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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2015
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Deborah Liu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Mary Pao-an Ku, San Jose, CA (US);
Kwok Ngai Eric Lo, Issaquah, WA (US);
Bowen Pan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
FACEBOOK, INC., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed toward systems and methods for identifying sold indicators within for-sale groups hosted by a social networking system. For example, systems and methods described herein identify information and social networking activities associated with a sale listing to determine whether an item advertised by the sale listing has been sold. Furthermore, systems and methods can prompt a seller associated with the sale listing to take action with regard to the sale listing in response to a determination that the item advertised by the sale listing has been sold.