CREATING SOCIAL PRINTS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS MAINTAINED BY A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- storing a user profile for a user of a social networking system, the user connected to other users of the social networking system;
receiving a request to generate one or more prints of a digital photograph associated with the user, and to include social context information describing one or more characteristics of the digital photograph that are associated with the user, the social context information identifying another user connected to the user in the social networking system;
retrieving the social context information associated with the digital photograph; and
transmitting the digital photograph and the social context information to a photograph developer, the photograph developer generating a physical print including the digital photograph and the social context information identifying the other user connected to the user in the social networking system.
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Abstract
A social networking system user may request physical prints of digital photographs stored in connection with the user'"'"'s user profile on the social networking system. The physical prints are generated by a photograph developer, such as a retail store, and retrieved by the user. The user may request the physical prints from an application executing on a user device that allows the user to identify social context information associated with a digital photograph for inclusion on the physical print. The social networking system may notify users connected to the user and/or to the digital image of the physical print generation.
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22 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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storing a user profile for a user of a social networking system, the user connected to other users of the social networking system; receiving a request to generate one or more prints of a digital photograph associated with the user, and to include social context information describing one or more characteristics of the digital photograph that are associated with the user, the social context information identifying another user connected to the user in the social networking system; retrieving the social context information associated with the digital photograph; and transmitting the digital photograph and the social context information to a photograph developer, the photograph developer generating a physical print including the digital photograph and the social context information identifying the other user connected to the user in the social networking system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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storing a user profile for a user of a social networking system, the user connected to other users of the social networking system; selecting one or more candidate digital photographs associated with the user and stored by the social networking system; presenting the selected candidate digital photographs to the user via a user device; receiving a request to generate a physical print including a selected candidate digital photograph and social context associated with the selected candidate digital photograph; retrieving social context information associated with the selected candidate digital photograph and stored by the social networking system, the social context information identifying another user connected to the user in the social networking system; and transmitting the selected candidate digital photograph and the social context information to a photograph developer, the photograph developer generating the physical print including the digital photograph and the social context information identifying the other user connected to the user in the social networking system. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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transmitting a request for candidate digital photographs associated with a user of a client device from a social networking system; receiving the candidate digital photographs associated with the user and social context information associated with the candidate digital photographs from the social networking system; displaying the received candidate digital photographs via the client device; receiving a selection of a digital photograph from the received candidate photographs; displaying social context information associated with the selected digital photograph, the social context information identifying another user connected to the user in the social networking system; receiving a request to generate a print of the selected digital photograph that includes the social context information associated with the selected digital photograph; transmitting the request to a photograph developer, the photograph developer generating a physical print based on the selected digital photograph and including the social context information associated with the selected digital photograph identifying the other user connected to the user in the social networking system. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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receiving a request to generate a physical print, the request identifying a digital photograph associated with a user of a social networking system and social context associated with the digital photograph and stored by the social networking system, the social context identifying another user connected to the user in the social networking system; generating a physical print based on the digital photograph and including a representation of the social context identifying the other user connected to the user in the social networking system; and notifying the user of the social networking system of the physical print.
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