Generating Offline Content

• US 20150081630A1
• Filed: 09/18/2013
• Published: 03/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Linsalata, David, Kansal, Rajat, Gousev, Alexei, Nomikos, Andreas
• Granted Patent: US 9,904,720 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/617
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/273 Asynchronous replication or reconciliation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, from a user of a client computing device and when the client computing device is disconnected from an on-line service, input associated with the on-line service. The method further includes locally storing or modifying locally stored content associated with the on-line service based on the input. The client computing device may determine data contemporaneous with the content and locally associate the data with the content. The method further includes automatically uploading the content as locally stored or modified and the data locally associated with the content to the on-line service when the client computing device is connected to the on-line service.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

by a client computing device, receiving from a user of the client computing device input associated with an on-line service, wherein the client computing device is disconnected from the on-line service when the input is received;

by the client computing device, locally storing or modifying locally stored content associated with the on-line service based on the input;

by the client computing device, determining data contemporaneous with the content;

by the client computing device, locally associating the data with the content; and

by the client computing device, automatically uploading the content as locally stored or modified and the data locally associated with the content to the on-line service when the client computing device is connected to the on-line service.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein modifying locally stored content comprises one or more of:

editing the content;

deleting the content;

or

adding to the content.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the online service comprises a social-networking system, the social-networking system comprising a graph that comprises a plurality of nodes and edges connecting the nodes, at least one node in the graph corresponding to the user.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein at least one other node in the graph corresponds to each of one or more other users, at least one of the nodes corresponding to the user and at least one of the nodes corresponding to one of the other users being connected to each other by one or more of the edges.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the automatically uploaded content is associated with a notification displayed to one or more of the other users of the social network.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the data comprises a privacy setting identifying one or more other users of the online service that may view or interact with the uploaded content.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the data comprises a time the input was received.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the uploaded content is inserted into a collection of previously-uploaded content associated with previously-uploaded-content times, the insertion occurring based on comparing the time input was received with one or more of the previously-uploaded-content times.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the uploaded content comprises one or more images and the previously-uploaded content comprises one or more previously-uploaded images.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the data comprises information about the location of the client computing device.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining, by the client computing device, whether to connect the client device to the online service based on a setting determined at least in part by the user.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the setting is based on one or more of:

a connection between the client computing device and the on-line service;

an amount of data to be uploaded to the on-line service;

or

a type of the content uploaded.

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

receive from a user of the client computing device input associated with an on-line service, wherein the client computing device is disconnected from the on-line service when the input is received;

locally store or modify locally stored content associated with the on-line service based on the input;

determine data contemporaneous with the content;

locally associate the data with the content; and

automatically upload the content as locally stored or modified and the data locally associated with the content to the on-line service when the client computing device is connected to the on-line service.

14. The media of claim 13, wherein the online service comprises a social-networking system, the social-networking system comprising a graph that comprises a plurality of nodes and edges connecting the nodes, at least one node in the graph corresponding to the user.

15. The media of claim 14, wherein at least one other node in the graph corresponds to each of one or more other users, at least one of the nodes corresponding to the user and at least one of the nodes corresponding to one of the other users being connected to each other by one or more of the edges.

16. The media of claim 15, wherein the automatically uploaded content is associated with a notification displayed to one or more of the other users of the social network.

17. The media of claim 13, wherein the data comprises a privacy setting identifying one or more other users of the online service that may view or interact with the uploaded content.

18. The media of claim 13, wherein the data comprises a time the input was received.

19. The media of claim 13, wherein the data comprises information about the location of the client computing device.

20. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors being operable when executing the instructions to;

receive from a user of the client computing device input associated with an on-line service, wherein the client computing device is disconnected from the on-line service when the input is received;

locally store or modify locally stored content associated with the on-line service based on the input;

determine data contemporaneous with the content;

locally associate the data with the content; and

automatically upload the content as locally stored or modified and the data locally associated with the content to the on-line service when the client computing device is connected to the on-line service.