Patent ID: 8856248
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: identifying a low engagement user of a plurality of users of a social networking system, the low engagement user identified based on a measure of interaction of the low engagement user in a social networking system; identifying one or more additional users of the plurality of users who have established a connection to the low engagement user in the social networking system; determining a measure of relatedness between the low engagement user and one or more of the additional users; identifying a group of the additional users having a threshold level of relatedness with the low engagement user; ranking the activities performed in the social networking system by the identified group of additional users, the ranking based at least in part on the determined measure of relatedness; selecting a plurality of the ranked activities based on the ranking; creating by a processor, a plurality of notifications associated with at least a portion of the selected activities; generating a digest communication that comprises the plurality of notifications; and sending, in a communication channel external to the social networking system, the digest communication for display to the low engagement user.