Patent ID: 8818985
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of prioritizing feed items based on rules, the method comprising: receiving input data, wherein the input data comprises data or feed metrics; receiving user input to provide one or more rules to prioritize a feed item, wherein at least one of the one or more rules incorporates the input data, wherein the user input includes one or more message cues, each message cue associated with a respective rule to distinguish the feed item prioritized by the respective rule from other feed items; accessing a plurality of feed items associated with a plurality of feeds, wherein at least one of the feeds is associated with an object stored in a database system, and wherein at least one of the feed items represents an event or an information update associated with the object; prioritizing, using one or more processors associated with one or more servers, the plurality of feed items based on the one or more rules; and for a feed item prioritized based on a rule, automatically displaying the feed item in combination with a message cue associated with the rule.