Patent ID: 9052806
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: displaying social information associated with a contact of a user of a social networking service in a first area of a mobile client device, wherein the social information comprises at least one of: an image of the contact, a location of the contact, contact information of the contact, a message uploaded to the server by the contact, and a message associated with the contact; displaying a plurality of user interface elements in a condensed form representing media items associated with the social information displayed in the first area and determined by the social networking service to be of interest to the user in a second area of the mobile client device overlaid on the first area at a first position, the displayed social information independent of the plurality of user interface elements displayed in the second area, wherein the second area comprises a media reel displaying the plurality of user interface elements, the media reel operable to make translational movements; responsive to receiving, on a touchscreen, a first user input corresponding to a horizontal swiping motion, moving the plurality of user interface elements within the second area in a horizontal direction independent of the social information in the first area, wherein at least one user interface element is removed from view on the media reel at one end and replaced with at least another user interface element from an opposite end of the media reel; receiving selection of a user interface element in the second area; displaying a media item corresponding to the selected user interface element responsive to receiving the selection; responsive to receiving, on the touchscreen, a second user input corresponding to a vertical swiping motion, moving the social information within the first area in a vertical direction independent of the user interface elements in the second area, wherein the overlaid media reel maintains the first position; responsive to the vertical swiping motion, displaying the social information associated with another contact of the user of the social networking service in the first area of the mobile client device; and responsive to the vertical swiping motion, displaying updated user interface elements in a condensed form in the media reel representing media items associated with the social information associated with said another contact of the user in the first area and determined by the social networking service to be of interest to the user.