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Tagging users of a social networking system in an experience in a user's user profile

  • US 8,910,052 B2
  • Filed: 12/04/2010
  • Issued: 12/09/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • maintaining a user profile for each of a first user and a second user of a social networking system;

    providing an interface for adding or editing one or more experiences associated with the first user'"'"'s user profile, wherein an experience of the one or more experiences describes at least one of where the first user works or has worked, or where the first user attends school or has attended school, and the interface is a profile page associated with the first user;

    receiving via the interface a first tag indicating that the second user participated in one or more of the experiences on the first user'"'"'s user profile; and

    responsive to receiving the first tag,determining whether the second user'"'"'s user profile includes the one or more experiences, andresponsive to the determination, updating the second user'"'"'s user profile to include a second tag indicating that the first user participated in the one or more experiences if the second user'"'"'s user profile includes the one or more experiences, or updating the second user'"'"'s user profile to include the one or more experiences and the second tag if the second user'"'"'s user profile does not include the one or more experiences; and

    providing for display to the first user a page including the first user'"'"'s user profile, the page including the first tag indicating that the second user participated in one or more of the experiences on the first user'"'"'s user profile; and

    providing for display to the second user a page including the updated second user'"'"'s user profile, the page including the second tag.

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