Providing social graph information for a webpage

• US 9,171,335 B1
• Filed: 10/05/2010
• Issued: 10/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Cierniak, Michal
• Primary Examiner(s): TAN, ALVIN H
• Application Number:
  US12/898,608
• Time in Patent Office: 1,848 Days
• Field of Search: 715/733, 705/319
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

Systems and techniques for displaying information associated with multiple accounts of multiple social media websites owned by an owner. In one implementation, a webpage accessed by a user can be determined to be a webpage of a social media website; data can be obtained from the webpage identifiable with an owner of an account of the social media website in which the owner of the account is not the user; based on the data from the accessed webpage identifiable with the owner, another social media webpage associated with another account of the owner for another social media website can be identified; data associated with the other social media webpage can be obtained; and the data associated with the other account can be provided for display with the accessed webpage.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

identifying a particular social media website accessed by a user, the user associated with a first social graph based on one or more relationships between the user and one or more first contacts;

identifying one or more links associated with the particular social media website, the one or more links associated with one or more other social media websites, the one or more other social media websites associated with an owner of the social media website;

obtaining data from the one or more other social media websites, the data being associated with the owner;

identifying, based on the data from the one or more other social media websites, one or more second contacts that are socially connected to the owner via the one or more other social media websites;

generating a second social graph for the owner, the second social graph based on one or more relationships between the owner and the one or more second contacts;

comparing the second social graph of the owner with the first social graph of the user;

identifying, based on the comparing, a common contact that is socially connected to both i) the owner only through a first social media website of the one or more other social media websites and to ii) the user only through a second social media website of the one or more other social media websites, the first social media website being different than the second social media website, and the first and the second social media websites being different than the particular social media website;

obtaining social media data from the first and the second social media website that is associated with the common contact; and

providing for display with the accessed webpage i) the social media data from the first social media website that is associated with the common contact and a link to the first social media website and ii) the social media data from the second social media website including a posted message that is associated with the common contact and a link to the second social media website.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that the user is associated with at least one of the one or more other social media websites; and

providing for display with the accessed webpage an option for the user to connect with the owner through the at least one of the one or more other social media websites.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein determining that the user is associated with the at least one of the one or more other social media websites comprises determining that the user is logged into an account associated with the user for the at least one of the one or more other social media websites.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising

obtaining, from one or more server systems, data posted to the one or more other social media websites;

and

wherein providing for display with the accessed webpage comprises providing for display with the accessed webpage the data posted to the one or more other social media websites.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the data posted to the one or more other social media websites comprises an image.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the data posted to the one or more other social media websites comprises a message from the owner.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoding a computer program product operable to cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

identifying a particular social media website accessed by a user, the user associated with a first social graph based on one or more relationships between the user and one or more first contacts;

identifying one or more links associated with the particular social media website, the one or more links associated with one or more other social media websites, the one or more other social media websites associated with an owner of the social media website;

obtaining data from the one or more other social media websites, the data being associated with the owner;

identifying, based on the data from the one or more other social media websites, one or more second contacts that are socially connected to the owner via the one or more other social media websites;

generating a second social graph for the owner, the second social graph based on one or more relationships between the owner and the one or more second contacts;

comparing the second social graph of the owner with the first social graph of the user;

identifying, based on the comparing, a common contact that is socially connected to i) the owner only through a first social media website of the one or more other social media websites and to ii) the user only through a second social media website of the one or more other social media websites, the first social media website being different than the second social media website, and the first and the second social media websites being different than the particular social media website;

obtaining social media data from the first and the second social media website that is associated with the common contact; and

providing for display with the accessed webpage i) the social media data from the first social media website that is associated with the common contact and a link to the first social media website and ii) the social media data from the second social media website including a posted message that is associated with the common contact and a link to the second social media website.

8. The computer-readable medium of claim 7, the operations further comprising:

determining that the user is associated with at least one of the one or more other social media websites; and

providing for display with the accessed webpage an option for the user to connect with the owner through the at least one of the one or more other social media websites.

9. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein determining that the user is associated with the at least one of the one or more other social media websites comprises determining that the user is logged into an account associated with the user for the at least one of the one or more other social media websites.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 7, further comprising

obtaining, from one or more server systems, data posted to the one or more other social media websites;

and

wherein providing for display with the accessed webpage comprises providing for display with the accessed webpage the data posted to the one or more other social media websites.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the data posted to the one or more other social media websites comprises an image.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the data posted to the one or more other social media websites comprises a message from the owner.

13. A system comprising:

a computing device including a processor;

a program for rendering web-based content; and

when performed by the processor, the program configured to;

identify a particular social media website accessed by a user, the user associated with a first social graph based on one or more relationships between the user and one or more first contacts;

identify one or more links associated with the particular social media website, the one or more links associated with one or more other social media websites, the one or more other social media websites associated with an owner of the social media website;

obtain data from the one or more other social media websites, the data being associated with the owner;

identify, based on the data from the one or more other social media websites, one or more second contacts that are socially connected to the owner via the one or more other social media websites;

generating a second social graph for the owner, the second social graph based on one or more relationships between the owner and the one or more second contacts;

compare the second social graph of the owner with the first social graph of the user;

identify, based on the comparing, a common contact that is socially connected to i) the owner only through a first social media website of the one or more other social media websites and to ii) the user only through a second social media website of the one or more other social media websites, the first social media website being different than the second social media website, and the first and the second social media websites being different than the particular social media website;

obtain social media data from the first and the second social media website that is associated with the common contact; and

display with the accessed webpage i) the social media data from the first social media website that is associated with the common contact and a link to the first social media website and ii) the social media data from the second social media website including a posted message that is associated with the common contact and a link to the second social media website.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the program is further configured to display the social media data without obscuring the accessed web page.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the data comprises data posted to the one or more other social media websites.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the social media data further comprises information that allows the user to send a request for connecting to the owner through the first social media website.