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Customizing content displayed for a user based on user preferences of another user

  • US 9,053,189 B2
  • Filed: 03/19/2010
  • Issued: 06/09/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for displaying personalized information, the method comprising:

  • generating a first plurality of preferences for a first user based on a monitoring of usage histories of the first user in a first forum;

    providing an option for the first user to select, from the first forum, a content associated with a subset of the first plurality of preferences;

    receiving a request from the first user to share, with a second user, the selected content associated with the subset of the first plurality of preferences;

    in response to the request from the first user to share the selected content associated with the subset of the first plurality of preferences, generating, for use by the second user, a link to the selected content, wherein said generating comprises including, in the link to the selected content, a pointer to the first plurality of preferences; and

    upon receiving an access request from the second user to access the link to the selected content associated with the subset of the first plurality of preferences, generating, based on the pointer to the first plurality of preferences included in the link, a customized presentation of a second forum for display to the second user, said generating comprising generating customized content based on the first plurality of preferences associated with the pointer included in the link, wherein the customized presentation is generated to include the customized content and the selected content shared by the first user.

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