| 摘要 |
In an embodiment, a method comprises causing, to be displayed to a user through a web page of a social network provider that provides a social network, contest data that indicates an online contest; receiving, at a particular entity, input that indicates an intention by the user to participate in the online contest; sending, from the particular entity, request data that indicates a request, by the particular entity, for one or more permissions that allows the particular entity to access information from the social network provider about the user; after sending the request data, receiving, at the particular entity, acceptance data that indicates that the user accepts the request; in response to receiving the acceptance data, causing the user to be entered in the online contest; wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices. |
| 主权项 |
1. A method comprising:
receiving, at one or more server computers of a contest distributor, from a computer of a contest sponsor, contest data for a first online contest, wherein the contest data includes a plurality of message templates for the first online contest, wherein each of the plurality of message templates specifies what type of information will be in a message or how the message will be formatted; causing, to be displayed on a client device to a first user, on a first web page of a first online social network of a first social network provider, first contest data that indicates that the first online contest is in a locked state and a uniform resource locator (URL) that refers to a second web page of the contest distributor; receiving, at the contest distributor and responsive to the first user interacting with the second web page of the contest distributor, first input that indicates an intention by the first user to participate in the first online contest; sending, from the contest distributor, first request data that indicates a first request, by the contest distributor, for one or more permissions allowing the contest distributor to access, from the first social network provider, information about the first user; after sending the first request data, receiving, over a computer network and at the one or more server computers of the contest distributor, first acceptance data that indicates that the first user accepts the first request; in response to receiving the first acceptance data, one or more computing devices perform:
causing the first user to be entered in the first online contest;selecting, based on one or more criteria, a first template from the plurality of message templates;generating, based on the first template, a first message that includes data about the first online contest or a contest provider that initiated the first online contest; andcausing the first message to be sent over the first online social network to a first plurality of users that are connected to the first user in the first online social network; receiving, over the computer network and at the one or more server computers of the contest distributor, second acceptance data that indicates that a second user accepts a second request, by the contest distributor, for one or more permissions allowing the contest distributor to access, from the first social network provider, information about the second user; in response to receiving the second acceptance data, the one or more computing devices perform:
causing the second user to be entered in the first online contest;selecting, based on the one or more criteria, a second template from the plurality of message templates, wherein the first template and the second template are different;generating, based on the second template, a second message that includes data about the first online contest or the contest provider that initiated the first online contest; andcausing the second message to be sent over the first online social network to a second plurality of users that are connected to the second user in the first online social network; wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices. |
