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Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014

Filed:

Oct. 25, 2013
Applicant:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Reza Behforooz, Mountain View, CA (US);

George Baggott, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Ana Maria Ulin Vazquez, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Charles Mendis, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/3053 (2013.01);
Abstract

Implementations of the present disclosure include obtaining one or more queries, processing data stored in a data store based on at least one query of the one or more queries to identify a plurality of users, the plurality of users sharing a commonality that is a subject of the at least one query, generating one or more query-based social circles, the plurality of users populating a query-based social circle of the one or more query-based social circles, the query-based social circle being directed to the commonality and defining a distribution list for distributing digital content provided by one or more users of the plurality of users, and transmitting social circle data corresponding to the query-based social circle to display a representation of the query-based social circle to at least one user of the plurality of users.


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