Patent Document ID: 9385986
Application ID: 14142624

Base Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: identifying third-party content objects associated with a user of the social networking system; establishing, by a computer, a maximum rate at which to provide notifications of third-party content objects to the user, where the maximum rate is a maximum number of notifications that can be sent to the user in a predetermined time period; providing a first set of notifications of third-party content objects to a user device of the user within the maximum rate; receiving a plurality of interactions with the first set of notifications made by the user; automatically identifying, from the plurality of interactions, a geographic location where the user had interactions with the first set of notifications; automatically determining that the user is at the geographic location where the user had the interactions with the first set of notifications; adjusting the maximum rate to provide the notifications of third-party content objects based on the user being at the geographic location; providing a second set of notifications of third-party content objects to the user device within the adjusted maximum rate while the user is at the geographic location.

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Claim 5:
5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the third-party content objects comprise informational content objects describing at least one of movie show times, movie reviews, restaurant menus, restaurant reviews, product information, and product reviews of interest to the user.