Scaling social networks
First Claim
1. A computer implemented system comprising:
- one or more processors;
memory stored on the one or more processors;
an authentication component stored in memory and executed by the one or more processors to authorize access to a personal space associated with a social circle, the personal space is maintained by a provider of a social networking service and is associated with a user of the social networking service;
an interface component stored in memory and executed by the one or more processors to interface the personal space to a content feed; and
a customization component stored in memory and executed by the one or more processors to throttle the content feed based upon a set of commitment characteristics associated with the social circle.
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Abstract
The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can scale a content feed in terms of the amount of content delivered in order to facilitate satisfactory experiences in connection with a social network. In particular, the architecture can utilize a content feed to disseminate content between members of a network community, generally relative to a particular social circle of a given user. The architecture can maintain a personal space for the user and display to the personal space content provided by a content feed. Content provided to the personal space (as well as that retrieved from the personal space) can be scaled based upon a variety of commitment characteristics associated with the social circle. In addition, the architecture can employ smart dispersal of content and can intelligently acquire additional content from the user or import suitable settings from disparate users.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer implemented system comprising:
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one or more processors; memory stored on the one or more processors; an authentication component stored in memory and executed by the one or more processors to authorize access to a personal space associated with a social circle, the personal space is maintained by a provider of a social networking service and is associated with a user of the social networking service; an interface component stored in memory and executed by the one or more processors to interface the personal space to a content feed; and a customization component stored in memory and executed by the one or more processors to throttle the content feed based upon a set of commitment characteristics associated with the social circle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer implemented method comprising:
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maintaining, by at least one processor, for a user of a social networking service a social circle that includes a personal space; authenticating, by the at least one processor, access to the personal space by the user; interfacing, by the at least one processor, a content feed to the personal space; and employing a processor for customizing an amount of content provided by the content feed based upon a set of commitment characteristics associated with the social circle. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A computer storage media having computer executable instructions encoded thereon, the computer executable instructions for execution by a processor to perform operations comprising:
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authorizing access to a personal space associated with a social circle, the personal space is maintained by a provider of a social networking service and is associated with a user of the social networking service; interfacing the personal space to a content feed; providing to the content feed outgoing content from the personal space or the user, the providing utilizing smart dispersal of outgoing content in order to simulate frequent updates to the personal space; and throttling the content feed based upon a set of commitment characteristics associated with the user, the set of commitment characteristics includes at least one of a recent level of activity in connection with the user, a historic level of activity in connection with the user, a size of the social circle, a historic level of activity of one or more contacts included in the social circle, a recent level of activity of one or more contacts included in the social circle, or a level of other commitments or obligations.
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