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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2021
Meta Platforms, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Nathan Andrew Sharp, San Francisco, CA (US);
Meta Platforms, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosed computer-implemented method may include (1) receiving, via a social networking system, a request from a user to participate in a discovery service designed to facilitate connections between users of the social networking system who share common attributes, (2) obtaining, from the user, data representative of at least one desired user attribute, possessed by the user, for new user connections, (3) identifying, within the social networking system, at least one additional user who is both a participant in the discovery service and who also possesses the desired user attribute, and (4) providing a visual indication to the user, when representing the additional user within a user interface of the social networking system, that the additional user is a participant in the discovery service and that the additional user possesses the desired user attribute. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.