Generation of activity stream from server-side and client-side data

• US 9,305,320 B2
• Filed: 10/19/2011
• Issued: 04/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Mitchell, Justin, Garcia, David Harry, Odio, Samuel
• Primary Examiner(s): Bates, Kevin
• Assistant Examiner(s): Naoreen, Nazia
• Application Number:
  US13/277,069
• Publication Number:
  US 20130103757A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,630 Days
• Field of Search: 709/204
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching

Abstract

In particular embodiments, the newsfeed is rendered to a particular user using the locally stored copy of the resource, instead of pulling it back from the server-side. Thus, a user may see his or her content even before it is completely uploaded to the social networking system. In particular embodiments, the user may interact with the content, for example, by adding comments, captions, “likes”, etc. to the content even before it has been completely uploaded to the social networking system. In this manner, the user is provided an increased feeling of responsiveness that is independent of the current wireless link condition.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

by a client computing device, locally storing first user content and social-network actions on the client computing device;

by the client computing device, receiving an electronic document from a server of a social-networking system, the electronic document comprising (1) instructions for displaying at least a portion of the electronic document at the client computing device and (2) second user content from the social-networking system;

by the client computing device, in accordance with the instructions for displaying at least a portion of the electronic document, retrieving an activity stream comprising the first user content and the social-network actions locally stored in a database on the client computing device, wherein the first user content has not been sent by the client computing device to the social-networking system;

by the client computing device, incorporating the activity stream into at least the portion of the electronic document;

by the client computing device, displaying at least the portion of the electronic document, including the locally-stored first user content and information regarding the social-network actions locally stored on the client computing device; and

by the client computing device, concurrently sending the locally-stored first user content and the social-network actions locally stored on the client computing device to the social-networking system.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the locally-stored first user content comprises one or more locally-stored content items cached or queued for sending to the social-networking system.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying at least the portion of the electronic document including the locally-stored first user content comprises displaying an upload progress indicator for a locally-stored content item of the locally-stored first user content.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the activity stream comprises one or more client interactions with one or more locally-stored content items.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the client interactions comprise one or more comments associated with the one or more locally-stored content items.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the client interactions comprise one or more likes associated with the one or more locally-stored content items.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the client interactions comprise one or more tags associated with the one or more locally-stored content items.

8. The method of claim 4, wherein the client interactions comprise one or more captions associated with the one or more locally-stored content items.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the second user content from the social-networking system comprises one or more server-side content items, the locally-stored first user content comprises one or more locally-stored content items, and wherein displaying at least the portion of the electronic document including the locally-stored first user content comprises displaying the locally-stored content items and the server-side content items in a predetermined order.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the predetermined order is a chronological order.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the predetermined order is based on a relevancy score.

12. An apparatus comprising:

one or more processors;

one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media comprising instructions, the instructions operable, when executed by the one or more processors, to;

at a client computing device, locally store first user content and social-network actions on the client computing device;

at the client computing device, receive an electronic document from a server of a social-networking system, the electronic document comprising (1) instructions for displaying at least a portion of the electronic document at the client computing device and (2) second user content from the social-networking system;

at the client computing device, in accordance with the instructions for displaying at least a portion of the electronic document, retrieve an activity stream comprising the first user content and the social-network actions locally stored in a database on the client computing device, wherein the first user content has not been sent by the client computing device to the social-networking system;

at the client computing device, incorporate the activity stream into at least the portion of the electronic document;

at the client computing device, display at least the portion of the electronic document, including the locally-stored first user content and information regarding the social-network actions locally stored on the client computing device; and

at the client computing device, concurrently send the locally-stored first user content and the social-network actions locally stored on the client computing device to the social-networking system.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the locally-stored first user content comprises one or more locally-stored content items cached or queued for sending to the social-networking system.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the instructions operable, when executed by the one or more processors, to display at least a portion of the electronic document including the locally-stored first user content comprise instructions to display an upload progress indicator for a locally-stored content item of the locally-stored first user content.

15. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the locally-stored user content comprises one or more client interactions with one or more locally-stored content items.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the client interactions comprise one or more comments associated with the one or more locally-stored content items.

17. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the client interactions comprise one or more likes associated with the one or more locally-stored content items.

18. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the client interactions comprise one or more tags associated with the one or more locally-stored content items.

19. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the client interactions comprise one or more captions associated with the one or more locally-stored content items.

20. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the second user content from the social-networking system comprises one or more server-side content items, the locally-stored first user content comprises one or more locally-stored content items, and wherein the instructions operable, when executed by the one or more processors, to display at least the portion of the electronic document including the locally-stored first user content comprise instructions to display the locally-stored content items and the server-side content items in a predetermined order.