Patent ID: 8725830
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of accepting a third party content contribution submission, the method comprising: receiving a first submission from a first user, wherein the first submission includes a first uniform resource locator of a first content item; receiving, at a time subsequent to the first submission, a second submission from a second user, wherein the second submission includes a second uniform resource locator of a second content item; performing one or more automated checks on at least a portion of the second submission, including performing a duplicate check to determine whether the second submission is potentially a duplicate of the first submission; if it is determined that the second submission is potentially a duplicate of the first submission, prompting the second user with an indication of the first submission, wherein said prompting comprises: displaying a list of previous submissions that are potential duplicates of the second submission, including the first submission; and displaying an actionable control for initiating a digg preference event regarding one of the previous submissions; and if it is determined that the second submission is not potentially a duplicate of the first submission, accepting the second submission based on an identity of the second user, wherein said accepting includes: identifying a length of time the second user has been a registered user of a site at which the second submission is received; and determining whether the second user previously submitted inappropriate content to the site.