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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2014
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Martin Miles Wattenberg, Winchester, MA (US);
Fernanda Bertini Viégas, Cambridge, MA (US);
John Francis Hebert, San Francisco, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented technique for generating a visual display illustrating the flow of user content in a social network is described. The technique can include determining a user content associated with a plurality of users. The technique can further include generating a visual display that includes a region for each user of the plurality of users. The technique can also include generating arranging the regions in the visual display according to a set of layout rules, and aligning a directional indicator in the visual display. The technique can include providing the visual display to a user via a display.