected stored action and the one or more additional stored actions have a common element;
generating a single aggregated story for the viewing user by aggregating the selected stored action and the one or more additional stored actions into the aggregated story based on the common element, wherein the aggregated story comprises relationship-based content personalized for the viewing user, which includes a description of;
the selected stored action,the user who performed the selected stored action, andthe one or more other users who performed the one or more additional stored actions; and
sending the aggregated story for display to the viewing user.
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Abstract
To generate dynamic relationship-based content personalized for members of a social networking system, at least one action of one or more members of the social networking system is associated with relationship data for the one or more members to produce consolidated data. One or more elements associated with the consolidated data is identified and used to aggregate the consolidated data. Further exemplary methods comprise weighting by affinity the aggregated consolidated data to generate dynamic relationship-based content personalized for the members of the web-based social network.
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1. A method comprising:
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storing actions performed by one or more users of a social networking system; accessing relationship data for the one or more users, the relationship data identifying relationships of one or more users with other users of the social networking system; selecting a stored action, wherein the selected stored action was performed by a user who has a relationship with a viewing user of the social networking system; selecting one or more additional stored actions performed by one or more other users of the social networking system who also have a relationship with the viewing user, wherein the selected stored action and the one or more additional stored actions have a common element; generating a single aggregated story for the viewing user by aggregating the selected stored action and the one or more additional stored actions into the aggregated story based on the common element, wherein the aggregated story comprises relationship-based content personalized for the viewing user, which includes a description of; the selected stored action, the user who performed the selected stored action, and the one or more other users who performed the one or more additional stored actions; and sending the aggregated story for display to the viewing user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing computer program code for:
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storing actions performed by one or more users of a social networking system; accessing relationship data for the one or more users, the relationship data identifying relationships of one or more users with other users of the social networking system; selecting a stored action, wherein the selected stored action was performed by a user who has a relationship with a viewing user of the social networking system; selecting one or more additional stored actions performed by one or more other users of the social networking system who also have a relationship with the viewing user, wherein the selected stored action and the one or more additional stored actions have a common element; generating a single aggregated story for the viewing user by aggregating the selected stored action and the one or more additional stored actions into the aggregated story based on the common element, wherein the aggregated story comprises relationship-based content personalized for the viewing user, which includes a description of; the selected stored action, the user who performed the selected stored action, and the one or more other users who performed the one or more additional stored actions; and sending the aggregated story for display to the viewing user. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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