DISPLAYING SOCIAL NETWORK PLATFORM UPDATE DATA

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16 . A computer-implemented method comprising:

determining that a mobile computing device is in an exhibition mode;

retrieving a list of contacts from a social networking site using the mobile computing device;

building a contact object for each retrieved contact included in the list of contacts; and

displaying the contact object.

17 . The computer-implemented method of claim 16 , further comprising:

retrieving a list of contacts from the mobile computing device, the list of contacts stored to a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card;

comparing the contact object to each entry in the list of contacts; and

giving priority to the contact object for display.

18 . The computer-implemented method of claim 16 , wherein the exhibition mode is a exhibition type view that includes at least one of inactivity and hibernation.

19 . The computer-implemented method claim 16 , wherein the contact object is built from an object class definition that includes at least one of a first name, last name, and userID.

20 . The computer implemented method of claim 16 , further comprising retrieving update data from the social networking site.

21 . A mobile-computing device comprising:

at least one processor;

a memory in communication with the at least one processor, the memory including logic encoded in one or more tangible media for execution and when executed operable to:

retrieve a list that includes at least one contact from a social network platform, the list retrieved while the mobile-computing device is in exhibition mode;

build a contact object for the at least one contact, the contact object to include an avatar representing the at least one contact;

retrieve update data for the at least one contact object over a period of time; and

display the avatar and the update data associated with the at least one contact object.

22 . The mobile-computing device of claim 21 , further comprising the memory in communication with the at least one processor, the memory including logic encoded in one or more tangible media for execution and when executed operable to:

identify a plurality of avatars that includes the avatar associated with the at least one contact object;

calculate a number of avatars, from the plurality of avatars, needed to form a matrix that fills a display, the calculating based upon a size of the display; and

determine there are fewer avatars then needed to fill the display, and duplicate the avatars until the display is filled.

23 . The mobile-computing device of claim 21 , further comprising the memory in communication with the at least one processor, the memory including logic encoded in one or more tangible media for execution and when executed operable to:

identify a plurality of avatars that includes the avatar associated with the at least one contact object;

calculate a number of avatars, from the plurality of avatars, needed to form a matrix that fills a display, the calculating based upon a size of the display;

determine there are more avatar then needed to fill the display; and

determine which contact objects associated with which avatars are most active and removing non-active avatars until there are a number of avatars identified to fill the display.

24 . The mobile-computing device of claim 21 , wherein most active includes a largest amount of update data over the period of time as compared to another contact object.

25 . The mobile-computing device of claim 23 , wherein non-active includes a lesser amount of update data over the period of time as compared to another contact object.

26 . A mobile-computing device in exhibition mode comprising:

a retrieval module to retrieve a list, that includes at least one contact, from a social network platform;

an object module to build a contact object for the at least one contact, the contact object including an avatar representing the at least one contact;

an update module to retrieve update data for the at least one contact object over a period of time; and

a display to show the avatar and the update data associated with the at least one contact object.

27 . The mobile-computing device in exhibition mode of claim 26 , further comprising:

an identification module to identify a plurality of avatars that includes the avatar associated with the at least one contact object;

a processor to calculate a number of avatars, from the plurality of avatars, needed to form a matrix that fills a display, the calculating based upon a size of the display; and

a display module to determine there are fewer avatars then needed to fill the display, and duplicating the avatars until the display is filled.

28 . The mobile-computing device in exhibition mode of claim 26 , further comprising:

an identification module to identify a plurality of avatars that includes the avatar associated with the at least one contact object;

a processor to calculate a number of avatars, from the plurality of avatars, needed to form a matrix that fills a display, the calculating based upon a size of the display;

a first display module to determine there are more avatar then needed to fill the display; and

a second display module to determine which contact objects associated with which avatars are most active and removing non-active avatars until there are a number of avatars identified to fill the display.

29 . The mobile-computing device in exhibition mode of claim 28 , wherein most active includes a largest amount of update data over the period of time as compared to another contact object.

30 . The mobile-computing device in exhibition mode of claim 28 , wherein the mobile computing device is inductively charged by a docking station.