Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Social context for applications
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Application No.: US15497003Application Date: 2017-04-25
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Publication No.: US09973586B2Publication Date: 2018-05-15
- Inventor: Neel Ishwar Murarka , Philip Fung , Raghavendar Chandrasekaran
- Applicant: Facebook, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Agency: Baker Botts L.L.P.
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16 ; H04L29/08 ; H04L12/58 ; G06F17/30 ; G06Q50/00 ; H04L29/06

Abstract:
In one embodiment, a method includes identifying an application installed on a client device of a first user, and one or more second users of a social-networking system that are connected to the first user within the social-networking system. Data associated with the one or more second users may be determined. The data may indicate: a number of the one or more second users who have installed the identified application, or a number of uses of the identified application by the one or more second users over a pre-determined period of time. The data, which may be configured to be displayed on the client device with an interactive element associated with the application, may be sent to the client device of the first user.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170230471A1 SOCIAL CONTEXT FOR APPLICATIONS Public/Granted day:2017-08-10
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