Patent ID: 9286263
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: G06F,G06N,G06Q,H01L,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for providing information regarding posts on social networking sites, the method comprising: receiving, using one or more computing devices, user input associated with linking a content item with a message for posting by a user on a social networking site; in response to the user input associated with linking the content item with the message, automatically determining, using the one or more computing devices, an identifier for the content item, and automatically identifying, using the one or more computing devices and based on the determined identifier, one or more messages which were previously posted on the social networking site and which include the content item; determining a number of contacts, associated with the user, that posted the one or more messages; calculating a ratio of the number of contacts to a total number of contacts associated with the user; and providing for display to the user in connection with a display of the message, using the one or more computing devices, a notification of the one or more messages which were previously posted on the social networking site and which include the content item, the notification comprising names of the contacts associated with the user that posted the one or more messages when the ratio satisfies a threshold ratio that represents a probability of the user identifying the names of the contacts that posted the one or more messages.