Patent Document ID: 9178951
Application ID: 13615077

Base Claim:
1. A network device, comprising: a memory that stores instructions and data; and a processor that executes the stored instructions to perform actions, including: providing a plurality of content, at least a portion of the plurality of content associated with a first community and a remainder of the plurality of content associated with a second community, said first community and said second community being different online communities; receiving a usage pattern for each of a plurality of client devices for at least one of the plurality of content, at least a portion of the client devices associated with a user that is a member of the first community and a remainder of the client devices associated with a user that is a member of the second community; performing an analysis of the usage patterns for the client devices associated with the first community and the client devices associated with the second community, wherein a first link is determined for the content associated with the first community, a second link is determined for the content associated with the second community, and a third link is determined for content based on a combined analysis of usage patterns from client devices associated with the first community and client devices associated with the second community; employing the usage patterns to infer topics of interest to the plurality of client devices; and selectively providing the first link, the second link, the third link, a link to the first community, a link to the second community, and the inferred topics in a rank ordering for display by at least one client device.

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Claim 7:
7. The network device of claim 1 , wherein display by the at least one client device further comprises displaying information about cross community selections.