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

Claim 17:
18. 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;
providing a boost selection for promoting news posts on the graphical user interface;
in response to the user selecting the boost selection for the news post, providing a boost parameter input on the graphical user interface that allows the user to set a plurality of boost parameters applicable to just the one news post, wherein:
the plurality of boost parameters set a display priority for the news post in news feeds of all members relative to other news posts of an organization news site, and
at least one of the plurality of boost parameters further include a boost duration for the boost to expire;

creating and storing a boost configuration for the boosted news post which includes parameters for boosting the news post on a per organization member basis;
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;
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 of the plurality of boost parameters set by the user;
wherein the plurality of boost parameters includes boosting the news post in the organization member's news feed for a number of impressions of the organization member on a per organization member basis; and
wherein the news post displayed in the news feed of the organization member includes an indication that the news post was boosted.