DISPLAYING SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM ENTITY INFORMATION VIA A TIMELINE INTERFACE

摘要

A social networking system displays information about a user via a timeline included in a profile page. Narrative data about a user stored in a social networking system, including data about the user and social network activities related to the user is accessed. Timeline units summarizing information about the user are generated from the narrative data. When a viewing user requests a profile page, timeline units are displayed based information related to the viewing user and interactions with the profile page by other users connected to the viewing user. Users that administer the profile page are presented with additional information when viewing the profile page, allowing the administering users to modify appearance of the timeline or to identify actions for an administering user to take to increase interaction with the profile page.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving a request for information about a subject entity from a client device associated with a viewing user of a communication network, wherein the viewing user is also an administrator of the information; selecting a plurality of items of narrative data stored by the communication network, each item of narrative data associated with the subject entity; generating a plurality of social network stories based on the selected plurality of items of narrative data; selecting a plurality of the generated social network stories to be displayed as a plurality of timeline units in an interface associated with the entity; determining a recommended action for the administrator to take on the interface; generating the interface for the subject entity, the interface including a timeline comprising the plurality timeline units displaying each of the selected plurality of generated social network stories, the timeline unit having a shortcut to perform the recommended action; receiving, from the administrator, a selection of the shortcut to perform the recommended action; and modifying the interface according to the recommended action.