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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Kent Schoen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ning LI, Newark, CA (US);
Robert Kang Xing Jin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Philip 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);
Philip 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 first selection of an entity associated with a user of a social-networking system; receiving a second selection of a type of user interaction with the entity; and providing the first and second selections for use in a sponsored-story specification. The use of the first and second selections in the sponsored-story specification facilitate entries in an organic activity stream of the social-networking system that match the sponsored-story specification being provided for display in pre-determined areas of web pages.