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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2013
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Brett Rolston Lider, San Francisco, CA (US);
Austin N Chang, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Harry Lintz, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kathleen Ko, San Francisco, CA (US);
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for selecting a user interface to be provided to one or more users of a social network, the method including steps for receiving edge information, wherein the edge information includes an indication of a number of social networking contacts with which a first user has connected in a social network, receiving frequency information, wherein the frequency information includes a number of times that the first user has interacted with the social network over a time duration and associating the first user with a first segment from among a plurality of segments, based on the edge information and the frequency information. In certain aspects, the method may further include steps for providing the first user with a first user interface, based on the first user's association with the first segment. Systems and computer-readable media are also provided.