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Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018

Filed:

Jan. 25, 2017
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Chieh Ho, Jocelin, CA (US);

Shawn Shihang Wei, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Meng Lu, Fremont, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); H04L 63/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various embodiments include a graphical user interface for a social network system. The graphical user interface includes a slider for selecting recipients who may receive communications from a user (or sources who may send communications to the user). Various positions of the slider may correspond to or otherwise constrain the size of the communication recipient (or source) set.


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