Enabling Participation in an Online Community using Visual Machine-Readable Symbols
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1. A computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computing system, cause the computing system to perform operations comprising:
- capturing, by a device of a user, an image of a machine-readable symbol encoding an identifier, the identifier identifying a group of discussions by a plurality of users in a community;
processing the captured image to discern the identifier encoded into the machine-readable symbol;
identifying the group of discussions relating to the identifier discerned from the captured image; and
presenting for display on the device an interface for participating in a discussion of the identified group of discussions.
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Abstract
A facility for coordinating an online discussion is described. The facility receives an indication that a user has captured a machine-readable symbol encoding an identifier that identifies a particular online discussion. In response, the facility incorporates into an online forum that hosts this online discussion an indication that this user captured a symbol encoding an identifier that identifies this online discussion.
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1. A computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computing system, cause the computing system to perform operations comprising:
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capturing, by a device of a user, an image of a machine-readable symbol encoding an identifier, the identifier identifying a group of discussions by a plurality of users in a community; processing the captured image to discern the identifier encoded into the machine-readable symbol; identifying the group of discussions relating to the identifier discerned from the captured image; and presenting for display on the device an interface for participating in a discussion of the identified group of discussions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method comprising:
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capturing, by a device of a user, an image of a machine-readable symbol encoding an identifier, the identifier identifying a group of discussions by a plurality of users in a community; processing the captured image to discern the identifier encoded into the machine-readable symbol; identifying the group of discussions relating to the identifier discerned from the captured image; and presenting for display on the device an interface for participating in a discussion of the identified group of discussions. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computing system, comprising:
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a processor of a device of a user; an optical sensor in communication with the processor and configured for capturing an image of a machine-readable symbol encoding an identifier, the identifier identifying a group of discussions by a plurality of users in a community; and a capture program executed by the processor and configured for; processing the captured image to discern the identifier encoded into the machine-readable symbol, identifying the group of discussions relating to the identifier discerned from the captured image, and presenting for display on the device an interface for participating in the identified group of discussions with other users in the community. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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