Comment Plug-In for Third Party System

• US 20120159635A1
• Filed: 12/15/2010
• Published: 06/21/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: He, Ray C., Haugen, Austin, Lee, Catherine Cissy, Sharp, Evan
• Granted Patent: US 9,311,678 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9566 URL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/134 Hyperlinking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

In one embodiment, a user comment system receives a user comment associated with a content object, assigns one or more privacy settings to the user comment, and stores the user comment in a data store in association with an identifier unique to the content object.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, at a computer system, a user comment associated with a content object hosted by a third party system;

assigning one or more privacy settings to the user comment; and

storing the user comment in a data store of user comments in association with an identifier for the content object.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the storing the user comment in a data store of user comments is further based on an identifier unique to the content object.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the assigning one or more privacy settings to the user comment comprises:

determining one or more privacy settings of the author of the user comment by accessing a data store of user privacy settings; and

assigning the one or more privacy settings to the user comment.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

moderating the user comment by modifying the one or more privacy settings of the user comment.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the assigning one or more privacy settings to the user comment comprises:

assigning a default privacy setting to the user comment; and

allowing an administrator to change the privacy setting of the user comment.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising configuring a news feed item in response to the user comment.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the news feed item includes a portion of the content object and one or more user comments associated with the content object.

8. The method of claim 6 further comprising receiving a second user comment corresponding to the news feed item, and storing the second user comment in association with the identifier for the content object.

9. A system comprising:

a memory;

one or more processors; and

a non-transitory, storage medium storing computer-readable instructions operative, when executed, to cause the one or more processors to;

receive a user comment associated with a content object hosted by a third party system;

assign one or more privacy settings to the user comment; and

store the user comment in a data store of user comments in association with an identifier for the content object.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein to store the user comment in a data store of user comments, is further based on an identifier unique to the content object.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein to assign one or more privacy settings to the user comment, comprising instructions operable to cause the one or more processors to:

determine one or more privacy settings of the author of the user comment by accessing a data store of user privacy settings; and

assign the one or more privacy settings to the user comment.

12. The system of claim 9, further comprising instructions operable to cause the one or more processors to:

moderate the user comment by modifying the one or more privacy settings of the user comment.

13. The system of claim 9 wherein to assign one or more privacy settings to the user comment, comprising instructions operable to cause the one or more processors to:

assign a default privacy setting to the user comment; and

allow an administrator to change the privacy setting of the user comment.

14. The system of claim 9, further comprising instructions operable to cause the one or more processors to configure a news feed item in response to the user comment.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein the news feed item includes a portion of the content object and one or more user comments associated with the content object.

16. The system of claim 14, further comprising instructions operable to cause the one or more processors to receive a second user comment corresponding to the news feed item, and store the second user comment in association with the identifier for the content object.

17. One or more computer-readable tangible storage media embodying software operable when executed by one or more computing devices to:

receive a user comment associated with a content object hosted by a third party system;

assign one or more privacy settings to the user comment; and

store the user comment in a data store of user comments in association with an identifier for the content object.

18. The media of claim 17, wherein to store the user comment in a data store of user comments, is further based on an identifier unique to the content object.

19. The media of claim 17, wherein to assign one or more privacy settings to the user comment, comprising software operable when executed by the one or more computing devices to:

determine one or more privacy settings of the author of the user comment by accessing a data store of user privacy settings; and

assign the one or more privacy settings to the user comment.

20. The media of claim 17, further comprising software operable when executed by the one or more computing devices to:

moderate the user comment by modifying the one or more privacy settings of the user comment.

21. The media of claim 17 wherein to assign one or more privacy settings to the user comment, comprising software operable when executed by the one or more computing devices to:

assign a default privacy setting to the user comment; and

allow an administrator to change the privacy setting of the user comment.

22. The media of claim 17, further comprising software operable when executed by the one or more computing devices to configure a news feed item in response to the user comment.

23. The media of claim 22 wherein the news feed item includes a portion of the content object and one or more user comments associated with the content object.

24. The media of claim 22, further comprising software operable when executed by the one or more computing devices to receive a second user comment corresponding to the news feed item, and store the second user comment in association with the identifier for the content object.