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Granted Patent B2
US 10,523,624 · App. 15/348,179 · Granted Dec 31, 2019

Managing digital messages across a plurality of social networking groups

Inventors: Rachel Kay Lambert (San Francisco, CA); Raghavendar Chandrasekaran (Sunnyvale, CA); Areeb Muhammad Malik (San Francisco, CA); Meagan Anne Ryan (Orlando, FL); Zhi Min Seetoh (San Francisco, CA); Valerie Lauren Ross (San Francisco, CA); Wen-Chien Chen (Mountain View, CA)
Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
H04L51/32
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Patent No.
US 10,523,624
App. No.
15/348,179
Granted
Dec 31, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

One or more embodiments of the disclosure include a digital multi-group messaging system that manages digital messages across a plurality of social networking groups. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the digital multi-group messaging system detects a digital message and selects a set of social networking groups to suggest to the user. Upon user selection of suggested social networking groups, the digital multi-group messaging system can post the digital message to the selected social networking groups. Moreover, the digital multi-group messaging system can monitor user interaction with the posted digital message in relation to the selected social networking groups and present member interest information to a user, enabling the user to review and manage the digital message across social networking groups.

Claims (68)

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

managing a plurality of social networking groups via a social networking system, wherein each social networking group of the plurality of social networking groups comprises a plurality of members that are users of the social networking system that have joined the social networking group;

in response to detecting a digital message from a client device to a first social networking group, suggesting to the client device, by at least one processor and based on the first social networking group, a subset of social networking groups of the plurality of social networking groups to which to post the digital message in addition to the first social networking group;

based on a selection by the client device of a second social networking group of the suggested subset of social networking groups, posting the digital message to both of a first group feed of the first social networking group and a second group feed of the second social networking group; and

providing to the client device within a multi-group post management user interface, by the at least one processor, member interest information comprising a first indication of a first set of comments corresponding to the digital message from members of the first social networking group together with member interest information comprising a second indication of a second set of comments corresponding to the digital message from members of the second social networking group.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

detecting a similarity between the first social networking group and the second social networking group; and

selecting the second social networking group for inclusion within the subset of social networking groups to suggest to the client device based on the detected similarity.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

detecting at least one of the following: an activity level of the second social networking group or a number of members belonging to the second social networking group; and

selecting the second social networking group for inclusion within the subset of social networking groups to suggest to the client device based on at least one of the following: the activity level of the second social networking group or the number of members belonging to the second social networking group.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

detecting digital message content within the digital message; and

selecting the second social networking group for inclusion within the subset of social networking groups to suggest to the client device based on the detected digital message content.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , wherein the digital message content comprises a product for sale by a user of the client device, the method further comprising:

determining a correspondence between the product and the second social networking group; and

selecting the second social networking group for inclusion within the subset of social networking groups to suggest to the client device based on the determined correspondence between the product and the second social networking group.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein:

posting the digital message to both of the first group feed of the first social networking group and the second group feed of the second social networking group comprises posting a first post of the digital message to the first social networking group and a second post of the digital message to the second social networking group; and

the first set of comments correspond to the first post of the digital message, and the second set of comments correspond to the second post of the digital message.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein:

providing the member interest information corresponding to the digital message from members of the first social networking group comprises providing, for display to the client device via the multi-group post management user interface, a first indication of a first set of reactions corresponding to the digital message from members of the first social networking group in addition to the first indication of the first set of comments corresponding to the digital message from members of the first social networking group; and

providing the member interest information corresponding to the digital message from members of the second social networking group comprises providing, for display to the client device via the multi-group post management user interface, a second indication of a second set of reactions corresponding to the digital message from members of the second social networking group in addition to the second indication of the second set of comments corresponding to the digital message from members of the second social networking group.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

providing, for display to the client device, a comment filter element comprising a first group filter indicator corresponding to the first social networking group and a second group filter indicator corresponding to the second social networking group; and

based upon a selection by a user of the client device either the first group filter indicator or the second group filter indicator, modifying the multi-group post management user interface to either provide only comments corresponding to the digital message from members of the first social networking group or only comments corresponding to the digital message from the members of the second social networking group.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the digital message comprises digital message content, the method further comprising:

after posting the digital message to the first social networking group and the second social networking group, receiving user input from the client device comprising a modification to the digital message content; and

automatically updating the digital message to reflect the modification within the first social networking group and the second social networking group.

