Google Inc.

Yahoo! Inc.

Facebook, Inc.

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Eckart Walther

Qi Lu

Shyam Kapur

David Ku

Ali Diab

Jeff Weiner

Scott A Gatz

Norman Shi

Phu Hoang

Yuan Kui Shen

Chuck Kung

Lynne Pogue

Zheng Wang

Adam Sah

Benjamin Charles Appleton

Florian Buron

Adam Paul Schuck

Lars Eilstrup Rasmussen

Ramesh Balakrishnan

Jasson Schrock

James Christopher Norris

James Robert Muller

James Robert MacGill

Chirayu Krishnappa

Johan Tibell

BethEllyn McClendon

Dan Barak

Steffen Gerd Meschkat

Franck Chastagnol

Shashi Seth

Aaron Kwong Yue Lee

Steffen Meschkat

Dean Yasuda

Zheng Liu

George Strompolos

Florian Michel Buron

Koon-Ho Christopher Wong

Jonathan Emery Arena

Lavinia Petrache

James Robert Macgill

Pasha Sadri

Christophe Marcel Rene Tauziet

Tomer Bar

Judy Liu

Jeffrey Lin

Kejia Zhu

The examples provide a content item distributor computing system that is configured to determine characteristics of content providers and providing content items to certain categories of content providers. In one embodiment, the content item distributor receives a request from a content provider to receive content items and determines if a provided set of video content has a minimum number of viewers and meets a standard for upload content. In response to the determination, the content item distributor communicates a content item to the video content provider to present in conjunction with video content.

Categorizing digital content providers

A plurality of media content items associated with a user and stored locally can be identified. Information associated with the plurality can be acquired. The information can include time data, location data, and/or social graph data. It can be determined, based on the information, that a collection of media content items, out of the plurality, are related. A layout customized for the collection can be generated. Moreover, the collection of media content items that are determined to be related can be identified. The collection can be presented as a collage based on the layout customized for the collection. Contextual information associated with the collage can be acquired. The contextual information can include time data, location data, and/or social graph data. A particular virtual overlaying template can be selected based on the contextual information. The collage can be presented in conjunction with the particular virtual overlaying template.

Systems and methods for generating and presenting publishable collections of related media content items

Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can identify a set of media content items associated with a first user of a social networking system. It can be determined that a second user of the social networking system is attempting to access at least a portion of the set of media content items associated with the first user. A first subset of media content items can be dynamically selected out of the set of media content items. In some cases, each media content item in the first subset can satisfy specified selection criteria. The second user can be provided with access to a representation of the first subset of media content items. In some instances, the representation of the first subset can be provided in a media access interface associated with the first user.

Systems and methods for providing dynamically selected media content items

A method and apparatus for generating search results including searching by subdomain and providing sponsored results by subdomain is provided. A search system according to embodiments of the present invention analyzes search queries to determine if they are to be routed to subdomains and presents results include sponsored hits sponsored on a subdomain by subdomain basis.

Search system using search subdomain and hints to subdomains in search query statements and sponsored results on a subdomain-by-subdomain basis

Methods and system for displaying a click-to-buy overlay for an item on a video in a video hosting site. The item is matched to the video according to video metadata and/or rules selected by the video rights holder. If the uploader is not the video rights holder, the video rights holder can choose to monetize the video by selecting Click-to-Buy metadata and/or rules. A viewer of the video can choose between multiple retailers for an item offered in the overlay. The viewer can further navigate between multiple overlays associated with the video while the video is playing.

Standardizing video content for use in generating an advertising overlay

Methods and system for admitting a content provider into a revenue sharing program are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a request from a content provider to participate in the revenue sharing partner program and determining whether to invite the content provider based at least in part on infraction information associated with the content provider.

Monetization of digital content contributions

A computer-implemented method includes displaying information from a mapping application on a first domain on a web page, displaying one or more portable program modules from a second domain on the web page, and generating a display on the mapping application based actions form the one or more portable program modules.

Incorporating gadget functionality on webpages

Method, system, and computer readable medium for displaying items for sale in uploaded video content

Click-to buy overlays

A computer-implemented method for performing inter-domain communication in a web browser includes receiving first data from a first domain at a router associated with one or more domains other than the first domain, identifying at the router the one or more domains for receiving data associated with the received data, and transmitting second data associated with the received data to the one or more domains.

Inter-domain communication system using remote procedure calls for message communications between applications in different domains

System using router in a web browser for inter-domain communication

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