Social filtering of user interface

• US 9,582,589 B2
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Issued: 02/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: St. Clair, Luke
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Linh K
• Application Number:
  US13/839,984
• Publication Number:
  US 20140280058A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,446 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a content object for display based at least in part on one or more filtering criteria. The filtering criteria is a measure of suitability of each content object for presentation based at least in part on social-graph information between a first user and one or more second users or a current geo-location of the first user. The method also includes applying the filtering criteria to the content object; and providing for display on a user interface (UI) the content object based on whether the content object is suitable for presentation based at least in part on the filtering criteria.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

by a computing device, identifying a first set of content objects for display based at least in part on one or more criteria, the criteria being based at least in part on social-graph information between a first user and one or more second users;

by the computing device, selecting one or more content objects from the first set of content objects based on criteria;

by the computing device, providing for display on a user interface (UI) the selected content objects; and

by the computing device, dynamically adjusting the displayed selected content objects, wherein the dynamic adjustment comprises;

determining a current geo-location of the computing device of the first user;

determining a content maturity threshold level, the content maturity threshold level being based at least in part on the current geo-location of the computing device of the first user;

identifying a second set of content objects based at least on the determined content maturity threshold level, wherein each of the content objects in the second set have a content maturity rating that satisfies the determined content maturity threshold level; and

selecting the one or more content objects from the second set of content objects for display on the user interface;

by the computing device, dynamically identifying at least one other content object based on an updated content maturity threshold level; and

by the computing device, dynamically providing for display the at least one other content object based on the dynamic identification.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the social graph comprises a plurality of nodes and edges connecting the nodes, at least one node in the graph corresponding to the first user, at least one node in the graph corresponding to each second user; and

the social-graph information that the second users are identified is based at least in part on comprises at least one of the nodes corresponding to the first user and at least one of the nodes corresponding to each second user being connected to each other by an edge.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a content maturity rating of the at least one other content object; and

determining that the content maturity rating of the at least one other content object is above the updated content maturity threshold level.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the identification comprises determining whether one or more of the content objects has been flagged as spam by one or more users of a social-networking system.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the identification comprises determining an amount of overlap between a user profile or social-graph information of the first user and one or more of the second users.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the computing device is a server computing device of a social-networking system.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the computing device is a mobile computing device of the first user; and

the UI is a lock screen of the mobile computing device.

8. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software configured when executed to:

identify a first set of content objects for display based at least in part on one or more criteria, the criteria being based at least in part on social-graph information between a first user and one or more second users;

select one or more content objects from the first set of content objects based on the criteria;

provide for display on a user interface (UI) the selected content objects; and

dynamically adjust the displayed selected content objects, wherein the dynamic adjustment comprises;

determine a current geo-location of the computing device of the first user;

determine a content maturity threshold level, the content maturity threshold level being based at least in part on the current geo-location of the computing device of the first user;

identify a second set of content objects based at least on the determined content maturity threshold level, wherein each of the content objects in the second set have a content maturity rating that satisfies the determined content maturity threshold level; and

select the one or more content objects from the second set of content objects for display on the user interface; and

dynamically identify at least one other content object based on an updated content maturity threshold level; and

dynamically provide for display the at least one other content object based on the dynamic identification.

9. The one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media of claim 8, wherein:

the social graph comprises a plurality of nodes and edges connecting the nodes, at least one node in the graph corresponding to the first user, at least one node in the graph corresponding to each second user; and

the social-graph information that the second users are identified is based at least in part on comprises at least one of the nodes corresponding to the first user and at least one of the nodes corresponding to each second user being connected to each other by an edge.

10. The one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media of claim 8, further embodying software configured when executed to:

determine a content maturity rating of the at least one other content object; and

determine that the content maturity rating of the at least one other content object is above the updated content maturity threshold level.

11. The one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media of claim 8, wherein the identification comprises determine whether one or more of the content objects has been flagged as spam by one or more users of a social-networking system.

12. The one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media of claim 8, wherein the identification comprises determine an amount of overlap between a user profile or social-graph information of the first user and one or more of the second users.

13. The one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media of claim 8, wherein the media is a coupled to a processor of a server computing device of a social-networking system.

14. The one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media of claim 8, wherein:

the media is coupled to a processor of a mobile computing device of the first user; and

the UI is a lock screen of the mobile computing device.

15. A device comprising:

a processor; and

one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media coupled to the processor and embodying software comprising steps to;

identify a first set of content objects for display based at least in part on one or more criteria, the criteria being based at least in part on social-graph information between a first user and one or more second users;

select one or more content objects from the first set of content objects based on the criteria;

provide for display on a user interface (UI) the selected content objects; and

dynamically adjust the displayed selected content objects, wherein the dynamic adjustment comprises;

determine a current geo-location of the computing device of the first user;

determine a content maturity threshold level, the content maturity threshold level being based at least in part on the current geo-location of the computing device of the first user;

identify a second set of content objects based at least on the determined content maturity threshold level, wherein each of the content objects in the second set have a content maturity rating that satisfies the determined content maturity threshold level; and

select the one or more content objects from the second set of content objects for display on the user interface; and

dynamically identify at least one other content object based on an updated content maturity threshold level; and

dynamically provide for display the at least one other content object based on the dynamic identification.

16. The device of claim 15, the software further comprising steps to:

determine a content maturity rating of the at least one other content object; and

determine that the content maturity rating of the at least one other content object is above the updated content maturity threshold level.

17. The device of claim 15, wherein the identification comprises determine whether one or more of the content objects has been flagged as spam by one or more users of a social-networking system.

18. The device of claim 15, wherein:

the social graph comprises a plurality of nodes and edges connecting the nodes, at least one node in the graph corresponding to the first user, at least one node in the graph corresponding to each second user; and

the social-graph information that the second users are identified is based at least in part on comprises at least one of the nodes corresponding to the first user and at least one of the nodes corresponding to each second user being connected to each other by an edge.

19. The device of claim 15, wherein the identification comprises determine an amount of overlap between a user profile or social-graph information of the first user and one or more of the second users.

20. The device of claim 15, wherein the processor is a processor of a server computing device of a social-networking system.

21. The device of claim 15, wherein:

the processor is a processor of a mobile computing device of the first user; and

the UI is a lock screen of the mobile computing device.