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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2017
Salesforce.com, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Joel Ragnar Palmert, Stockholm, SE;
salesforce.com, inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A method implemented in a database system for providing an information feed from a social networking system is provided. The method comprises receiving a request from a requesting user for an information feed of the social networking system according to configuration information customized by the requesting user. The configuration information identifies a plurality of information sources and has a set of rules for identifying which updates from the identified information sources to include in the information feed. Each information source has one or more associated updates. The method further comprising selecting a first set of updates from a plurality of updates wherein each selected update complies with the set of rules identified in the configuration information, excluding a second set of updates from the plurality of updates wherein each excluded update does not comply with the set of rules identified in the configuration information, and generating the information feed.