Patent ID: 8650252
Filing Date: 2014-02-11
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: detecting a posting by a user of content to share with one or more other users of a social networking system, the posting occurring by the user interacting with a page that includes information from the social networking system; responsive to detecting the posting, identifying a plurality of recommendation units based on a description of the posting, each of the plurality of recommendation units suggesting that the user perform a social interaction in the social networking system; calculating for each of the plurality of recommendation units a score based on a value to the social networking system for the user to perform the social interaction suggested by the recommendation unit; selecting a number of recommendation units from the plurality of recommendation units based on the calculated scores; and sending the selected recommendation units for presentation to the user within the page in which the posting occurred without reloading the page in its entirety, wherein the presentation of the recommendation units is initiated responsive to the detection of the posting.