Chaining connection requests

• US 9,177,291 B2
• Filed: 01/11/2012
• Issued: 11/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Martinazzi, Peter Henry, Bond, Simon Jack, Gleit, Naomi, Burge, Jennifer, Mao, Ziqing
• Primary Examiner(s): Vu, Kieu
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chung, Andrew
• Application Number:
  US13/348,514
• Publication Number:
  US 20130179802A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,392 Days
• Field of Search: 715/738
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0252 based on events or environment, e.g. weather or festivals
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0269 based on user profile or attribute
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

In one embodiment, a social networking system, in response to receiving an action request from a user, expands the portion of a social networking web site with which the user interacted to initiate the action request, and populates the expanded portion with object suggestions of the same type as the target object of the action request. In particular embodiments, the object suggestions are based at least in part on the characteristics of the target object of the action request. Such embodiments capitalize on the transitory mood of the user and facilitate and promote the chaining of subsequent action requests.

Claims

1. A method comprising, by one or more computing systems:

sending, to a client computing device associated with a first user of a social-networking system, one or more social-networking content objects for rendering in a graphical user interface of the client computing device, wherein each of the content objects comprises a user-selectable action, and the sending the content objects is performed based at least in part on data associated with the first user in the social-networking system;

receiving, from the client computing device, a selection of a user-selectable action for one of the content objects, wherein the user-selectable action is associated with a second user of the social-networking system;

performing the user-selectable action;

in response to the received selection, determining one or more suggested users based on the second user, wherein the suggested users are selected from one or more additional users of the social-networking system, a respective social coefficient being computed as between the second user and each of the additional users,

the social coefficients being determined based on one or more demographic factors, the social coefficients for the suggested users being higher than the social coefficients for the other additional users who were not selected, and

the social coefficients of the additional users who are friends of the second user being more heavily weighted than the social coefficients of the additional users who are not friends of the second user; and

sending, to the client computing device, one or more additional content objects associated with the suggested users for rendering in the portion of the graphical user interface, wherein the portion of the graphical user interface is expanded to display the additional content objects when rendered, and

the additional content objects comprise one or more additional user-selectable actions associated with the suggested users.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected action comprises sending a friend request to the second user of the social-networking system, and the one or more additional user-selectable actions comprise sending a friend request to the one or more suggested users of the social-networking system.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the one or more suggested users comprise mutual friends of the first user and the second user in the social-networking system.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein one or more of the additional objects associated with one or more of the suggested users are displayed in the graphical user interface, when rendered, in order of decreasing social coefficient with respect to the first user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected action comprises confirming a friend request from the second user of the social-networking system, and wherein the one or more additional user-selectable actions comprise sending a friend request to the one or more suggested users of the social-networking system.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the one or more suggested users comprise mutual friends of the first user and the second user in the social-networking system.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more social-networking content objects correspond to one or more users of the social-networking system.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected action comprises subscribing to the second user of the social-networking system, and wherein the one or more additional user-selectable actions comprise subscribing to the one or more suggested users of the social-networking system.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected action comprises liking a page of the social-networking system, and wherein the one or more additional user-selectable actions comprise liking one or more other pages of the social-networking system.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected action comprises RSVPing to an event of the social-networking system, and wherein the one or more additional user-selectable actions comprise RSVPing to one or more other events of the social-networking system.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the portion comprises an area for recommending the one or more suggested users.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the portion is an expandable icon for managing friend requests in the social-networking system.

13. One or more non-transitory, computer-readable media comprising instructions operable, when executed by one or more computing systems, to:

send, to a client computing device associated with a first user of a social-networking system, one or more social-networking content objects for rendering in a graphical user interface of the client computing device, wherein each of the content objects comprises a user-selectable action, and the sending the content objects is performed based at least in part on data associated with the first user in the social-networking system;

receive, from the client computing device, a user-selectable action for one of the content objects, wherein the user-selectable action is associated with a second user of the social-networking system;

perform the user-selectable action;

in response to the received selection, determine one or more suggested users based on the second user, wherein the suggested users are selected from one or more additional users of the social-networking system, a respective social coefficient being computed as between the second user and each of the additional users,

the social coefficients being determined based on one or more demographic factors, the social coefficients for the suggested users being higher than the social coefficients for the other additional users who were not selected, and

the social coefficients of the additional users who are friends of the second user being more heavily weighted than the social coefficients of the additional users who are not friends of the second user; and

send, to the client computing device, one or more additional content objects associated with the suggested users for rendering in the portion of the graphical user interface, wherein the portion of the graphical user interface is expanded to display the additional content objects when rendered, and

the additional content objects comprise one or more additional user-selectable actions associated with the suggested users.

14. The media of claim 13, wherein the selected action comprises sending a friend request to the second user of the social-networking system, and the one or more additional user-selectable actions comprise sending a friend request to the one or more suggested users of the social-networking system.

15. The media of claim 14, wherein the one or more suggested users comprise mutual friends of the first user and the second user in the social-networking system.

16. The media of claim 14, wherein one or more of the additional objects associated with one or more of the other users are displayed in the graphical user interface, when rendered, in order of decreasing social coefficient with respect to the first user.

17. The media of claim 13, wherein the selected action comprises confirming a friend request from the second user of the social-networking system, and wherein the one or more additional user-selectable actions comprise sending a friend request to the one or more suggested users of the social-networking system.

18. The media of claim 17, wherein the one or more suggested users comprise mutual friends of the first user and the second user in the social-networking system.

19. The media of claim 13, wherein the one or more social-networking content objects correspond to one or more users of the social-networking system.

20. An apparatus comprising:

one or more processors;

a communications interface;

one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media comprising instructions operable, when executed by one or more processors, to;

send, via the communication interface, to a client computing device associated with a first user of a social-networking system, one or more social-networking content objects for rendering in a graphical user interface of the client computing device, wherein each of the content objects comprises a user-selectable action, and the sending the content objects is performed based at least in part on data associated with the first user in the social-networking system;

receive, from the client computing device, a user-selectable action for one of the content objects, wherein the user-selectable action is associated with a second user of the social-networking system;

perform the user-selectable action;

in response to the received selection, determine one or more suggested users based on the second user, wherein the suggested users are selected from one or more additional users of the social-networking system, a respective social coefficient being computed as between the second user and each of the additional users,

the social coefficients being determined based on one or more demographic factors, the social coefficients for the suggested users being higher than the social coefficients for the other additional users who were not selected, and

the social coefficients of the additional users who are friends of the second user being more heavily weighted than the social coefficients of the additional users who are not friends of the second user; and

send, to the client computing device, one or more additional content objects associated with the suggested users for rendering in the portion of the graphical user interface, wherein the portion of the graphical user interface is expanded to display the additional objects when rendered, and

the additional objects comprise one or more additional user-selectable actions associated with the suggested users.