SOCIAL DISTRIBUTION OF EMERGENCY STATUS
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- establishing an emergency event node for an emergency in a social networking system;
accessing records for a plurality of users of the social networking system;
determining a set of at-risk users from the plurality of users as being associated with the emergency event node;
requesting a status update relative to the emergency event node from one or more users connected to one or more at-risk users in the set of at-risk users;
receiving one or more status updates about the one or more at-risk users; and
communicating the status updates about the one or more at-risk users to one or more other users who have established a connection with the one or more at-risk users, the communicating excluding communication of the status updates to one or more users who do not have access privileges to information associating the one or more at-risk users with the emergency event node.
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Abstract
A social networking system distributes information related to emergency events. The social networking system provides an interface for users to view information about the users'"'"' connections related to the emergency event. The interface allows users to filter the users'"'"' connections to search for connections affected by the emergency event. The interface also includes a status indicator for the users and provides a method for providing input to the connections'"'"' status.
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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establishing an emergency event node for an emergency in a social networking system; accessing records for a plurality of users of the social networking system; determining a set of at-risk users from the plurality of users as being associated with the emergency event node; requesting a status update relative to the emergency event node from one or more users connected to one or more at-risk users in the set of at-risk users; receiving one or more status updates about the one or more at-risk users; and communicating the status updates about the one or more at-risk users to one or more other users who have established a connection with the one or more at-risk users, the communicating excluding communication of the status updates to one or more users who do not have access privileges to information associating the one or more at-risk users with the emergency event node. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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establishing an emergency event node in a social networking system; identifying a set of at-risk users relative to the emergency event node; associating a status update with each of the users in the set of at-risk users who are associated with the emergency event node; providing an interface to a viewing user of the social networking system to view information associated with the emergency event node in the social networking system; excluding a user from a plurality of users associated with the emergency event node if the viewing user does not have access privileges to information associating the connection with the emergency event node; filtering the plurality of users; sorting the filtered users, the sorting based in part on the filtered users'"'"' membership in the set of at-risk users; and sending, for display to the viewing user, information about at least a portion of the sorted users, the information including the status updates of the sorted users. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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