Targeting based on social updates
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving, by one or more processing devices, an update for publication to an activity stream associated with a first user, the activity stream being produced by a social application executing on one or more server computers and being published for consumption by one or more subscribers to the social application that have been designated by the first user as being authorized to receive the update, the update comprising a republication of content from a second user of the social application; and
distributing, by the one or more processing devices and based on the update, additional content for display on a computing device of the second user, the additional content distributed to the second user comprising one or more republications of updates from the first user that were not, prior to receiving the update, designated for republication to the second user.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, are described for providing content to a user. A method comprises: receiving an update for publication to an activity stream associated with the user, the activity stream being produced by a social application executing on one or more server computers and being published for consumption by one or more subscribers to the social application that have been designated by the user as being authorized to receive the update; and distributing additional content to the user based on the received user update.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, by one or more processing devices, an update for publication to an activity stream associated with a first user, the activity stream being produced by a social application executing on one or more server computers and being published for consumption by one or more subscribers to the social application that have been designated by the first user as being authorized to receive the update, the update comprising a republication of content from a second user of the social application; and distributing, by the one or more processing devices and based on the update, additional content for display on a computing device of the second user, the additional content distributed to the second user comprising one or more republications of updates from the first user that were not, prior to receiving the update, designated for republication to the second user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30)
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28. One or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operation comprising:
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receiving an update for publication to an activity stream associated with a first user, the activity stream being produced by a social application executing on one or more server computers and being published for consumption by one or more subscribers to the social application that have been designated by the first user as being authorized to receive the update, the update comprising a republican of content from a second user of the social application; and distributing, based on the update, additional content for display on a computing device of the second user, the additional content distributed to the second user comprising one or more republications of updates from the first user that were not, prior to receiving the update, designated for republication to the second user. - View Dependent Claims (31)
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29. A system comprising:
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memory storing instructions that are executable; and one or more processing devices to execute the instructions to perform operations comprising; receiving an update for publication to an activity stream associated with a first user, the activity stream being produced by a social application executing on one or more server computers and being published for consumption by one or more subscribers to the social application that have been designated by the first user as being authorized to receive the update, the update comprising a republication of content from a second user of the social application; and distributing, based on the update, additional content for display on a computing device of the second user, the additional content distributed to the second user comprising one or more republications of updates from the first user that were not, prior to receiving the update, designated for republication to the second user. - View Dependent Claims (32)
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