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Prompting social networking system users in a newsfeed to provide additional user profile information
US8959211B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-8959211-B2 |
| Application number | US-201213680047-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Nov 17, 2012 |
| Priority date | Nov 17, 2012 |
| Publication date | Feb 17, 2015 |
| Grant date | Feb 17, 2015 |
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A social networking system presents questions to a user on an interface associated with the social networking system to elicit information about the user that is missing from the user's profile or is otherwise outdated. The questions are selected based on a number of factors, such as the need for or value of the information item, probability of a response, or cost of collecting the information item. In presenting the selected question, the social networking system prompts a user for information about the user in a an interface associated with a page from the social networking system, an application external to the social networking system, or using a push notification or prompt. The questions may be formatted in various ways, such as an explicit question, confirmation, a selection of responses, or social context to encourage the user to respond to the question.
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What is claimed is: 1. A method comprising: maintaining a profile for a user of a social networking system, the profile including one or more information items associated with data describing characteristics of the user and a set of unknown information items not associated with data; generating a feed that comprises a plurality of stories, wherein each of the stories comprises a description of an action performed by or related to another user of the social networking system with…
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- What does patent US8959211B2 cover?
- A social networking system presents questions to a user on an interface associated with the social networking system to elicit information about the user that is missing from the user's profile or is otherwise outdated. The questions are selected based on a number of factors, such as the need for or value of the information item, probability of a response, or cost of collecting the information …
- Who is the assignee on this patent?
- Lessin Samuel, Facebook Inc
- What technology area does this patent fall under?
- Primary CPC classification H04L65/403. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
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- Publication date Tue Feb 17 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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