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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2011
Joseph F. Karam, Mountain View, CA (US);
Joseph F. Karam, Mountain View, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for self-regulating social news feeds includes a user interface module, data storage, a loudness controller, a quality engine, and an output or news feed module. The user interface module is adapted to receive input from the user including a loudness value associated with a particular message. The loudness value is associated with an originally generated message or a response (reply) to an existing message. The messages and their associated loudness values are provided to the loudness controller. The loudness controller sorts the messages in order of loudness. The loudness values are also modified based upon input from the quality engine. The quality engine modifies the loudness values based upon a quality rating associated with the user. The output of the loudness controller is provided for presentation to the user via the output or news feed module. The present disclosure also describes a number of methods including a method for posting a message with loudness points, a method for replying with loudness points, a method for modifying the point value for message, and a method for modifying a point total of the user.