Prioritized download of social network content
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving, by a computing system, a request to deliver new content to a computing device that is associated with a user, the request being received without being in response to an explicit user request for the new content;
analyzing, by the computing system, content in a social network system that was previously accessed by the user;
identifying, by the computing system and based on the analysis of the content;
(i) primary content sources that post content to the social network and whose content the user has accessed more than a threshold amount over a predefined period, and(ii) secondary content sources that post content to the social network and whose content the user has accessed less than the threshold amount over the predefined period, wherein the primary content sources are different from the secondary content sources;
identifying, by the computing system, content that was recently submitted to the social network by the primary content sources, wherein the content that was recently submitted to the social network by the primary content sources is accessible to the user; and
causing, by the computing system and prior to the user requesting to view the identified content, the content that was recently submitted to the social network by the primary content sources to be downloaded from the social network system to the computing device automatically and without user interaction that requests the identified content, without causing content that was from secondary content sources to also be downloaded automatically.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method includes identifying, with a computer system that has a network interface, one or more primary categories of content from a social networking system that are of primary relevance to a user of a computing device, as compared to one or more secondary categories of content from the social networking system that are of lower importance to the user of the computing device; causing content from the primary categories to be downloaded from the social networking system to the computing device automatically and without user interaction with a social networking application that is arranged to display the downloaded content; and causing content from the secondary categories to be downloaded from the social networking system to the computing device separately from the content from the primary categories, and in response to a defined user interaction with a social networking application that corresponds to the social networking system.
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23 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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receiving, by a computing system, a request to deliver new content to a computing device that is associated with a user, the request being received without being in response to an explicit user request for the new content; analyzing, by the computing system, content in a social network system that was previously accessed by the user; identifying, by the computing system and based on the analysis of the content; (i) primary content sources that post content to the social network and whose content the user has accessed more than a threshold amount over a predefined period, and (ii) secondary content sources that post content to the social network and whose content the user has accessed less than the threshold amount over the predefined period, wherein the primary content sources are different from the secondary content sources; identifying, by the computing system, content that was recently submitted to the social network by the primary content sources, wherein the content that was recently submitted to the social network by the primary content sources is accessible to the user; and causing, by the computing system and prior to the user requesting to view the identified content, the content that was recently submitted to the social network by the primary content sources to be downloaded from the social network system to the computing device automatically and without user interaction that requests the identified content, without causing content that was from secondary content sources to also be downloaded automatically. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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analyzing, by a computer system, content in a social network system that was previously accessed by a user; identifying, by the computer system, primary content from a social networking system, as compared to secondary content from the social networking system, wherein the primary content includes content from members of the social networking system whose content the user has accessed at least once within a predefined period and the secondary content includes content from members of the social networking system whose content the user has not accessed within the predefined period; prior to the user requesting to view content from the social networking system, identifying, by the computer system, primary content that was recently submitted to the social networking system that the user has not yet accessed; causing the identified primary content to be downloaded from the social networking system to the computing device automatically and without user interaction with a social networking application that is arranged to display the downloaded content; and causing secondary content to be downloaded from the social networking system to the computing device separately from the primary content, and in response to a defined user interaction with a social networking application that corresponds to the social networking system. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer-implemented system comprising:
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a social network activity analyzer arranged to; analyze content in a social network that was previously accessed by a user; and identify, based on the analyzed content, (i) primary content sources that post content to the social network and whose content the user has accessed more than a threshold amount of time over a predefined period, and (ii) secondary content sources that post content to the social network and whose content the user has accessed less than the threshold amount over the predefined period, wherein the primary content sources are different from the secondary content sources; one or more electronic storage media storing data that represents posts in the social network made by users of the social network, including posts that are available to the first user; and a download manager programmed to; identify content that was recently submitted to the social network by the primary content sources, wherein the content that was recently submitted to the social network is accessible to the user; and automatically cause download to a user computing device of content, prior to the first user requesting to view the identified content from the social network and without explicit user request for the identified content, the identified content that was recently submitted to the social network by the primary content sources, separately from content from secondary content sources. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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