Generating a consolidated social story in a feed of stories for a user of a social networking system
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving information about actions performed by a plurality of users of a social networking system;
accessing relationship data for the plurality of users, the relationship data identifying relationships in the social networking system among users of the plurality of users;
receiving a request from a viewing user of the plurality of users for a feed of stories;
selecting a plurality of the stored actions, wherein each of the selected stored actions relate to another user of the plurality of users with whom the viewing user has a relationship in the social networking system as identified in the relationship data, and wherein the selected stored actions have a common element;
generating an aggregated story for the viewing user, wherein the aggregated story comprises a description of the common element, the selected stored actions, and the users related to the selected stored actions;
generating the requested feed of stories for the viewing user, the generated feed of stories comprising;
the generated aggregated story, andone or more other stories that describe one or more other stored actions that relate to one or more other users of the plurality of users with whom the viewing user has a relationship in the social networking system; and
sending the feed of stories for display to the viewing user.
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Abstract
To generate dynamic relationship-based content personalized for members of a social networking system, at least one action of one or more members of the social networking system is associated with relationship data for the one or more members to produce consolidated data. One or more elements associated with the consolidated data is identified and used to aggregate the consolidated data. Further exemplary methods comprise weighting by affinity the aggregated consolidated data to generate dynamic relationship-based content personalized for the members of the web-based social network.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving information about actions performed by a plurality of users of a social networking system; accessing relationship data for the plurality of users, the relationship data identifying relationships in the social networking system among users of the plurality of users; receiving a request from a viewing user of the plurality of users for a feed of stories; selecting a plurality of the stored actions, wherein each of the selected stored actions relate to another user of the plurality of users with whom the viewing user has a relationship in the social networking system as identified in the relationship data, and wherein the selected stored actions have a common element; generating an aggregated story for the viewing user, wherein the aggregated story comprises a description of the common element, the selected stored actions, and the users related to the selected stored actions; generating the requested feed of stories for the viewing user, the generated feed of stories comprising; the generated aggregated story, and one or more other stories that describe one or more other stored actions that relate to one or more other users of the plurality of users with whom the viewing user has a relationship in the social networking system; and sending the feed of stories for display to the viewing user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including computer program code for:
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receiving information about actions performed by a plurality of users of a social networking system; accessing relationship data for the plurality of users, the relationship data identifying relationships in the social networking system among users of the plurality of users; receiving a request from a viewing user of the plurality of users for a feed of stories; selecting a plurality of the stored actions, wherein each of the selected stored actions relate to another user of the plurality of users with whom the viewing user has a relationship in the social networking system as identified in the relationship data, and wherein the selected stored actions have a common element; generating an aggregated story for the viewing user, wherein the aggregated story comprises a description of the common element, the selected stored actions, and the users related to the selected stored actions; generating the requested feed of stories for the viewing user, the generated feed of stories comprising; the generated aggregated story, and one or more other stories that describe one or more other stored actions that relate to one or more other users of the plurality of users with whom the viewing user has a relationship in the social networking system; and sending the feed of stories for display to the viewing user. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system comprising:
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a processor; a computer-readable storage medium coupled to the processor, the computer-readable storage medium including instructions for; receiving information about actions performed by a plurality of users of a social networking system; accessing relationship data for the plurality of users, the relationship data identifying relationships in the social networking system among users of the plurality of users; receiving a request from a viewing user of the plurality of users for a feed of stories; selecting a plurality of the stored actions, wherein each of the selected stored actions relate to another user of the plurality of users with whom the viewing user has a relationship in the social networking system as identified in the relationship data, and wherein the selected stored actions have a common element; generating an aggregated story for the viewing user, wherein the aggregated story comprises a description of the common element, the selected stored actions, and the users related to the selected stored actions; generating the requested feed of stories for the viewing user, the generated feed of stories comprising; the generated aggregated story, and one or more other stories that describe one or more other stored actions that relate to one or more other users of the plurality of users with whom the viewing user has a relationship in the social networking system; and sending the feed of stories for display to the viewing user. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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