Generating a summary of social media content
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving, by one or more processing devices from a client device of a user, one or more search terms specified by the user;
searching, in a social network, for items of social media content that (i) are posted by one or more other users socially connected in the social network within one degree of separation to the user who specified the one or more search terms, and (ii) have at least a predefined amount of relevance to the one or more search terms;
identifying, based on searching, a plurality of different items of social media content that (i) are posted by the one or more other users socially connected in the social network within one degree of separation to the user who specified the one or more search terms, and (ii) have at least the predefined amount of relevance to the one or more search terms;
identifying, in the plurality of different items of social media content, one or more terms having at least the predefined amount of relevance to at least one of the one or more search terms;
identifying one or more previously executed search queries that comprise at least one of the one or more terms identified;
re-executing at least one of the one or more previously executed search queries;
identifying, based on re-executing, one or more additional items of social media content that (i) are posted by the one or more other users socially connected in the social network within one degree of separation to the user who specified the one or more search terms, and (ii) have at least the predefined amount of relevance to the one or more search terms; and
generating, by the one or more processing devices, a summary of (i) content of the plurality of different items of social media content identified based on searching, and (ii) content of the one or more additional items of social media content identified based on re-execution;
wherein the summary provides a description of content in at least a subset of the one or more additional items of social media content and the plurality of different items of social media content that are posted by the one or more other users socially connected in the social network within one degree of separation to the user who specified the one or more search terms, and wherein the summary differs from the content in the subset of the plurality of different items of social media content.
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Abstract
A method includes receiving, using one or more processing devices, one or more search terms; searching, in a social network using the one or more processing devices, for items of social media content with at least a predefined amount of relevance to the one or more search terms; identifying, based on searching using the one or more processing devices, the items of social media content with at least the predefined amount of relevance to the one or more search terms; and generating, using the one or more processing devices, a summary of content in the identified items of social media content; wherein the summary comprises a subset of the content in the identified items of social media content.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, by one or more processing devices from a client device of a user, one or more search terms specified by the user; searching, in a social network, for items of social media content that (i) are posted by one or more other users socially connected in the social network within one degree of separation to the user who specified the one or more search terms, and (ii) have at least a predefined amount of relevance to the one or more search terms; identifying, based on searching, a plurality of different items of social media content that (i) are posted by the one or more other users socially connected in the social network within one degree of separation to the user who specified the one or more search terms, and (ii) have at least the predefined amount of relevance to the one or more search terms; identifying, in the plurality of different items of social media content, one or more terms having at least the predefined amount of relevance to at least one of the one or more search terms; identifying one or more previously executed search queries that comprise at least one of the one or more terms identified; re-executing at least one of the one or more previously executed search queries; identifying, based on re-executing, one or more additional items of social media content that (i) are posted by the one or more other users socially connected in the social network within one degree of separation to the user who specified the one or more search terms, and (ii) have at least the predefined amount of relevance to the one or more search terms; and generating, by the one or more processing devices, a summary of (i) content of the plurality of different items of social media content identified based on searching, and (ii) content of the one or more additional items of social media content identified based on re-execution; wherein the summary provides a description of content in at least a subset of the one or more additional items of social media content and the plurality of different items of social media content that are posted by the one or more other users socially connected in the social network within one degree of separation to the user who specified the one or more search terms, and wherein the summary differs from the content in the subset of the plurality of different items of social media content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. One or more machine-readable hardware storage devices storing instructions that are executable by one or more processing devices to perform operations comprising:
