Patent ID: 11928116
Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G

Claim 11:
12. A method of operating a device, comprising:
providing a graphical user interface for a user on a display;
displaying one or more news posts of an organization news site on the graphical user interface for the user;
in response to the user selecting one news post, providing a boost parameter input on the graphical user interface that allows the user to set at least one boost parameter applicable to just the one news post, wherein:
the at least one boost parameter sets a display priority for the one news post relative to other news posts in news feeds of all members of the organization news site, and
the at least one boost parameter further includes a boost duration for the boost to expire;

displaying on the graphical user interface the selected one news post in a list with other news items;
allowing the user to move the one news item up or down in the list to change the display priority of the one news item up or down relative to the other news items; and
displaying the one news post with the display priority until the boost duration for the display priority expires in a ranked news feed of an organization member with a rank of the one news post in the news feed determined by the at least one boost parameter set by the user.