METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING SHARING OF CONTENT ON AN ONLINE SHARING PLATFORM

• US 20130219339A1
• Filed: 02/20/2012
• Published: 08/22/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Oath Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: CHURCHILL, Elizabeth F., WIESE, Jason, ANTIN, Judd
• Application Number:
  US13/400,123
• Publication Number:
  US 20130219339A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/833
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/604 Tools and structures for managing or administering access control systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2111 Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2137 Time limited access, e.g. to a computer or data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials

Abstract

A method and system for managing sharing of content on an online sharing platform. The method includes receiving the content from a user to post on the online sharing platform, determining indicator position on one or more sliders associated with the content, acquiring preferences of the user based on the indicator position on the one or more sliders and displaying the content based on the preferences of the user. The system includes an electronic device that enables a user to provide content using one or more sliders. The system also includes a communication interface in electronic communication with the electronic device, a memory that stores instructions and a processor.

Claims

1. A method for managing sharing of content on an online sharing platform, the method comprising:

receiving the content from a user to post on the online sharing platform;

determining indicator position on one or more sliders associated with the content;

acquiring preferences of the user, from a database based on the indicator position on the one or more sliders; and

displaying the content based on the preferences of the user.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the content comprises at least one of a location information, an image, a user status and a relationship information.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the preferences of the user are altered by varying the indicator position on the one or more sliders.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one or more sliders comprise at least one of a location slider, a time slider, a user contacts slider and an action slider.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the location slider is used to share the content with respect to a location of the user, the time slider is used to share the content with respect to a time of posting the content by the user, the user contacts slider is used to define a group of contacts from a plurality of contacts to share the content and, the action slider is used to share the content with respect to an activity of the user.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the preferences of the user comprises at least one of a group of contacts from a plurality of contacts to share the content, a period of time to display the content to the group of contacts, and a location on a web page of the online sharing platform to display the content for viewing by the group of contacts.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the group of contacts is defined based on a proximity range.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the proximity range comprises at least one of a geographic proximity, a temporal proximity, a social proximity and an activity proximity.

9. A computer program product stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium that when executed by a processor, performs a method of managing sharing of content on an online sharing platform, the method comprising:

receiving the content from a user to post on the online sharing platform;

determining indicator position on one or more sliders associated with the content;

acquiring preferences of the user, from a database based on the indicator position on the one or more sliders; and

displaying the content based on the preferences of the user.

10. The computer program product as claimed in claim 9, wherein the content comprises at least one of a location information, an image, a user status and a relationship information.

11. The computer program product as claimed in claim 9, wherein the preferences of the user is altered by varying the indicator position on the one or more sliders.

12. The computer program product as claimed in claim 9, wherein the one or more sliders comprise at least one of a location slider, a time slider, a user contacts slider and an action slider.

13. The computer program product as claimed in claim 12, wherein the location slider is used to share the content with respect to a location of the user, the time slider is used to share the content with respect to a time of posting the content by the user, the user contacts slider is used to define a group of contacts from a plurality of contacts to share the content and, the action slider is used to share the content with respect to an activity of the user.

14. The computer program product as claimed in claim 9, wherein the preferences of the user comprises at least one of a group of contacts from a plurality of contacts to share the content, a period of time to display the content to the group of contacts, and a location on a web page of the online sharing platform to display the content for viewing by the group of contacts.

15. The computer program product as claimed in claim 14, wherein the group of contacts is defined based on a proximity range.

16. The computer program product as claimed in claim 15, wherein the proximity range comprises at least one of a geographic proximity, a temporal proximity, a social proximity and an activity proximity.

17. A system for managing sharing of content on an online sharing platform, the system comprising:

an electronic device that enables a user to provide the content using one or more sliders;

a communication interface in electronic communication with the electronic device;

a memory that stores instructions; and

a processor responsive to the instructions to

receive the content from the user;

determine indicator position on one or more sliders associated with the content;

acquire preferences of the user based on the indicator position on the one or more sliders; and

display the content based on the preferences of the user on the electronic device.

18. The system as claimed in claim 17, wherein the content comprises at least one of a location information, an image, a user status and a relationship information.

19. The system as claimed in claim 17, wherein the preferences of the user is altered by varying the indicator position on the one or more sliders.

20. The system as claimed in claim 17, wherein the preferences of the user defines at least a group of contacts from a plurality of contacts to share the content, a period of time to display the content to the group of contacts, and a location of a web page on the online sharing platform to display the content for viewing by the group of contacts.