STRUCTURED INFORMATION ABOUT NODES ON A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM

摘要

Structured information about nodes may be generated and shared using sub-nodes. A node in a social networking system may be associated with sub-nodes that are definable by the node owner, such as menu items for a restaurant or songs in playlists for an artist. Users of the system may interact with the sub-nodes, and the interactions may be presented back on the page to a user, aggregated according to the user's connections in the social networking system (e.g., which songs your friends listened to the most by the artist, which menu items were consumed the most). Users may associate other sub-nodes to the node, such as identifying other menu items served by a restaurant, and the node owner may confirm these associations. Location awareness functionalities may be used to inform a user of highly recommended sub-nodes nearby as indicated by other users of the social networking system.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
maintaining a plurality of page objects on a social networking system, the plurality of page objects representing a plurality of concepts; maintaining a plurality of sub-node objects on the social networking system, the plurality of sub-node objects representing a plurality of sub-concepts, where at least one of the plurality of sub-node objects is associated with at least one of the plurality of page objects; receiving an indication that a user device associated with a viewing user has loaded a page object of the plurality of page objects; responsive to the received indication, providing, by a processor, a user interface for display on the user device to the viewing user, where the user interface enables the viewing user to choose from the plurality of sub-node objects for indicating consumption by the viewing user; receiving a selection of a sub-node object of the plurality of sub-node objects provided in the user interface from the user device associated with the viewing user; responsive to determining that an association exists between the selected sub-node object and the loaded page object in the social networking system, recording the selection of the sub-node object by the viewing user in social networking system; responsive to determining that the selected sub-node object and the loaded page object are not associated in the social networking system, generating, by the processor, an association between the selected sub-node object and the loaded page object in the social networking system; and recording the selection of the sub-node object from the viewing user in association with the loaded page object in the social networking system.