SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADDING USERS TO A NETWORKED COMPUTER SYSTEM
Granted: July 2, 2015
Application Number:
20150186492
Systems and methods are provided for adding new nodes to a computer networked system. The systems and methods may identify a first set of nodes in a networked computer system. The first set of nodes may be included in a first hash computation that clusters the first set of nodes into communities. An application shard space including a first space and a second space may be generated. The first set of nodes may be mapped to application shards in the first space based on the first hash…
Field Mappings for Properties to Facilitate Object Inheritance
Granted: July 2, 2015
Application Number:
20150186439
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request for a property of an object, where the property has a property type and includes a property value and a property name, and the property does not conform to a property specification for the property type. The method also includes determining a field mapping for the property of the object, where the field mapping is derived from the property specification, and accessing the property of the object. The method further includes…
Identifying Entries in a Location Store Associated with a Common Physical Location
Granted: July 2, 2015
Application Number:
20150186417
A social networking system generates a location store based on information received from its users. The location store includes entries having a physical location description and one or more terms associated with the physical location description. One or more entries associated with physical location descriptions within an area are identified. A local frequency of occurrence of each term in the identified entry is determined, and a global frequency of occurrence of each term in the…
Identifying Descriptive Terms Associated with a Physical Location from a Location Store
Granted: July 2, 2015
Application Number:
20150186416
A social networking system generates a location store based on information received from its users. The location store includes entries having a physical location description and one or more terms associated with the physical location description. One or more entries associated with physical location descriptions within an area are identified. A local frequency of occurrence of each term in the identified entry is determined, and a global frequency of occurrence of each term in the…
MAINTAINING CACHED DATA EXTRACTED FROM A LINKED RESOURCE
Granted: July 2, 2015
Application Number:
20150186390
Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems include a network service receiving a request including a hyperlink. The network service acquires data from a resource referenced by the hyperlink. The network service stores the acquired data within a network service cache and sets a refresh interval. The network service utilizes the stored data to respond to additional requests including the hyperlink received during the refresh interval. The network service reacquires data from the resource…
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTIVE DOWNLOAD
Granted: June 25, 2015
Application Number:
20150178370
A time a user of a client application is likely to access a preferred network connection is predicted. A pre-download index for one or more multimedia content items is calculated, where the pre-download index represents how likely the user is to interact with the one or more multimedia content items at approximately the predicted time. The indexed multimedia content items are ranked based on the pre-download index of each of the one or more multimedia content items. The ranked multimedia…
Ranking Recommended Search Queries on Online Social Networks
Granted: June 25, 2015
Application Number:
20150178284
In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a social graph that includes a number of nodes and edges connecting the nodes. Each of the edges between two of the nodes representing a single degree of separation between them. The nodes include a first node corresponding to a first user associated with an online social network and a plurality of second nodes that each correspond to a concept or a second user associated with the online social network. The method also includes generating a…
Grouping Recommended Search Queries on Online Social Networks
Granted: June 25, 2015
Application Number:
20150178283
In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a social graph that includes a number of nodes and edges connecting the nodes. Each of the edges between two of the nodes representing a single degree of separation between them. The nodes include a first node corresponding to a first user associated with an online social network and a plurality of second nodes that each correspond to a concept or a second user associated with the online social network. The method also includes generating a…
POWER SHELF FOR COMPUTER SERVERS
Granted: June 25, 2015
Application Number:
20150177808
At least one embodiment of this disclosure includes a power shelf for serving a power zone within an IT equipment rack. The power shelf includes: a DC bus configured to provide DC power to rack-mounted equipment within the power zone; multiple pairs of backup battery units (BBUs) and power supply units (PSUs), wherein the multiple pairs include at least a redundant pair, such that voltage and power is supplied through the DC bus sufficient to power the rack-mounted equipment even when…
Indicating User Availability for Communication
Granted: June 11, 2015
Application Number:
20150163258
In particular embodiments, a computing device accesses data associated with a first user of a social-networking system. Based at least in part on the data, the computing device determines a current availability of the first user to communicate with a second user of the social-networking system in substantially real time. The availability of the first user is determined based at least in part on a reachability of the first user and a willingness to communicate of the first user. The…
