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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2018
Applicant:

Meta Platforms, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventor:

Nathan Sharp, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Meta Platforms, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/58 (2006.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); H04L 51/52 (2022.01); H04L 51/02 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/32 (2013.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); H04L 51/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A disclosed computer-implemented method may include (1) receiving, from a participant of a discovery service of a social networking system, a request for a friend of the participant to assist the participant in making connections with other participants of the discovery service, (2) identifying at least one set of information that is associated with the discovery service and that is designated as private to the participant, and (3) providing the friend of the participant with access to at least a portion of the set of information via a recommendation interface that enables the friend of the participant to make recommendations to the participant regarding the set of information to assist the participant in making connections with other participants of the discovery service. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.


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