Patent ID: 8713455
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for generating and displaying a visual flow of user content through a social network, the computer-implemented method comprising: determining, at a computing device having one or more processors and being associated with the social network, a first action by a first user, the first action being associated with a posting to the social network; determining, at the computing device, one or more second actions by one or more second users, respectively, the one or more second actions being associated with the posting, the one or more second users being associated with the first user wherein at least one of the one or more second users is directly associated with the first user; generating, at the computing device, a first instruction for generating a visual display that includes a region for each of the first user and the one or more second users; generating, at the computing device, a second instruction for arranging the regions in the visual display according to a set of layout rules, the layout rules including: generating, at the computing device, a third instruction for aligning the first directional indicator in the visual display at a same angle as an angle of a second directional indicator from one of the second set of regions to the specific region; and generating, at the computing device, a fourth instruction for providing the visual display to a user via a display connected to the computing device, the visual display illustrating a flow of the user content through the social network, the visual display including the regions and the first and second directional indicators.