Competitive Benchmark Reporting For Online Advertising Auctions
Granted: June 11, 2015
Application Number:
20150161680
Competitive bidding tools, including a competitive bidding scaler tool and a competitive report generator, may be implemented by an advertiser to improve their advertisement's performance in online advertising auctions. The competitive bidding scaler tool increases the bid amount associated with an advertiser's ad request when a competing advertiser submits a rival ad request to the same online advertising auction. The competitive report tool generates a competitive report for an ad…
Competitive Bidding Scalers For Online Advertising Auctions
Granted: June 11, 2015
Application Number:
20150161679
Competitive bidding tools, including a competitive bidding scaler tool and a competitive report generator, may be implemented by an advertiser to improve their advertisement's performance in online advertising auctions. The competitive bidding scaler tool increases the bid amount associated with an advertiser's ad request when a competing advertiser submits a rival ad request to the same online advertising auction. The competitive report tool generates a competitive report for an ad…
SIMPLIFIED CREATION OF ADVERTISEMENTS FOR OBJECTS MAINTAINED BY A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM
Granted: June 11, 2015
Application Number:
20150161673
A social networking system generates an advertisement, a recommended budget, and recommended targeting criteria for an object maintained by the social networking system for presentation to social networking system users. Information associated with the object by the social networking system is used to generate elements of the advertisement, the recommended budget, and the recommended targeting criteria. Different budgets, each associated with a predicted return on investment, may be…
Service-Abstracting Query Interface
Granted: June 11, 2015
Application Number:
20150161199
In one embodiment, at run-time, a query engine may receive a request to populate properties of an application class with data. The query engine may use reflection to inspect the application class and identify at least one platform interface providing properties of the application class. The query engine may then generate a query for a specific service associated with the platform interface. The query engine may then retrieve data from the service. After receiving a response from the…
Dismissing Interactive Elements in a User Interface
Granted: June 11, 2015
Application Number:
20150160832
In particular embodiments, a computing device provides for presentation a user interface including a first interactive element. The computing device receives first user input selecting the first interactive element and, in response to the first user input, provides for presentation a second interactive element. The second interactive element may be associated with functionality to dismiss the first interactive element. The computing device receives second user input comprising moving the…
Zoom Interactions in a User Interface
Granted: June 11, 2015
Application Number:
20150160808
In particular embodiments, a computing device provides for presentation a user interface including an image. The computing device receives user input to proceed to a second view of the image and, in response to the user input, provides for presentation the second view of the image.
PROVIDING CONTENT IN A TIMESLOT ON A CLIENT COMPUTING DEVICE
Granted: May 28, 2015
Application Number:
20150149289
In particular embodiments, a client computing device identifies an available timeslot for displaying content on a screen. The client computing device notifies one or more applications of the available timeslot and receives from each of one or more applications a bid to fill the available timeslot with content associated with the application. Each bid indicates the application, indicates a format of the content associated with the application, and provides at least a portion of the…
COMMUNICATION USER INTERFACE SYSTEMS AND METHODS
Granted: May 28, 2015
Application Number:
20150149930
The principles described herein provide methods and systems of providing a user interface to allow a user to compose and send an electronic communication quickly and conveniently. For example, a user interface includes split-pane interface having a navigable tray area and a composition area. The navigable tray area may include categories of trays, each tray including a navigable listing of content items that may form part of the electronic communication. The navigable tray area allows…
Varied Wi-Fi Service Levels
Granted: May 28, 2015
Application Number:
20150149649
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request from a client computing device of a user to access a communication network; and identifying a particular tier for the client computing device from among a number of tiers of service based at least in part on social-graph information of the user. Each tier of service includes one or more session settings of the communication network. The method also includes configuring a session of the communication network for the client computing…
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OBTAINING MERCHANT IDENTIFICATION WITHIN PAYMENT AUTHORIZATION NETWORKS
Granted: May 28, 2015
Application Number:
20150149353
Exemplary methods and systems for enabling a multi-merchant gift card program are disclosed. In particular, the present application details exemplary methods and systems for obtaining merchant identification information associated with a merchant. Upon obtaining the merchant identification for a merchant, the present application further details exemplary methods and systems for enabling a gift card services for the merchant.
