SELECTING IMAGES ASSOCIATED WITH CONTENT RECEIVED FROM A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM USER

• US 20150012525A1
• Filed: 07/02/2013
• Published: 01/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Lindsay, Robert Taaffe
• Granted Patent: US 9,916,329 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/722
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/5866 using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, manually generated location and time information

Abstract

A composer interface allows a user to provide input, such as text data, to the social networking system. One or more images may be presented to the user via the composer interface, allowing the user to select one or more images to associate with the input. The images presented to the user may be selected based on associations of images with similar input by social networking system users. For example, images that a threshold number of users have associated with similar input are presented via the composer interface. If the user selects an image to associate with the input, the social networking system presents the selected image along with the received input in a content item presented to other social networking system users.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving an input describing content to be posted to the social networking system, the input including an action associated with the user;

identifying one or more candidate images associated with the action associated with the user based at least in part on data associated with the candidate images describing selections of the candidate images by users of the social networking system;

presenting the one or more candidate images to the user;

receiving a selection of an image from the presented one or more candidate images;

updating data stored by the social networking system describing selection of the selected image based on the selection of the selected candidate image; and

storing, in the social networking system, an association between the received content, a user identifier associated with the user, the selected image, and the action associated with the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying one or more candidate images associated with the action associated with the user based at least in part on selection of the candidate images by additional users of the social networking system comprises:

determining a plurality of images associated with the action associated with the user by at least a threshold number of users;

ranking the plurality of images based on data associated with each of the plurality of images by the social networking system; and

selecting the one or more candidate images based at least in part on the ranking.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the data associated with the user by the social networking system is selected from a group consisting of:

a number of selections associating a candidate image with the action by other users of the social networking system connected to the user, a number of selections associating the candidate image with the action by social networking system users, a percentage of selections associating the candidate image with the action by other users of the social networking system connected to the user, a percentage of selections associating the candidate image with the action by users of the social networking system, and any combination thereof.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying one or more candidate images associated with the action associated with the user based at least in part on selection of the candidate images by additional users of the social networking system comprises:

identifying an object associated with the action associated with the user from the received input;

identifying one or more images associated with the identified object; and

identifying one or more candidate images associated with the identified object based at least in part on data associated with the candidate images associated with the identified object by the social networking system.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the data associated with the candidate images associated with the identified object by the social networking system is selected from a group consisting of:

a number of selections associating a candidate image with the identified object by other users of the social networking system connected to the user, a number of selections associating the candidate image with the identified object by social networking system users, a percentage of selections associating the candidate image with the identified object by other users of the social networking system connected to the user, a percentage of selections associating the candidate image with the identified object by users of the social networking system, and any combination thereof.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein updating data stored by the social networking system describing selection of the selected image based on the selection of the selected candidate image comprises:

modifying a number of users of the social networking system selecting the selected candidate image.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein updating data stored by the social networking system describing selection of the selected image based on the selection of the selected candidate image comprises:

modifying a percentage of users of the social networking system selecting the selected candidate image.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein presenting the one or more candidate images to the user comprises:

presenting the one or more candidate images to the user in an order based at least in part on selections of the candidate images by users of the social networking system.

9. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving an input describing content to be posted to the social networking system;

retrieving one or more images associated with data matching at least a portion of the received input;

identifying one or more candidate images from the retrieved one or more images based at least in part on data describing association of images with data matching at least the portion of the received input by users of the social networking system;

presenting the one or more candidate images to the user;

receiving a selection of an image from the presented one or more candidate images;

updating data stored by the social networking system describing selection of the selected image based on the selection of the selected candidate image; and

storing, in the social networking system, an association between the received content and the selected image.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

presenting a content item including the received content and the selected image to one or more additional users of the social networking system.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein identifying one or more candidate images from the retrieved one or more images based at least in part on data describing association of images with data matching at least the portion of the received input by users of the social networking system comprises:

ranking the retrieved one or more images based at least in part on the data describing association of images with data matching at least the portion of the received input by users of the social networking system;

selecting the one or more candidate images based at least in part on the ranking.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein selecting the one or more candidate images based at least in part on the ranking comprises:

selecting one or more images having at least a threshold position in the ranking.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the data describing association of images with data matching at least the portion of the received input by users of the social networking system is selected from a group consisting of:

a number of selections of an image by other users of the social networking system connected to the user, a number of selections of an image by social networking system users, a percentage of selections of the image by social networking system users, a percentage of selections of the image by other users of the social networking system connected to the user, and any combination thereof.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein updating data stored by the social networking system describing selection of the selected image based on the selection of the selected candidate image comprises:

modifying a number of users of the social networking system selecting the selected candidate image.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein updating data stored by the social networking system describing selection of the selected image based on the selection of the selected candidate image comprises:

modifying a percentage of users of the social networking system selecting the selected candidate image.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein presenting the one or more candidate images to the user comprises:

presenting the one or more candidate images to the user in an order based at least in part on selections of the candidate images by users of the social networking system.

19. The method of claim 9, wherein a classification is selected from a group consisting of:

a type, a category, an image, and any combination thereof.

17. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving an input describing content to be posted to the social networking system;

retrieving one or more classifications associated with data matching at least a portion of the received input;

identifying one or more candidate classifications based at least in part on data describing association of classifications with data matching at least the portion of the received input by users of the social networking system;

presenting the one or more candidate classifications to the user;

receiving a selection of a classification from the presented one or more candidate classifications;

updating data stored by the social networking system describing selection of the selected classification based on the selection of the selected candidate classification; and

storing, in the social networking system, an association between the received content and the selected classification.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

presenting a content item including the received content and the selected classification to one or more additional users of the social networking system.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the data describing association of classifications with data matching at least the portion of the received input by users of the social networking system is selected from a group consisting of:

a number of selections of a classification by other users of the social networking system connected to the user, a number of selections of a classification by social networking system users, a percentage of selections of the classification by social networking system users, a percentage of selections of the classification by other users of the social networking system connected to the user, and any combination thereof.