Patent ID: 9537815
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: providing an event notification window, the event notification window including an event notification associated with a specific member of a social network to one or more social network friends of the specific member; receiving a first event message input into an event message generation window in response to the event notification from a first social network friend of the specific member; in response to receiving the first event message input into the event message generation window, generating a communal space viewable within the event notification window, the event notification window being separate from the event message generation window, the communal space accessible by the specific member and the one or more social network friends who received the event notification, the communal space configured to receive additional messages from the one or more social network friends who received the event notification; posting the first event message from the first social network friend within the communal space; providing the communal space for display to the specific member of the social network and the one or more social network friends of the specific member, the communal space including the first event message; and preventing additional messages from being posted within the communal space by other members of the social network after an expiry of a defined period of time after an event represented by the event notification.