▁new ▁interface . ▁ ▁Pat ents ▁Friend ster ▁held ▁some ▁fundamental ▁online ▁social ▁networking ▁pat ents : ▁System , ▁method ▁and ▁appar atus ▁for ▁connecting ▁users ▁in ▁an ▁online ▁computer ▁Method ▁of ▁Ind uc ing ▁Content ▁Up loads ▁in ▁a ▁Social ▁Network ▁System ▁and ▁Method ▁for ▁Man aging ▁Con ne ctions ▁in ▁an ▁Online ▁Social ▁Network ▁Comp at ibility ▁Sc oring ▁of ▁Users ▁in ▁a ▁Social ▁Network ▁Method ▁for ▁sharing ▁relationship ▁information ▁stored ▁in ▁a ▁social ▁network ▁In ▁August ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁Facebook ▁confirmed ▁that ▁it ▁had ▁acquired ▁ 1 8 ▁pat ents ▁from ▁Friend ster ▁for ▁a ▁reported ▁$ 4 0 M . ▁ ▁Site ▁transformation ▁ ▁In ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁Friend ster ▁shift ed ▁from ▁social ▁networking ▁site ▁to ▁a ▁social ▁entertain ment ▁site ▁with ▁focus ▁on ▁g aming ▁and ▁entertain ment . ▁Pre vious ▁users ' ▁accounts ▁are ▁un changed . ▁However , ▁all ▁the ▁photos , ▁messages , ▁comments , ▁test imon ial s , ▁shout outs , ▁blog s , ▁for ums ▁and ▁groups ▁that ▁the ▁users ▁may ▁have ▁had ▁in ▁the ▁past ▁may ▁no ▁longer ▁be ▁part ▁of ▁their ▁Friend ster ▁account . ▁An ▁export ing ▁tool ▁is ▁provided ▁to ▁back ▁up ▁the ▁information ▁of ▁the ▁user ▁account . ▁This ▁tool ▁has ▁an ▁ability ▁to ▁export ▁photos ▁to ▁F lick r ▁and ▁Mult ip ly . ▁ ▁The ▁dead line ▁given ▁to ▁users ▁to ▁export ▁their ▁photos ▁was ▁extended ▁to ▁June ▁ 2 7 , ▁ 2 0 1 1