Systems and methods for dynamically generating segmented community flyers

• US 20080033739A1
• Filed: 08/02/2006
• Published: 02/07/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Sittig, Aaron, Zuckerberg, Mark, Chang, Wayne
• Granted Patent: US 7,797,256 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/104 Grouping of entities

Abstract

Segmented community flyers are predicated upon segmented communities. Segmented communities are for those web-based users that appreciate the distinction between their “real life” friends in their local geographic communities and their “cyberspace” contacts, many of whom they have never met in person. Further, those web-based users that do appreciate their “real life” friends in their local geographic communities need a way of communicating to many of these “real life” friends at once, without having to spend time preparing and sending multiple emails. Segmented community flyers advantageously accomplish such communication.

Claims

1. A system for dynamically generating a segmented community flyer comprising:

a server configured with a web-based social network database, the database comprising a plurality of web-based social network database records configured to represent a segmented community; and

a segmented community flyer settings engine coupled to the web-based social network database, the segmented community flyer settings engine configured to generate a segmented community flyer for the segmented community.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising the segmented community flyer settings engine configured to display the segmented community flyer to the segmented community.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the segmented community flyer settings engine is configured to display the segmented community flyer for a predetermined number of displays.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the segmented community flyer settings engine generates the segmented community flyer for a second segmented community.

5. The system of claim 4, further comprising the segmented community flyer settings engine configured to display the segmented community flyer to two segmented communities.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the segmented community further comprises a web-based social network database record for each member of the segmented community.

7. A method for dynamically generating a segmented community flyer comprising:

establishing a segmented community;

receiving one or more flyer settings selections from a member of the segmented community; and

generating a segmented community flyer based on the one or more flyer settings selections.

8. The method recited in claim 7, further comprising previewing the segmented community flyer incorporating the one or more flyer settings selections.

9. The method recited in claim 7, further comprising displaying the segmented community flyer to the segmented community.

10. The method recited in claim 9, further comprising displaying the segmented community flyer to the segmented community for a predetermined number of displays.

11. The method recited in claim 10, wherein the segmented community flyer comprises an html link.

12. The method recited in claim 7, further comprising selecting a date on which the segmented community flyer is to be displayed.

13. The method recited in claim 9, further comprising displaying the segmented community flyer to a second segmented community.

14. A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium having instructions for dynamically generating a segmented community flyer comprising:

establishing a segmented community;

receiving one or more flyer settings selections from a member of the segmented community; and

generating a segmented community flyer based on the one or more flyer settings selections.

15. The computer program recited in claim 14, further comprising previewing the segmented community flyer incorporating the one or more flyer settings selections.

16. The computer program recited in claim 14, further comprising displaying the segmented community flyer to the segmented community.

17. The computer program recited in claim 14, further comprising displaying the segmented community flyer to the segmented community for a predetermined number of displays.

18. The computer program recited in claim 14, wherein the segmented community flyer comprises an html link.

19. The computer program recited in claim 14, further comprising selecting a date in which the segmented community flyer is to be displayed.

20. The computer program recited in claim 14, further comprising displaying the segmented community flyer to a second segmented community.