Personalizing a web page outside of a social networking system with content from the social networking system

摘要

A user device requests a web page from a web server of a third-party website, which is separate from a social networking system. The web server from the third-party website sends a markup language document for the requested web page to the user device which includes an instruction for a browser application running on the user device to incorporate information obtained from the social networking system within the web page. Based on the instruction in the received markup language document, the user device requests personalized content from the social networking system, which generates the requested personalized content based on social information about the user. The user device then renders the web page with the personalized content contained in a frame and displays the rendered web page and the frame to the user.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving at a server of a social networking system a request for information based on an instruction in a markup language document, wherein the request for information is responsive to a request for a web page of a third-party website that is within a domain of a third-party website that is different from a domain of the social networking system; identifying a user associated with the request; determining the requested information based on social information associated with the user, wherein the requested information comprises a set of content items that relate to (1) one or more actions performed by one or more other users with whom the user has established a connection in the social networking system, and (2) at least one specified URL or domain; and sending the determined requested information for rendering as content personalized for the user for display within the rendered web page.