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Aggregation provider for social activity feed and contact information

A technology of contact information and feed source, applied in the direction of instruments, data processing applications, calculations, etc.

Active Publication Date: 2016-05-11
MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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[0014] The present application relates to systems and methods for displaying social networking information on email applications on client computers. Obtain social networking information (typically contact messages and activity feed data) from one or more third-party computers without requiring additional software components to be installed on the client computer. These systems and methods can also be used to display social networking information on applications other than email applications. Examples include word processing applications, notebook applications, and drawing applications. Other examples are also possible.

[0015] The social networking information may be obtained directly from the third party computer or from a server computer accessing the third party computer. In one embodiment, the server computer provides the client computer with instructions for accessing the third party computer and formatting the social networking information obtained from the third par...

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The present invention relates to an aggregation provider of social activity feeds and contact information. Methods for obtaining contact information on a customer computer are presented. Receives a request to display an individual's contact information on an email application running on a customer's computer. Make a determination whether third-party contact information is available to users of the email application. Instructions are obtained from the server computer for obtaining third-party contact information from a third-party computer associated with the social network. Obtain instructions from the server computer for formatting third-party contact information on the client computer. Third-party contact information is obtained from the third-party computer using instructions from the server computer for obtaining third-party contact information. The obtained third-party contact information is formatted and displayed on the client computer using instructions from the server computer for formatting the third-party contact information.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to techniques for aggregating social activity feeds and contact information. Background technique [0002] A user may have accounts on multiple social networks. Typically, a user connects to each social network separately and calls up a web page specific to that user. The web page typically displays contact and activity feed information for people and organizations in the user's social network. [0003] Due to the popularity of social networking, users may check their social networks multiple times during the day. However, periodically connecting to multiple social networks can be time consuming. [0004] Integrating social networking information into a common workplace is one way to provide social networking updates in a more efficient manner. However, integrating a social network with a platform (such as an email application) may require the installation of additional software that users may not be motivated to use a...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F17/30
CPCG06Q10/107G06Q50/01G06Q50/60G06Q50/40
Inventor R·A·弗朗科G·瓦尔什内A·布鲁欣
Owner MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC