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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2012
Applicant:
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Peter Xiu Deng, Mountain View, CA (US);
Joshua Williams, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/20 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/206 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); H04L 51/14 (2013.01); H04L 51/32 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0241 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0278 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a number of recommendations for a first user. Each recommendation being made by a second user and including information that: identifies an item being recommended; provides an explanation for the recommendation; identifies the first user as an addressee of the recommendation; and identifies the second user as an author of the recommendation. The method also includes providing for presentation to the first user one or more of the recommendations.