Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Providing posts from an extended network
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Application No.: US14476133Application Date: 2014-09-03
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Publication No.: US09747347B1Publication Date: 2017-08-29
- Inventor: Jeffrey Adgate Dean , Sanjay Ghemawat , Sachin Jain , Boris Mazniker
- Applicant: Google Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Patent Law Works LLP
- Main IPC: G06F17/30
- IPC: G06F17/30 ; H04L12/18

Abstract:
A system includes: an engaging post identifier for identifying and retrieving engaging posts; an extended network post identifier for identifying extended posts from an extended network; a combining module for creating a combined list of added posts from the engaging post and the extended posts, the combining module generating one or more ranked posts by ranking the list of added posts by relevance to a user; and a user interface module for providing the one or more ranked posts. The disclosure also includes a method for finding and providing engaging posts that includes determining engaging posts; determining extended posts from an extended social network using a social graph of the user; adding the engaging posts and the extended posts to create a combined list of added posts; ranking the added posts by relevance to a user; and providing one or more of the ranked posts.
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