Patent ID: 8510377

Claim:
A computer implemented method for organizing user interest in one or more items within a distributed communications system, the method comprising: via at least one processing device, obtaining a plurality of interests each associated with an activity level, wherein the activity level with respect to a given interest is determined based on the number or amount of content items associated with the given interest over a period of time; via the at least one processing device, determining among the plurality of interests, a first interest that is associated with an activity level not exceeding a first threshold; via the at least one processing device, determining among the plurality of interests, at least one other interest that is related to the first interest and associated with an activity level exceeding a second threshold, wherein the first interest and the at least one other interest are different; and via the at least one processing device and based on the determining of the first interest and the at least one other interest, generating an interest page, the interest page comprising: a tag representing the determined first interest; one or more links each to at least one content item associated with the determined first interest; and one or more links each to the determined at least one other interest.