Patent ID: 8099433
Filing Date: 2012-01-17
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: maintaining in a computer system a plurality of relationships among users in a social networking system, each relationship comprising a connection between at least two users of the social networking system; for at least one relationship, receiving one or more relationship details from at least one of the users in the relationship, wherein at least one of the relationship details are received via a relationship inquiry user interface; associating the received relationship details with one or more calendar dates associated with the one or more relationship details; generating a social timeline comprising a chronological representation of one or more of the relationship details and their associated calendar dates, the relationship details comprising events or other data pertaining to the relationship that the users in the relationship had in common during a set of time periods; and sending the social timeline of the relationships for display in a graphical user interface.