SOCIAL NETWORK APPLICATION FOR PROCESSING IMAGE OR VIDEO DATA FROM WIRELESS DEVICES OF USERS AND METHODS OF OPERATION
First Claim
1. A method for operating a social network application, comprising:
- capturing an image or video using a wireless device by a user of the social network application;
communicating the image or video from the wireless device of the user to a social network application server;
storing the image or video by the social network application server;
identifying a user account by the social network application server in response to communication of the image or video; and
modifying data, by the social network application server, associated with the account of the user to automatically post the image or video to a web page of the user to make the image or video available for viewing by other users of the social network application.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method for operating a social network application, comprises: capturing an image or video using a wireless device by a user of the social network application; communicating the image or video from the wireless device of the user to a social network application server; storing the image or video by the social network application server; identifying a user account by the social network application server in response to communication of the image or video; and modifying data, by the social network application server, associated with the account of the user to automatically post the image or video to a web page of the user to make the image or video available for viewing by other users of the social network application.
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14 Claims
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1. A method for operating a social network application, comprising:
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capturing an image or video using a wireless device by a user of the social network application;
communicating the image or video from the wireless device of the user to a social network application server;
storing the image or video by the social network application server;
identifying a user account by the social network application server in response to communication of the image or video; and
modifying data, by the social network application server, associated with the account of the user to automatically post the image or video to a web page of the user to make the image or video available for viewing by other users of the social network application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for operating a location based service (LBS) in conjunction with a social network application, comprising:
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receiving digital images or videos from users of the social network application from wireless devices of the users of the social network application;
storing the digital images or videos in accounts associated with respective users of the social network application;
receiving location information indicative of a current location of respective users of the social network application;
comparing the received location information to location information associated with the stored digital images or video to select digital images or video for communication to respective users of the social network application; and
delivering selected images or videos to wireless devices of respective users of the social network application. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for operating a social network application, comprising:
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first software code executed on one or more wireless devices of users of the social network application, the first software code on each wireless device being operable to communicate image or video from the respective wireless device of the user to a social network application server;
second software code executed on one or more servers, the second software code being operable to;
(i) store image or video from wireless devices of users of the social network application;
(ii) identify user accounts in response to communication of images or videos; and
(iii) modify data associated with the accounts of users of the social network application to automatically post the images or videos to web pages of the users of the social network application to make the images or videos available for viewing by other users of the social network application. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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