Displaying News Ticker Content in a Social Networking System

摘要

A social networking system displays raw stories about a user's friends' actions in a news ticker as those actions occur. The social networking system is monitored for actions associated with users connected with the target user. The social networking system may be continually monitored such that actions are identified in real-time as they are performed. The news ticker is updated such that stories including the identified actions and the associated connected users are displayed within a news ticker interface. The news ticker interface may be a dedicated portion of the social networking system interface, for example in a column next to a newsfeed. The news ticker interface may be updated in real time as actions associated with connected users are performed. The target user may select a displayed story in the news ticker, and additional information related to the selected story may be displayed, for instance in a separate interface.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
monitoring actions associated with users connected to a target user in a social networking system; responsive to identifying a first action associated with a first user connected to the target user, updating a news ticker in real time to display the first action and the associated first user as a story within a first news ticker interface, the first news ticker interface displaying a plurality of stories; and responsive to receiving a selection of a displayed story within the first news ticker interface:
displaying additional information related to the context of the selected story in a second news ticker interface;identifying a second action of a second user connected to the first user associated with the selected story; anddisplaying information related to the second action in the second news ticker interface.