TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING DISCUSSION SHARING ON A MOBILE PLATFORM

• US 20160098616A1
• Filed: 10/02/2014
• Published: 04/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Miller, Joshua Alexander, Tarng, Julius Yu, Gungor, Cemre
• Granted Patent: US 10,560,418 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/18 Commands or executable codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services

Abstract

Techniques for managing discussion sharing on a mobile platform, comprising a mobile discussions application. The mobile discussions application may include, among other components, a discussions imaging component for recognizing a ticket associated with a resource in a social networking system and a discussions management component for enabling a user having an associated user profile information to access the resource based at least partially on the ticket associated with the resource.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

recognizing a ticket associated with a resource of a social networking system, the ticket comprising a machine-readable token; and

enabling access to the resource based at least partially on the recognized ticket and user profile information.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the resource comprises a discussion, and the ticket is associated with the discussion and is recognized in at least one image.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 2, wherein the recognizing of the ticket further comprises:

scanning, automatically, the image datastore to recognize at least one ticket image comprising the ticket; and

recognizing, automatically, the machine-readable token in the ticket, wherein the machine-readable token is associated with a particular discussion in the social networking system.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 2, wherein the ticket comprises a machine-readable signature and the machine-readable token, the machine-readable signature comprising a geometric shape associated with a plurality of discussions in the social networking system and the machine-readable token comprises encoded information associated with a particular discussion.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 4, wherein the geometric shape is a square shape substantially enclosing at least the machine-readable token, and the machine-readable token is configured to enable access to the particular discussion in the social networking system.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, further comprising:

capturing an image, the captured image comprising the ticket; and

storing the captured image representative of image information in an image datastore on a mobile device.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, further comprising:

rendering a ticket image comprising the ticket configured to enable access to a discussion based at least partially on an image associated with the discussion in the social networking system; and

providing the ticket image to a different mobile device to enable access to the discussion for a different user profile information of a user.

8. At least one computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a system to:

recognize, automatically, a ticket associated with a resource of a social networking system, the ticket comprising a machine-readable token; and

enable access to the resource based at least partially on the recognized ticket and user profile information.

9. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the ticket comprises a machine-readable signature and the machine-readable token, the machine-readable signature comprising a geometric shape associated with at least one discussion in the social networking system and the machine-readable token comprises encoded information associated with a particular discussion.

10. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the instructions to recognize the ticket, when executed, further cause the system to:

scan, automatically, the image datastore to recognize at least one ticket image comprising the ticket; and

recognize, automatically, the machine-readable token in the ticket, wherein the machine-readable token is associated with a particular discussion in the social networking system.

11. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the machine-readable signature comprising a geometric shape associated with at least one discussion in the social networking system and the machine-readable token comprises encoded information associated with a particular discussion.

12. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the system to:

capture an image, the captured image comprising the ticket; and

store the captured image representative of image information in an image datastore on a mobile device.

13. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the system to:

render a ticket image comprising the ticket configured to enable access to a discussion based at least partially on an image associated with the discussion in the social networking system; and

provide the ticket image to a different mobile device to enable access to the discussion for a different user profile information of a user.

14. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor circuit;

memory operatively coupled to the processor circuit, the memory to store a mobile discussions application for execution by the processor circuit, the mobile discussions application comprising;

a discussions imaging component to recognize a ticket associated with a resource of a social networking system, the ticket comprising a machine-readable token, and

a discussions management component to enable access to the resource based at least partially on the recognized ticket and user profile information.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the resource comprises a discussion, and the ticket is associated with the discussion and is recognized in at least one image.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the discussions imaging component is to recognize the ticket by scanning, automatically, the image datastore to recognize at least one ticket image comprising the ticket, and recognizing, automatically, the machine-readable token in the ticket, wherein the machine-readable token is associated with a particular discussion in the social networking system.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the discussions imaging component is to scan, automatically, the image datastore to identify at least one ticket image, in response to a transition of an execution state associated with the mobile discussions application from a non-foreground state to a foreground state.

18. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the ticket comprises a machine-readable signature, the machine-readable signature comprising a geometric shape associated with at least one discussion in the social networking system and the machine-readable token comprises encoded information associated with a particular discussion.

19. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the at least one image comprises at least one ticket, and the at least one image is captured and stored in an image datastore on a mobile device by a non-mobile discussions application.

20. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the discussions management component is to invite a different user having an associated user profile information on a different mobile device to access a particular discussion in the social networking system based at least partially on a ticket image comprising a machine-readable token configured to enable access to a particular discussion.