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receiving, from a client device of a user, one or more search terms specified by the user; searching, in a social network, for items of social media content that (i) are posted by one or more other users socially connected in the social network within one degree of separation to the user who specified the one or more search terms, and (ii) have at least a predefined amount of relevance to the one or more search terms; identifying, based on searching, a plurality of different items of social media content that (i) are posted by the one or more other users socially connected in the social network within one degree of separation to the user who specified the one or more search terms, and (ii) have at least the predefined amount of relevance to the one or more search terms; identifying, in the plurality of different items of social media content, one or more terms having at least the predefined amount of relevance to at least one of the one or more search terms; identifying one or more previously executed search queries that comprise at least one of the one or more terms identified; re-executing at least one of the one or more previously executed search queries; identifying, based on re-executing, one or more additional items of social media content that (i) are posted by the one or more other users socially connected in the social network within one degree of separation to the user who specified the one or more search terms, and (ii) have at least the predefined amount of relevance to the one or more search terms; and generating a summary of (i) content of the plurality of different items of social media content identified based on searching, and (ii) content of the one or more additional items of social media content identified based on re-execution; wherein the summary provides a description of content in at least a subset of the one or more additional items of social media content and the plurality of different items of social media content that are posted by the one or more other users socially connected in the social network within one degree of separation to the user who specified the one or more search terms, and wherein the summary differs from the content in the subset of the plurality of different items of social media content. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An electronic system comprising:
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one or more processing devices; and one or more machine-readable hardware storage devices storing instructions that are executable by the one or more processing devices to perform operations comprising; receiving, from a client device of a user, one or more search terms specified by the user; searching, in a social network, for items of social media content that (i) are posted by one or more other users socially connected in the social network within one degree of separation to the user who specified the one or more search terms, and (ii) have at least a predefined amount of relevance to the one or more search terms; identifying, based on searching, a plurality of different items of social media content that (i) are posted by the one or more other users socially connected in the social network within one degree of separation to the user who specified the one or more search terms, and (ii) have at least the predefined amount of relevance to the one or more search terms; identifying, in the plurality of different items of social media content, one or more terms having at least the predefined amount of relevance to at least one of the one or more search terms; identifying one or more previously executed search queries that comprise at least one of the one or more terms identified; re-executing at least one of the one or more previously executed search queries; identifying, based on re-executing, one or more additional items of social media content that (i) are posted by the one or more other users socially connected in the social network within one degree of separation to the user who specified the one or more search terms, and (ii) have at least the predefined amount of relevance to the one or more search terms; and generating a summary of (i) content of the plurality of different items of social media content identified based on searching, and (ii) content of the one or more additional items of social media content identified based on re-execution; wherein the summary provides a description of content in at least a subset of the one or more additional items of social media content and the plurality of different items of social media content that are posted by the one or more other users socially connected in the social network within one degree of separation to the user who specified the one or more search terms, and wherein the summary differs from the content in the subset of the plurality of different items of social media content. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An electronic system comprising:
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means for receiving, from a client device of a user, one or more search terms specified by the user; means for searching, in a social network, for items of social media content that (i) are posted by one or more other users socially connected in the social network within one degree of separation to the user who specified the one or more search terms, and (ii) have at least a predefined amount of relevance to the one or more search terms; means for identifying, based on searching, a plurality of different items of social media content that (i) are posted by the one or more other users socially connected in the social network within one degree of separation to the user who specified the one or more search terms, and (ii) have at least the predefined amount of relevance to the one or more search terms; means for identifying, in the plurality of different items of social media content, one or more terms having at least the predefined amount of relevance to at least one of the one or more search terms; means for identifying one or more previously executed search queries that comprise at least one of the one or more terms identified; means for re-executing at least one of the one or more previously executed search queries; means for identifying, based on re-executing, one or more additional items of social media content that (i) are posted by the one or more other users socially connected in the social network within one degree of separation to the user who specified the one or more search terms, and (ii) have at least the predefined amount of relevance to the one or more search terms; and means for generating a summary of (i) content of the plurality of different items of social media content identified based on searching, and (ii) content of the one or more additional items of social media content identified based on re-execution; wherein the summary provides a description of content in at least a subset of the one or more additional items of social media content and the plurality of different items of social media content that are posted by the one or more other users socially connected in the social network within one degree of separation to the user who specified the one or more search terms, and wherein the summary differs from the content in the subset of the plurality of different items of social media content.
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