10. A system comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:

manage a plurality of social networking groups via a social networking system, wherein each social networking group of the plurality of social networking groups comprises a plurality of members that are users of the social networking system that have joined the social networking group;

in response to detecting a digital message from a client device to a first social networking group, suggest to the client device based on the first social networking group, a subset of social networking groups of the plurality of social networking groups to which to post the message in addition to the first social networking group;

based on a selection by the client device of a second social networking group of the suggested subset of social networking groups, posting the digital message to both of a first group feed of the first social networking group and a second group feed of the second social networking group; and

provide to the client device, within a multi-group post management user interface, member interest information comprising a first indication of a first set of comments corresponding to the digital message from members of the first social networking group together with member interest information comprising a second indication of a second set of comments corresponding to the digital message from members of the second social networking group.

11. The system of claim 10 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:

detect a similarity between the first social networking group and the second social networking group; and

select the second social networking group for inclusion within the subset of social networking groups to suggest to the client device based on the detected similarity.

12. The system of claim 10 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:

detect at least one of the following: an activity level of the second social networking group or a number of members belonging to the second social networking group; and

select the second social networking group for inclusion within the subset of social networking groups to suggest to the client device based on at least one of the following: the activity level of the second social networking group or the number of members belonging to the second social networking group.

13. The system of claim 10 , further comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:

detect digital message content within the digital message; and

select the second social networking group for inclusion within the subset of social networking groups to suggest to the client device based on the detected digital message content.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the detected digital message content comprises a product for sale by a user of the client device, the system further comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:

determine a correspondence between the product and the second social networking group; and

select the second social networking group for inclusion within the subset of social networking groups to suggest to the client device based on the determined correspondence between the product and the second social networking group.

15. The system of claim 10 , wherein the digital message comprises digital message content, the system further comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:

after posting the digital message to the first social networking group and the second social networking group, receive user input via the client device comprising a modification to the digital message content; and

automatically update the digital message to reflect the modification within the first social networking group and the second social networking group.

16. A method comprising:

identifying a plurality of social networking groups via a social networking system, wherein each social networking group of the plurality of social networking groups comprises a plurality of members that are users of the social networking system that have joined the social networking group;

in response to detecting a digital message comprising digital message content from a client device, suggesting to the client device, by at least one processor and based on the digital message content, a subset of social networking groups of the plurality of social networking groups to which to post the digital message in addition to the first social networking group;

based on a selection by the client device of a first social networking group and a second social networking group of the suggested subset of social networking groups, providing a first post of the digital message to a first group feed of the first social networking group and a second post of the digital message to a second group feed of the second social networking group; and

provide to the client device within a multi-group post management user interface member interest information comprising a first indication of a first set of comments corresponding to the first post of the digital message from members of the first social networking group together with member interest information comprising a second indication of a second set of comments corresponding to the second post of the digital message from members of the second social networking group.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the digital message content comprises a product for sale by a user of the client device, the method further comprising:

determining a correspondence between the product and the second social networking group; and

selecting the second social networking group for inclusion within the subset of social networking groups to suggest to the client device based on the determined correspondence between the product and the second social networking group.

18. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:

detecting at least one of the following: an activity level of the second social networking group or a number of members belonging to the second social networking group; and

selecting the second social networking group for inclusion within the subset of social networking groups to suggest to the client device based on at least one of the following: the activity level of the second social networking group or the number of members belonging to the second social networking group.

19. The method of claim 16 , wherein:

providing the member interest information corresponding to the digital message from members of the first social networking group comprises providing, for display to the client device via the multi-group post management user interface, a first indication of a first set of reactions corresponding to the digital message from members of the first social networking group in addition to the first indication of the first set of comments corresponding to the digital message from members of the first social networking group; and

providing the member interest information corresponding to the digital message from members of the second social networking group comprises providing, for display to the client device via the multi-group post management user interface, a second indication of a second set of reactions corresponding to the digital message from members of the second social networking group in addition to the second indication of the second set of comments corresponding to the digital message from members of the second social networking group.

20. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:

after posting the digital message to the first social networking group and the second social networking group, receiving user input from the client device comprising a modification to the digital message content; and

automatically update the digital message to reflect the modification within the first social networking group and the second social networking group.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 20, 2021
From: FACEBOOK, INC.
To: META PLATFORMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 058961/0436 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2016
From: LAMBERT, RACHEL KAY; CHANDRASEKARAN, RAGHAVENDAR; MALIK, AREEB MUHAMMAD; RYAN, MEAGAN ANNE; SEETOH, ZHI MIN; ROSS, VALERIE LAUREN; CHEN, WEN-CHIEN
To: FACEBOOK, INC.
Reel/Frame 040277/0566 →
Continuity (1)
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