Offline content sharing

• US 10,535,107 B2
• Filed: 12/17/2018
• Issued: 01/14/2020
• 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:
  US16/223,042
• Publication Number:
  US 20190122311A1
• Time in Patent Office: 393 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 comprising:

receiving, by a mobile application, an offline request pertaining to content provided by a first platform that is separate from one or more second platforms, wherein the offline request is received while the content is presented on a user device hosting the mobile application and the user device is not connected to a network, and wherein each of the second platforms is associated with a respective sharing user interface (UI);

obtaining, by the mobile application, a sharing UI for a second platform on which the content is to be shared;

modifying, by the mobile application, the sharing UI for the second 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, the modified sharing UI for the second platform, and receiving, via the modified sharing UI for the second platform, an offline request to share the content on the second platform;

identifying, by the mobile application, a communication protocol for the second platform;

generating, by the mobile application, a share request to share the content provided by the first platform on the second platform, wherein the share request to share the content provided by the first platform is generated in a share request format that corresponds to the communication protocol for the second platform and is based on the offline request received via the modified sharing UI for the second platform; and

upon determining a network connection is available, transmitting, by the mobile application, the share request to cause the content provided by the first platform to be shared on the second 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 second platform; and

causing a snapshot of current state information to be provided to the second 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 second 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, the timestamp to be presented with the shared content on the second platform.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the first platform and second platform is either a content sharing platform or a social network platform.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more second platforms represent a plurality of second platforms that are each associated with a unique sharing UI.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting the share request format that corresponds to the communication protocol for the second platform from a plurality of predefined share request formats.

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

receiving, by a mobile application, an offline request pertaining to content provided by a first platform that is separate from one or more second platforms, wherein the offline request is received while the content is presented on a user device hosting the mobile application and the user device is not connected to a network, and wherein each of the second platforms is associated with a respective sharing user interface (UI);

obtaining, by the mobile application, a sharing UI for a second platform on which the content is to be shared;

modifying, by the mobile application, the sharing UI for the second 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, the modified sharing UI for the second platform, and receiving, via the modified sharing UI for the second platform, an offline request to share the content on the second platform;

identifying, by the mobile application, a communication protocol for the second platform;

generating, by the mobile application, a share request to share the content provided by the first platform on the second platform, wherein the share request to share the content provided by the first platform is generated in a share request format that corresponds to the communication protocol for the second platform and is based on the offline request received via the modified sharing UI for the second platform; and

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

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 12, 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.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor 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.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor 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 second platform; and

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

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein each of the first platform and second platform is either a content sharing platform or a social network platform.

17. A computing device comprising:

a memory storing instructions; and

a processor executing the instructions to;

receive, using a mobile application, an offline request pertaining to content provided by a first platform that is separate from one or more second platforms, wherein the offline request is received while the content is presented on a user device hosting the mobile application and the user device is not connected to a network, and wherein each of the second platforms is associated with a respective sharing user interface (UI);

obtain, using the mobile application, a sharing UI for a second platform on which the content is to be shared;

modify, using the mobile application, the sharing UI for the second 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, using the mobile application, the modified sharing UI for the second platform, and receiving, via the modified sharing UI for the second platform, an offline request to share the content on the second platform;

identify, using the mobile application, a communication protocol for the second platform;

generate, using the mobile application, a share request to share the content provided by the first platform on the second platform, wherein the share request to share the content provided by the first platform is generated in a share request format that corresponds to the communication protocol for the second platform and is based on the offline request received via the modified sharing UI for the second platform; and

upon determining a network connection is available, transmit, using the mobile application, the share request to cause the content provided by the first platform to be shared on the second platform.

18. The computing device of claim 17, wherein to generate the share request, the processor is further to:

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

19. The computing device of claim 17, wherein the processor 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.

20. The computing device of claim 17, wherein the processor is further to:

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