Facebook, Inc.

Francis Luu

Henry Bridge

Nathan Borror

Neel Ishwar Murarka

Brandon M Walkin

William Joseph Flynn, Iii

Lars Seren Backstrom

Philip Fung

Niv Seker

Keith Schacht

Wayne Kao

Ming Hua

Mark Tonkelowitz

Bo Zhang

Bret Steven Taylor

Jacob Andrew Brill

Cory Rudolph Ondrejka

Kristina Varshavskaya

Adam Mosseri

William Mcmillan Tyler

Christopher Tice

Michael James Matas

Luke St Clair

Rose Yao

William Samuel Bailey

Daniel E Weaver

Carl Philip Sjogreen

Daniel Schafer

Carl Phillip Sjogreen

Joshua Van Dyke Watzman

Alexander Urim

Richard Kenneth Zadoronzy

William Joseph Flynn

In one embodiment, a method includes determining whether a user of the mobile computing device is currently actively using an application on the mobile computing device; and if the user is not currently actively using an application on the mobile computing device, then automatically and without user input providing for display to the user on the mobile computing device a user interface (UI) including a number of interactive elements that each correspond to one of a number of social-networking functionalities provided at least in part by a social-networking system remote from the mobile computing device.

Socialized dash

News feed stories are ranked so that new stories appear above previously viewed stories for users of a social networking system. Top news stories are selected by the social networking system based on a ranking algorithm that incorporates an analysis of affinities for interests, users, and entities in the social networking system based on user interactions. Other new stories are provided after the top new stories in a chronological order. For each user of the social networking system, a view state is recorded that includes the order of news feed stories provided to users. Based on the view state and received user input, the social networking system may determine whether to provide new news feed stories to a viewing user.

Selectively providing content on a social networking system

In particular embodiments, a computing device provides for presentation to a user a user interface, the user interface including a plurality of related interactive elements. The computing device may receive touch gesture input from the user selecting one of the plurality of related interactive elements. The touch gesture input may have a duration of at least a pre-determined amount of time. The computing device, in response to the touch gesture input, may rearrange the plurality of related interactive elements, rearranging including stacking the plurality of related interactive elements for presentation to the user.

Interactive elements in a user interface

In one embodiment, a method includes receiving user input on a graphical user interface of a first computing device to provide location information associated with the first computing device to a second computing device. The current location of the first computing device is accessed, and the current location is sent to one or more second computing devices, the current location being displayed in a graphical user interface of the second computing devices.

Sharing location information during a communication session

In one embodiment, a method includes, during an incoming call from a second user, displaying a notification interface comprising an indication of the incoming call; during the incoming call, detecting a gesture input from the first user; and in response to the detection of the gesture input, transitioning to a messaging interface that includes one or more previous communications between the first user and the second user.

Messaging interface based on caller of an incoming call

A social networking system provides a personalized set of bookmarks to a user based on the user's interactions with the bookmarks and/or the items associated with the bookmarks. The personalized set of bookmarks is grouped by category, and the categories are ordered in accordance with rankings for the categories. The rankings for the categories are determined based on the highest ranked item from each category of item, and the ranking of the items is determined based on the user's interactions with the bookmarks and/or associated items.

Personalized bookmarks for social networking system actions based on user activity

In one embodiment, one or more communications are received by a computing device, where each communication is associated with an application on the computing device. Based on the received communications, a set of interactive elements are determined, each interactive element corresponding to a particular received communication. A subset of the interactive elements are determined based on the application associated with the communication corresponding to the interactive element, or the age of the communication corresponding to the interactive element. The subset of interactive elements is displayed.

Systems and methods for displaying a digest of messages or notifications without launching applications associated with the messages or notifications

In one embodiment, a client computing device receives a notification for a user associated with the client computing device and, without user input, displays the notification on a screen of the client computing device. The display of the notification may fill at least substantially a display area of the screen. The display of the notification may also include content of the notification, an indication of a source of the notification, and a user-activatable element associated with a social action for the user to take in response to the notification.

Mobile full-screen notification user interface

In one embodiment, user information for a user of a social-networking system is retrieved. Device information is determined for a device associated with the user. Based on the device information or the user information, content associated with the user is retrieved. Using the retrieved content, a content board is composed for use in a cover feed displayed on the device The content board may comprise a background image. Finally, the content board is sent to the device. In one embodiment, updated information for content associated with the user is retrieved. The updated information may be associated with content that was included in a previously-provided content board. Using the updated information, an update to the previously-provided content boards is composed. Finally, the updates may be sent to the previously-provided content boards to the device.

Social cover feed interface

In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request to provide location information associated with a first user. The location of the first user is determined, and the location of the first user is communicated to a second user, the location of the first user being displayed on a graphical user interface of a mobile computing device associated with the second user.

Display panel of a programmed computer system with a graphical user interface

Portion of a display screen with graphical user interface

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San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Francis Luu