Social Action by Quick Response (QR) Code

• US 20140059124A1
• Filed: 08/21/2012
• Published: 02/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Song, Sijia, Stratford, Evan Ashton, Marcu, Alejandro Jose
• Granted Patent: US 9,462,066 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

In one embodiment, a client device of a first user associated with a first node in a social graph of a social-networking system accesses a tag that encodes information regarding a second node in the social graph; determines based on the tag a social action to take one the social graph with respect to the first and second nodes; and transmits to the social-networking system a message configured to effect the social action on the social graph.

Claims

1. A method comprising, by a client device of a first user associated with a first node in a social graph:

accessing a tag that encodes information regarding a second node in the social graph, the second node being associated with a second user or a concept;

determining based at least in part on the tag a social action to take on the social graph with respect to the first and second nodes; and

transmitting, to one or more computer systems of a social-networking system maintaining at least a portion of the social graph, a message configured to effect the social action on the social graph with respect to the first and second nodes.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the tag comprises a Quick Response (QR) code, a Near Field Communication (NFC) tag, or a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the social action is determined based on input from the first user in addition and on the tag.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the social graph comprises a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges between the nodes, the nodes being associated with users or concepts, the edges connecting the nodes in the social graph; and

the social action comprises creating an edge between the first and second nodes in the social graph.

5. A method comprising, by one or more computer systems of a social-networking system maintaining at least a portion of a social graph:

receiving, from a client device of a first user associated with a first node in the social graph, a message configured to effect a social action on the social graph with respect to the first node and a second node in the social graph, the second node being associated with a second user or a concept, the client device having determined the social action based at least in part on a tag accessed by the client device, the tag encoding information regarding the second node; and

in response to the message, effecting the social action on the social graph with respect to the first and second nodes.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the tag comprises a Quick Response (QR) code, a Near Field Communication (NFC) tag, or a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag.

7. A client device of a first user associated with a first node in a social graph, the client device comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media coupled to the processors and embodying software that is operable when executed by the processors to;

access a tag that encodes information regarding a second node in the social graph, the second node being associated with a second user or a concept;

determine based at least in part on the tag a social action to take on the social graph with respect to the first and second nodes; and

transmit, to one or more computer systems of a social-networking system maintaining at least a portion of the social graph, a message configured to effect the social action on the social graph with respect to the first and second nodes.

8. The client device of claim 7, wherein the tag comprises a Quick Response (QR) code, a Near Field Communication (NFC) tag, or a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag.

9. The client device of claim 7, wherein the social action is determined based on input from the first user in addition and on the tag.

10. The client device of claim 7, wherein:

the social graph comprises a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges between the nodes, the nodes being associated with users or concepts, the edges connecting the nodes in the social graph; and

the social action comprises creating an edge between the first and second nodes in the social graph.

11. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to:

maintain at least a portion of a social graph of a social-networking system;

receive, from a client device of a first user associated with a first node in the social graph, a message configured to effect a social action on the social graph with respect to the first node and a second node in the social graph, the second node being associated with a second user or a concept, the client device having determined the social action based at least in part on a tag accessed by the client device, the tag encoding information regarding the second node; and

in response to the message, effect the social action on the social graph with respect to the first and second nodes.

12. The media of claim 11, wherein the tag comprises a Quick Response (QR) code, a Near Field Communication (NFC) tag, or a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag.