Patent ID: 8560954
Filing Date: 2013-10-15
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a computing device associated with a user, an indication of a selection of a graphical element displayed at a graphical user interface of the computing device, the graphical element being associated with social information provided by a plurality of other users, wherein the graphical user interface includes content, and wherein the social information is associated with the content; responsive to receiving the indication of the selection of the graphical element, updating, by the computing device, the graphical user interface to include a social information overlay across at least a portion of the content, the social information overlay including, in a first ordered arrangement of a plurality of ordered arrangements, at least a portion of the social information associated with the content and a plurality of selectable objects each corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of ordered arrangements, wherein at least one of the plurality of ordered arrangements is based on a relationship strength value for each respective user from the plurality of users, wherein the relationship strength value is based at least in part on an amount of contact between the respective user and each other user from the plurality of users, and wherein at least another one of the plurality of ordered arrangements is based on a distance between a physical location associated with the content and the physical location of each respective client device associated with at least one user from the plurality of users; receiving, by the computing device, an indication of a selection of a selectable object of the plurality of selectable objects; and responsive to receiving the indication of the selection of the selectable object, updating, by the computing device and based at least in part on the selection of the selectable object, the social information overlay to include a second portion of the social information associated with the content in the at least another one of the plurality of ordered arrangements.