GLOBAL COMMENTS FOR A MEDIA ITEM

• US 20150234887A1
• Filed: 02/13/2015
• Published: 08/20/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: GREENE, KEVIN, LEWIS, JUSTIN
• Granted Patent: US 10,360,642 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services

Abstract

Providing global comments for a media item is described. A computing device determines whether a media item is to be presented in a social share with comments from other social shares. In response to a determination that the media item is to be presented with the comments from the other social shares, the computing device obtains the comments from a data store using an identifier of the media item for presentation to a user.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

identifying a request for a media item to be shared;

determining, by a processing device, whether the media item is to be presented with a plurality of comments from a plurality of social shares;

in response to a determination that the media item is to be presented with the plurality of comments from the plurality of social shares, obtaining the plurality of comments from a data store using an identifier of the media item for presentation to a user;

receiving a new comment posted by the user; and

submitting the new comment to the data store in association with the identifier of the media item.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the media item is to be presented with a plurality of comments from a plurality of social shares comprises:

obtaining an identifier of the media item; and

searching the data store using the identifier of the media item to determine whether the data store contains comments associated with the identifier of the media item.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the media item is to be presented with a plurality of comments from a plurality of social shares comprises:

parsing metadata of the media item to find a global comment indicator.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifier of the media item comprises a canonical uniform resource locator (URL).

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifier is a hash of the media item or an encrypted identifier of the media item.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifier of the media item is contained in a watch page document associated with the media item.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the new comment is posted by the user during the presentation of the media item and is presented with the plurality of comments.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of social shares corresponds to posts submitted on at least one of a social network site or a content hosting site.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

presenting, in a graphical user interface (GUI) a new social share comprising the media item; and

presenting, in the GUI, the plurality of comments in association with the social share.

10. A method comprising:

receiving a user request for a media item to be shared;

requesting the media item from a server;

receiving, from the server, the media item and a plurality of comments provided via a plurality of social shares; and

presenting, in a new social share, the media item with the plurality of comments.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the new social share comprises a comment area to present the plurality of comments.

12. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:

identifying a request for a media item to be shared;

determining, by the processing device, whether the media item is to be presented with a plurality of comments from a plurality of social shares;

in response to a determination that the media item is to be presented with the plurality of comments from the plurality of social shares, obtaining the plurality of comments from a data store using an identifier of the media item for presentation to a user;

receiving a new comment posted by the user; and

submitting the new comment to the data store in association with the identifier of the media item.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein determining whether the media item is to be presented with a plurality of comments from a plurality of social shares comprises:

obtaining an identifier of the media item; and

searching the data store using the identifier of the media item to determine whether the data store contains comments associated with the identifier of the media item.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the identifier of the media item comprises a canonical uniform resource locator (URL).

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the plurality of social shares corresponds to posts submitted on at least one of a social network site or a content hosting site.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 12, the operations further comprising:

presenting, in a graphical user interface (GUI) a new social share comprising the media item; and

presenting, in the GUI, the plurality of comments in association with the social share.

17. A computing device comprising:

a memory; and

a processing device coupled to the memory, wherein the processing device is to;

identify a request for a media item to be shared;

determine whether the media item is to be presented with a plurality of comments from a plurality of social shares;

obtain the plurality of comments from a data store using an identifier of the media item for presentation to a user in response to a determination that the media item is to be presented with the plurality of comments from the plurality of social shares;

receive a new comment posted by the user; and

submit the new comment to the data store in association with the identifier of the media item.

18. The computing device of claim 17, wherein when determining whether the media item is to be presented with a plurality of comments from a plurality of social shares, processing device is to:

obtain an identifier of the media item; and

search the data store using the identifier of the media item to determine whether the data store contains comments associated with the identifier of the media item.

19. The computing device of claim 17, wherein the new comment is posted by the user during the presentation of the media item and is presented with the plurality of comments.

20. The computing device of claim 17, wherein the processing device is further to:

present, in a graphical user interface (GUI) a new social share comprising the media item; and

present, in the GUI, the plurality of comments in association with the social share.