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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2012
Kent Schoen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ning LI, Newark, CA (US);
Robert Kang Xing Jin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Phillip Anastasios Zigoris, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jessica Gronski, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jordan Walke, Cupertino, CA (US);
Eric Michel Giovanola, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Kent Schoen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ning Li, Newark, CA (US);
Robert Kang Xing Jin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Phillip Anastasios Zigoris, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jessica Gronski, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jordan Walke, Cupertino, CA (US);
Eric Michel Giovanola, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a bid to display in a predetermined area of a web page an organic-activity-stream entry matching particular story characteristics. The bid includes a bid amount and one or more targeting criteria. The method includes, n response to identifying an organic-activity-stream entry as matching the story characteristics, providing for display the organic-activity-stream entry in a predetermined area of a web page based at least in part on the bid amount and targeting criteria.