Aol Inc.

Facebook, Inc.

Google Inc.

Other

Oath Inc.

Verizon Media Inc.

Aol LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company

John Panzer

Valerie Kucharewski

Mohan Rao

Vishwanathan Ramamurthy

Michael Traylor

Michael Anthony Buonomo

Jack Mazzeo

Muhammad Mohsin Hussain

Kevin Thomas Brown

Neil Wayne Cohen

Catherine Tornabene

Todd Crowe

A web server and a shared caching server are described for serving dynamic content to users of at least two different types, where the different types of users receive different versions of the dynamic content. A version of the dynamic content includes a validation header, such as an ETag, that stores information indicative of the currency of the dynamic content and information indicative of a user type for which the version of the dynamic content is intended. In response to a user request for the dynamic content, the shared caching server sends a validation request to the web server with the validation header information. The web server determines, based on the user type of the requestor and/or on the currency of the cached dynamic content whether to instruct the shared caching server to send the cached content or to send updated content for serving to the user.

Systems and methods for caching and serving dynamic content

Enabling management of contacts includes passively recognizing a set of contacts that are, as a group, repeatedly sent communications by a member, bringing the member's attention to the recognized set of contacts, enabling the member to name the set of contacts, and enabling the member to address future communications to the set of contacts through use of the name associated by the member with the set of contacts.

People lists

Central people lists accessible by multiple applications

An example implementation includes processing message-related information of a first user for a cluster of related users and determining interaction levels for the cluster of related users. The interaction levels describe a level of interaction between the first user and the related users of the cluster. The users of the cluster are ranked based on the interaction levels and a group suggestion is generated suggesting a group be created on a social networking service based on the ranking of the cluster of related users. The group suggestion is sent to the first user for presentation and a response is received from the first user including user input provided in response to the group suggestion being sent. A group of users is created on the social networking service based on the response.

Automatically suggesting groups based on past user interaction

An example implementation includes identifying a cluster of associated users that includes a plurality of unregistered users based at least in part on message-related information related to a first user. The unregistered users are users that have not been registered to use a social networking service. An invitation is sent to each of the plurality of unregistered users to join the social networking service and two or more requests to join the social networking service are received from two or more interested users, respectively, the two or more interested users being included in the plurality of unregistered users. Each of the two or more interested users is registered to use the social networking service based at least in part on a join criterion.

Seeding user connections in a social network

In one implementation, a computer-implemented method includes receiving, at a computer system, an electronic photograph; and identifying, by the computer system, a plurality of users of depicted in the electronic photograph. The computer-implemented method can also include designating a group of users based on the identified plurality of users; and providing information regarding the designated group of users to one or more computing devices associated with one or more of the plurality of users.

Using photographs to manage groups

Systems and techniques for sharing information among members of a group. Information about all current members of a group is stored. Instructions are received from at least one current member to invite at least one prospective member to join the group and the invitation to join the group is sent to the prospective member. In the event that an affirmative response is received, the prospective member is added to the current members of the group and automatically updated services are provided to current members of the group.

Shared groups rostering system

Enabling electronic logging using an instant message system includes identifying an interactive agent to an instant message (IM) host system under a first screen name, receiving multiple IMs addressed to the first screen name, the IMs being received from multiple users identifiable to the IM host system, and for each of at least some received, IMs addressed to the first screen name determining which one of the multiple users sent the IM, identifying a web log associated with the user who sent the IM, and adding the contents of the IM to the identified web log.

Enabling electronic logging through an instant message system

An apparatus and method for enabling management of contacts is disclosed. The method includes passively recognizing that a plurality of contacts are, as a group, repeatedly sent communications by a member, generating a contacts list including the plurality of contacts based on the passive recognition, enabling the member to associate an identifier with the contacts list, and enabling the member to address future communications to the plurality of contacts, as a group, through use of the identifier associated with the contacts list.

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Mountain View, CA, United States of America

John Panzer