Patent ID: 9332077
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: maintaining in a database information about a plurality of users of a social networking system; maintaining in a database a plurality of connections between two or more of the users; receiving a content item from a first user of the social networking system, the content item containing text input, the text input comprising a reference to a second user of the social networking system; detecting the reference to the second user of the social networking system in the content item; responsive to detecting the reference to the second user, automatically selecting, by the social networking system, a third user of the social networking system to receive the content item based at least in part on whether the third user is connected to the second user in the social networking system; and sending a feed for display to the third user, the feed comprising a story about the content item including the text input and the reference to the second user.