Displaying news ticker content based on diversity in a social networking system
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- sending for display to a target user of a social networking system a news ticker presenting a plurality of stories each describing an action performed by a user of the social networking system connected to the target user and identifying the user performing the action, each of the plurality of stories associated with a story type, the news ticker including stories associated with a threshold number of story types, the threshold number of story types comprising a plurality of story types, the news ticker comprising a graphical user interface;
detecting, by an action interface module, one or more actions performed by users connected to the target user after the news ticker is sent to the target user, the action interface module configured to detect and store actions performed by users of the social networking system in real time;
retrieving, by a news ticker computing system, candidate stories each describing a detected action performed by a user connected to the target user and each associated with a story type;
selecting, by the news ticker computing system, a candidate story associated with a story type for inclusion in an updated news ticker such that the updated news ticker includes at least the threshold number of story types;
without receiving an input from the target user, modifying, by the news ticker computing system, a presentation of stories within the news ticker to include the selected candidate story, to remove an existing story from the presentation of stories within the news ticker associated with the same story type as the selected candidate story, and such that the presentation of stories within the news ticker includes at least the threshold number of story types to generate the updated news ticker; and
sending the updated news ticker including the selected candidate story for display to the target user.
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Abstract
A social networking system displays stories describing actions to a user in a news ticker. The stories may be selected so that a variety of types of stories, stories associated with a variety of users, or stories associated with a variety of actions are presented via the news ticker. Additionally, stories having a common characteristic, such as being associated with a common user, may be aggregated and a description of the aggregated stories is presented in the news ticker. For example, stories aggregated based on acting user may identify the user common to the stories and a description of the aggregated stories may be displayed. Further, the value to the social networking system of displaying different types of content may be used to modify how different types of content are displayed in the news ticker.
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17 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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sending for display to a target user of a social networking system a news ticker presenting a plurality of stories each describing an action performed by a user of the social networking system connected to the target user and identifying the user performing the action, each of the plurality of stories associated with a story type, the news ticker including stories associated with a threshold number of story types, the threshold number of story types comprising a plurality of story types, the news ticker comprising a graphical user interface; detecting, by an action interface module, one or more actions performed by users connected to the target user after the news ticker is sent to the target user, the action interface module configured to detect and store actions performed by users of the social networking system in real time; retrieving, by a news ticker computing system, candidate stories each describing a detected action performed by a user connected to the target user and each associated with a story type; selecting, by the news ticker computing system, a candidate story associated with a story type for inclusion in an updated news ticker such that the updated news ticker includes at least the threshold number of story types; without receiving an input from the target user, modifying, by the news ticker computing system, a presentation of stories within the news ticker to include the selected candidate story, to remove an existing story from the presentation of stories within the news ticker associated with the same story type as the selected candidate story, and such that the presentation of stories within the news ticker includes at least the threshold number of story types to generate the updated news ticker; and sending the updated news ticker including the selected candidate story for display to the target user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method comprising:
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sending for display to a target user of a social networking system a news ticker presenting a plurality of stories each describing an action performed by a user of the social networking system connected to the target user and identifying the user performing the action, each of the plurality of stories associated with an acting user, the news ticker including stories associated with a threshold number of acting users, the threshold number of story types comprising a plurality of story types, the news ticker comprising a graphical user interface; detecting, by an action interface module, one or more actions performed by acting users connected to the target user after the news ticker is sent to the target user, the action interface module configured to detect and store actions performed by acting users of the social networking system in real time; retrieving, by a news ticker computing system, candidate stories each describing a detected action performed by an acting user connected to the target user; selecting, by the news ticker computing system, a candidate story associated with an acting user for inclusion in an updated news ticker such that the updated news ticker includes at least the threshold number of acting users; without receiving an input from the target user, modifying, by the news ticker computing system, a presentation of stories within the news ticker to include the selected candidate story, to remove an existing story from the presentation of stories within the news ticker associated with the same story type as the selected candidate story, and such that the presentation of stories within the news ticker includes at least the threshold number of story types to generate the updated news ticker; and sending the updated news ticker including the selected candidate story for display to the target user. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method comprising:
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sending for display to a target user of a social networking system a news ticker presenting a plurality of stories each describing an action performed by a user of the social networking system connected to the target user and identifying the user performing the action, each of the plurality of stories associated with an action, the news ticker including stories associated with a threshold number of actions, the threshold number of story types comprising a plurality of story types, the news ticker comprising a graphical user interface; detecting, by an action interface module, one or more actions performed by acting users connected to the target user after the news ticker is sent to the target user, the action interface module configured to detect and store actions performed by acting users of the social networking system in real time; retrieving, by the news ticker computing system, candidate stories each describing a detected action performed by an acting user connected to the target user; selecting, by the news ticker computing system, a candidate story associated with an action for inclusion in an updated news ticker such that the updated news ticker includes at least the threshold number of actions; without receiving an input from the target user, modifying, by the news ticker computing system, a presentation of stories within the news ticker to include the selected candidate story, to remove an existing story from the presentation of stories within the news ticker associated with the same story type as the selected candidate story, and such that the presentation of stories within the news ticker includes at least the threshold number of story types to generate the updated news ticker; and sending the updated news ticker including the selected candidate story for display to the target user. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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