Patent ID: 9632669
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: detecting, by a processor in association with a social network user interface, user input comprising a social network notification symbol followed by a social network tag, where the social network tag comprises a text keyword that identifies a social network topic within the social network; determining a subset of social network users within the social network that follow the social network topic identified by the text keyword of the social network tag; defining a referential third-party social network user notification subset within the social network as the determined subset of social network users within the social network that follow the social network topic; and publishing, to the defined referential third-party social network user notification subset within the social network, a referential third-party social network notification comprising the detected user input that comprises the social network notification symbol followed by the social network tag.