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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2011
BO HU, San Jose, CA (US);
Kelly Winters, San Francisco, CA (US);
Emily Clark White, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Bo Hu, San Jose, CA (US);
Kelly Winters, San Francisco, CA (US);
Emily Clark White, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
Social networking systems allow deal providers to provide social deals that require participation by users connected via the social networking system for activation. A social deal is activated for a user based on actions performed by other users connected to the user. The actions performed by a participant of the social deal include actions related to the social deal as well as actions related to objects associated with the social deal, for example, purchasing an item, associated, checking in to a location associated with the social deal, or recommending the social deal. The social networking system may suggest potential participants in the social deal for a user. The deal may be activated by performing actions of one or more type. A threshold number of actions of each type may be required for activating the deal.