- Patent Title: Social networking groups as a platform for third party integration
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Application No.: US13843477Application Date: 2013-03-15
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Publication No.: US09699187B2Publication Date: 2017-07-04
- Inventor: Sizhe Chen , Kenneth Lau , Thomas Whitnah , Richard Armbrust , Todd Jackson
- Applicant: FACEBOOK, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
- Current Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Agency: Nicholson De Vos Webster & Elliott LLP
- Main IPC: H04L29/06
- IPC: H04L29/06 ; H04L29/08 ; G06Q10/10 ; H04L12/58

Abstract:
Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems receive a request from a user to access content for a group of users of a social networking system, and send the content to the user including an interface to a third party system. The interface is to enable the user to retrieve information related to a third party service from the third party system to share with the group. The user sends the information related to the third party service to share with the group to the social networking system. The social networking system sends the shared information related to the third party service to a group member based on the group member requesting access to the content. In one embodiment, the third party service stores a file or folder on a third party server and the shared information includes a link to the shared file or folder.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140280566A1 SOCIAL NETWORKING GROUPS AS A PLATFORM FOR THIRD PARTY INTEGRATION Public/Granted day:2014-09-18
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