Patent ID: 9323850
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a processing device of a computer system, an indication that a first user of a social network wishes to share a content item with one or more followers of the first user in the social network; determining by the processing device, for a second user of the social network who is one of the followers of the first user, a viral score that is based on a probability that content that is publicly shared with the second user appears in the second user's stream; generating, by the processing device, a list of potential recipients for the content item, wherein the list comprises a subset of the followers of the first user in the social network with the highest viral scores; presenting to the first user, in response to the indication, the list of potential recipients for the content item in descending order of viral scores; receiving, from the first user, a selection of one or more of the potential recipients; and sharing the content item with the selected one or more potential recipients.