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Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018

Filed:

Nov. 23, 2015
Applicant:

Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Michael Dudley Johnson, San Mateo, CA (US);

Ryan Patterson, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30554 (2013.01); G06F 17/3053 (2013.01); G06F 17/30528 (2013.01); G06F 17/30867 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, a social-networking system may compile a set of search results based on information known about a user stored by the social-networking system, the search results being compiled before the user inputs any search query or portion thereof, each search result being associated with one or more call-to-action elements applicable to the search result, each call-to-action element prompting an action from the user related to the search result via the social-networking system, and send the set of search results with the call-to-action elements for presentation to the user, wherein the call-to-action elements are presented to the user in proximity to their associated search results.


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