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Client-side modification of search results based on social network data

  • US 9,342,605 B2
  • Filed: 06/13/2011
  • Issued: 05/17/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • accessing, at a client device, search results in one or more structured documents loaded into a client application, wherein the search results identify one or more network resources that-correspond to a search query of a first user of an online social network;

    accessing a data store of social-graph information accessed from the online social network to determine one or more second users of the online social network having an association with the first user of the online social network that have interacted with any of the identified network resources within a particular period of time;

    accessing one or more past-search results associated with one or more previous searches submitted by one or more of the second users of the online social network; and

    displaying, at the client device, the one or more network resources that correspond to a search query of a first user of the online social network, the displaying of the network resources comprising visually distinguishing, in a user interface of the client application, one or more of the displayed network resources that the second users of the online social network have interacted with within the particular period of time,wherein the visually distinguishing the identified network resources comprises displaying an overlay panel next to at least one of the identified network resources that indicates that the identified network resource of the search results has been accessed by the second users of the online social network, andwherein the overlay panel displays profile pictures of the second users accessed from the online social network.

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