Offline content sharing

• US 10,157,428 B2
• Filed: 01/07/2014
• Issued: 12/18/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Lewis, Justin, Davies, Ruxandra Georgiana
• Primary Examiner(s): Elfervig, Taylor A
• Application Number:
  US14/149,269
• Publication Number:
  US 20150195313A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,806 Days
• Field of Search: 709204
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/59 Providing operational support to end devices by off-loading in the network or by emulation, e.g. when they are unavailable
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/60 Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

Offline sharing of content is performed. An offline request to share content associated with a content sharing platform to a social networking service is received by a processing device of a user device. The offline request is received while the user device is not connected to a network. A share request is generated for the content in view of the social networking service. The share request for the content is generated while the user device is not connected to the network. Upon determining that a network connection is available, the share request for the content is provided to the social networking service.

Claims

1. A method for a mobile application of a content sharing platform, the method comprising:

receiving, by the mobile application of the content sharing platform, an offline request pertaining to content provided by the content sharing platform that is separate from social networking platforms, wherein the offline request is received while a user of a user device hosting the mobile application of the content sharing platform is viewing the content provided by the content sharing platform on the user device, and the user device is not connected to a network, and wherein the social networking platforms are each associated with a respective unique sharing user interface (UI) of sharing UIs stored locally on the user device;

obtaining, by the mobile application of the content sharing platform, a sharing UI of the sharing UIs for a social networking platform on which the content is to be shared;

modifying, by the mobile application of the content sharing platform, the sharing UI for the social network platform to comprise content information associated with the content provided by the content sharing platform, wherein the content information comprises at least one of a name of the content, a thumbnail representing the content, or a description of the content;

presenting, by the mobile application of the content sharing platform, the modified sharing UI for the social network platform, and receiving, via the modified sharing UI for the social network platform, an offline request to share the content on the social networking platform;

identifying, by the mobile application of the content sharing platform, a communication protocol for the social networking platform;

selecting, by the mobile application of the content sharing platform, a predefined share request format for the communication protocol for the social networking platform from a plurality of predefined share request formats stored locally on the user device;

generating, by the mobile application of the content sharing platform, a share request to share the content provided by the content sharing platform on the social networking platform, wherein the share request to share the content provided by the content sharing platform is generated in the predefined share request format based on the offline request received via the modified sharing UI for the social network platform, while the user device is not connected to the network; and

upon determining a network connection is available, transmitting, by the mobile application of the content sharing platform, the share request to cause the content provided by the content sharing platform to be shared on the social networking platform.

2. The method of claim 1,

wherein generating the share request comprises:

including user information associated with the offline request and the content information associated with the content in the share request.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

registering, by the mobile application, with an operating system of the user device; and

upon receiving the offline request and generating the share request, storing, by the mobile application, the share request to a memory of the user device,

wherein transmitting the share request is performed by the mobile application upon receiving an indication from the operating system that there is a connection to the network.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the modified sharing UI presented to the user comprises a notification that the share request is not to be transmitted until a connection to the network is established.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing the information associated with the user to a memory of the user device;

causing the information associated with the user to be provided to the social networking platform; and

causing a snapshot of current state information to be provided to the social networking platform.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining if a user submitting the request to perform the offline sharing was previously authenticated to the social networking platform.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

prior to transmitting the share request, presenting the share request to the user to allow the user to modify the share request, wherein allowing the user to modify the share request comprises allowing the user to cancel the share request or to change the share request.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing, with the share request, a timestamp corresponding to a time the offline request was received by the mobile application of the content sharing platform, the timestamp to be presented with the shared content on the social networking platform.

9. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:

receiving, by a mobile application of the content sharing platform, an offline request pertaining to content provided by the content sharing platform that is separate from social networking platforms, wherein the offline request is received while a user of a user device hosting the mobile application of the content sharing platform is viewing the content provided by the content sharing platform on the user device, and the user device is not connected to a network, and wherein the social networking platforms are each associated with a respective unique sharing user interface (UI) of sharing UIs stored locally on the user device;

obtaining, by the mobile application of the content sharing platform, a sharing UI of the sharing UIs for a social networking platform on which the content is to be shared;

modifying, by the mobile application of the content sharing platform, the sharing UI for the social network platform to comprise content information associated with the content provided by the content sharing platform, wherein the content information comprises at least one of a name of the content, a thumbnail representing the content, or a description of the content;

presenting, by the mobile application of the content sharing platform, the modified sharing UI for the social network platform and receiving, via the modified sharing UI for the social network platform, an offline request to share the content on the social networking platform;

identifying, by the mobile application of the content sharing platform, a communication protocol for the social networking platform;

selecting, by the mobile application of the content sharing platform, a predefined share request format for the communication protocol for the social networking platform from a plurality of predefined share request formats stored locally on the user device;

generating, by the mobile application of the content sharing platform, a share request to share the content provided by the content sharing platform on the social networking platform, wherein the share request to share the content provided by the content sharing platform is generated in the predefined share request format based on the offline request received via the modified sharing UI for the social network platform while the user device is not connected to the network; and

upon determining a network connection is available, transmitting, by the mobile application of the content sharing platform, the share request to cause the content provided by the content sharing platform to be shared on the social networking platform.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein generating the share request comprises:

including user information associated with the offline request and content information associated with the content in the share request.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processing device, cause the processing device to perform further operations comprising:

registering, by the mobile application, with an operating system of the user device; and

upon receiving the offline request and generating the share request, storing, by the mobile application, the share request to a memory of the user device,

wherein transmitting the share request is performed by the mobile application upon receiving an indication from the operating system that there is a connection to the network.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processing device, cause the processing device to perform further operations comprising:

storing the information associated with the user to a memory of the user device;

causing the information associated with the user to be provided to the social networking platform; and

causing a snapshot of current state information to be provided to the social networking platform.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processing device, cause the processing device to perform further operations comprising:

providing, with the share request, a timestamp corresponding to a time the offline request was received by the mobile application of the content sharing platform, the timestamp to be presented with the shared content on the social networking platform.

14. A computing device comprising:

a memory; and

a processing device coupled to the memory, wherein the processing device is to execute a mobile application of a content sharing platform to;

receive an offline request pertaining to content provided by the content sharing platform that is separate from social networking platforms, wherein the offline request is received while a user of a user device hosting the mobile application of the content sharing platform is viewing the content provided by the content sharing platform on the user device, and the user device is not connected to a network, and wherein the social networking platforms are each associated with a respective unique sharing user interface (UI) of sharing UIs stored locally on the user device;

obtain a sharing UI of the sharing UIs for a social networking platform on which the content is to be shared;

modify the sharing UI for the social network platform to comprise content information associated with the content provided by the content sharing platform, wherein the content information comprises at least one of a name of the content, a thumbnail representing the content, or a description of the content;

present the modified sharing UI for the social network platform and receive, via the modified sharing UI for the social network platform, an offline request to share the content on the social networking platform;

identify a communication protocol for the social networking platform;

select a predefined share request format for the communication protocol for the social networking platform from a plurality of predefined share request formats stored locally on the user device;

generate a share request to share the content provided by the content sharing platform on the social networking platform, wherein the share request to share the content provided by the content sharing platform is generated in the predefined share request format based on the offline request received via the modified sharing UI for the social network platform while the user device is not connected to the network; and

upon determining a network connection is available, transmit the share request to cause the content provided by the content sharing platform to be shared on the social networking platform.

15. The computing device of claim 14, wherein to generate the share request, the processing device is further to:

include user information associated with the offline request and the content information associated with the content in the share request.

16. The computing device of claim 14, wherein the processing device is further to:

store the information associated with the user to a memory of the user device;

cause the information associated with the user to be provided to the social networking platform; and

cause a snapshot of current state information to be provided to the social networking platform.

17. The computing device of claim 14, wherein the processing device is further to:

provide, with the share request, a timestamp corresponding to a time the offline request was received by the mobile application of the content sharing platform, the timestamp to be presented with the shared content on the social networking platform.