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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2012
Alexander Collins, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jeffrey L. Korn, New York, NY (US);
Alexander Collins, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jeffrey L. Korn, New York, NY (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method is disclosed for providing information regarding posts on social networking sites. The system receives, using one or more computing devices, an identifier for a content item to post in a message of a user on a social networking site, where the identifier is received before a request to post the message. The system also identifies, using the one or more computing devices and based on the received identifier, one or more messages including the content item previously posted on the social networking site. The system also provides for display to the user, using the one or more computing devices, information about the one or more messages including the content item previously posted on the social networking site to the user, where the information is provided for display before the request to post the message is received.