Patent ID: 8924865
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, via an account associated with a first user of a social networking service, an indication of a subset of social contacts of the first user, wherein an ancestry of the first user comprises the subset of the social contacts of the first user, and an indication of ancestry relationships between the first user and the subset of the social contacts of the first user; providing for display, via the account associated with the first user, a first ancestry graph comprising representations of the subset of the social contacts of the first user and representations of the ancestry relationships among the subset of the social contacts; providing for display, in association with the first ancestry graph, an ancestry graphical component corresponding to a predetermined time period, the ancestry graphical component comprising indications of one or more changes to the first ancestry graph within the predetermined time period or indications of one or more posts within the social networking service associated with the subset of the social contacts, wherein the one or more posts are associated with timestamps corresponding to the predetermined time period; receiving, via the account associated with the first user, an indication that the ancestry of the first user comprises a person and an indication of an ancestry relationship between the first user and the person, wherein the person lacks an account in the social networking service; providing for display, within the first ancestry graph, an indication of the ancestry relationship between the first user and the person; determining whether the person is eligible for an account in the social networking service; if the person is eligible for the account in the social networking service: if the person is ineligible for the account in the social networking service: