Prompted Sharing of Photos

• US 20140250175A1
• Filed: 03/01/2013
• Published: 09/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Baldwin, Robert M., Grewal, Emily B., Bharambe, Ashwin Ravindra, Chung, Andrew
• Application Number:
  US13/782,795
• Publication Number:
  US 20140250175A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/583 using metadata automatically derived from the content
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/30 in albums, collections or shared content, e.g. social network photos or video
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/141 Setup of application sessions admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/08 User group management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes automatically and without manual input determining one or more first users of a social-networking system associated with one or more images based at least in part on social-graph information associated with or analysis of one or more of the images. The images having been captured by a second user of the social-networking system. The method also includes automatically and without user input sending a notification to a computing device of the second user that prompts the second user to provide access to the images to one or more of the first users.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

by a computing device, automatically and without manual input determining one or more first users of a social-networking system associated with one or more images based at least in part on social-graph information associated with or analysis of one or more of the images, the images having been captured by a second user of the social-networking system; and

by the computing device, automatically and without user input sending a notification to a computing device of the second user prompting the second user to provide access to the images to one or more of the first users.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein one or more of the images comprises a cluster of images associated with a particular geo-location and time that were automatically and without manual input grouped by the computing device.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising, by the computing device, creating a shared space on the social-networking system for storing the images associated with a particular geo-location and time, each of the first users and the second user having access to the shared space.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising, by the computing device, automatically and without manual input sending a notification prompting the second user or one or more of the first users to upload one or more images associated with the particular geo-location and time to the shared space.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the shared space comprises a wall of an existing group, a wall associated with an event corresponding to a particular geo-location and time of the images, or a shared album on the social-networking system.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising, by the computing device, automatically and without user input sending a notification to a computing device of one or more of the first users prompting the first users to request access to one or more of the images from the second user.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising, by the computing system, automatically and without user input sending a notification to a computing device of one or more of the first users prompting the first users to provide access to one or more images with the second user, the images having been captured by one or more of the first users and associated with a particular geo-location and time of one or more of the images captured by the second user.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the determination is based at least in part on facial-recognition data of the images of the cluster, location data associated with a computing device of the second users, or a content object on the social-networking system that is socially relevant to the first user.

9. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software configured when executed to:

automatically and without manual input determine one or more first users of a social-networking system associated with one or more images based at least in part on social-graph information associated with or analysis of one or more of the images, the images having been captured by a second user of the social-networking system; and

automatically and without user input send a notification to a computing device of the second user prompting the second user to provide access to the images to one or more of the first users.

10. The media of claim 9, wherein one or more of the images comprises a cluster of images associated with a particular geo-location and time that were automatically and without manual input grouped by a computing device of the social-networking system.

11. The media of claim 10, wherein the software is further configured to create a shared space on the social-networking system for storing the images associated with a particular geo-location and time, each of the first users and the second user having access to the shared space.

12. The media of claim 11, wherein the software is further configured to automatically and without manual input send a notification prompting the second user or one or more of the first users to upload one or more images associated with the particular geo-location and time to the shared space.

13. The media of claim 11, wherein the shared space comprises a wall of an existing group, a wall associated with an event corresponding to a particular geo-location and time of the images, or a shared album on the social-networking system.

14. The media of claim 9, wherein the software is further configured to automatically and without user input send a notification to a computing device of one or more of the first users prompting the first users to request access to one or more of the images from the second user.

15. The media of claim 9, wherein the software is further configured to automatically and without user input send a notification to a computing device of one or more of the first users prompting the first users to provide access to one or more images with the second user, the images having been captured by one or more of the first users and associated with a particular geo-location and time of one or more of the images captured by the second user.

16. The media of claim 9, wherein the determination is based at least in part on facial-recognition data of the images of the cluster, location data associated with a computing device of the second users, or a content object on the social-networking system that is socially relevant to the first user.

17. A device comprising:

a processor; and

one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media coupled to the processor and embodying software that;

automatically and without manual input determine one or more first users of a social-networking system associated with one or more images based at least in part on social-graph information associated with or analysis of one or more of the images, the images having been captured by a second user of the social-networking system; and

automatically and without user input send a notification to a computing device of the second user prompting the second user to provide access to the images to one or more of the first users.

18. The device of claim 17, wherein one or more of the images comprises a cluster of images associated with a particular geo-location and time that were automatically and without manual input grouped by a computing device of the social-networking system.

19. The device of claim 18, wherein the software is further configured to create a shared space on the social-networking system for storing the images associated with a particular geo-location and time, each of the first users and the second user having access to the shared space.

20. The device of claim 19, wherein the software is further configured to automatically and without manual input send a notification prompting the second user or one or more of the first users to upload one or more images associated with the particular geo-location and time to the shared space.