Patent ID: 9373101
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A method for filtering posts in a feed of a social network based on interest categories associated with the posts, the method comprising: receiving from a first user a request to view the feed, wherein the feed is associated with a second user; determining one or more interest categories associated with the second user; determining an authority level of the second user related to the one or more interest categories, wherein the authority level determination comprises: identifying at least one post that corresponds to at least one of the one or more interest categories; displaying to the first user the option to subscribe to one or more interest categories of the second user by selecting to subscribe to all of the interest categories associated with the second user, by selecting to subscribe to each intersecting interest category that is associated with both the first user and the second user, or by selecting to subscribe to specific interest categories associated with the second user; and sending to the first user the one or more posts associated with the interest categories of the second user to which the first user is now subscribed based upon the authority rating of the second user.