Systems And Methods For Sharing Images In A Social Network

• US 20180005188A1
• Filed: 09/12/2017
• Published: 01/04/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Baldwin, Robert Michael, Carduner, Paul Francois, Chung, Andrew, Stoop, Dirk John
• Granted Patent: US 10,769,590 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

Techniques to share images in a social networking system. In an embodiment, an image is received from a first user, the image is associated with a first archive of the first user within a social networking system, and the image is associated with a second archive of a second user within the social networking system without the social networking system receiving a request from the second user to download the image.

The image may be received from a mobile device. The image may be captured by a camera of a mobile device. The image may be automatically uploaded from a mobile device. A request may be received from the second user to include the image in the second archive associated with the second user. Associating the image with the second archive of the second user may comprise including a link to the image in the second archive.

Claims

1-20. -20. (canceled)

21. A method comprising, by one or more computing devices of a social-networking system:

determining that one or more new photographs have been captured by a client computing device of a user of the social-networking system;

identifying a user account of the user within the social-networking system; and

automatically and without user input, fetching from the client computing device one or more of the new photographs for storage in association with the user account within the social-networking system.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein determining that one or more new photographs have been captured comprises monitoring, by the social-networking system, designated locations for captured images on the user device.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein fetching the one or more photographs occurs immediately upon the photographs being captured by the client computing device.

24. The method of claim 21, wherein fetching the one or more photographs occurs in a batch operation at designated time intervals.

25. The method of claim 21, wherein fetching the one or more photographs occurs in a batch operation when certain conditions are met.

26. The method of claim 21, wherein a filter or process is applied to the image.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the filter or process is one or more of compressing the photograph, altering the appearance of the photograph, changing the file format of the photograph, or applying a visual effect to the photograph.

28. The method of claim 21, further comprising generating a fingerprint of the photograph.

29. The method of claim 28, further comprising determining that a photograph has already been uploaded to the social-networking system by matching the fingerprint of the photograph with a fingerprint stored within the social-networking system.

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

determine that one or more new photographs have been captured by a client computing device of a user of the social-networking system;

identify a user account of the user within the social-networking system; and

automatically and without user input, fetch from the client computing device one or more of the new photographs for storage in association with the user account within the social-networking system.

31. The computer-readable non-transitory storage media of claim 30, wherein determining that one or more new photographs have been captured comprises monitoring, by the social-networking system, designated locations for captured images on the user device.

32. The computer-readable non-transitory storage media of claim 30, wherein fetching the one or more photographs occurs immediately upon the photographs being captured by the client computing device.

33. The computer-readable non-transitory storage media of claim 30, wherein fetching the one or more photographs occurs in a batch operation at designated time intervals.

34. The computer-readable non-transitory storage media of claim 30, wherein fetching the one or more photographs occurs in a batch operation when certain conditions are met.

35. The computer-readable non-transitory storage media of claim 30, wherein a filter or process is applied to the image.

36. The computer-readable non-transitory storage media of claim 35, wherein the filter or process is one or more of compressing the photograph, altering the appearance of the photograph, changing the file format of the photograph, or applying a visual effect to the photograph.

37. The computer-readable non-transitory storage media of claim 30, further comprising generating a fingerprint of the photograph.

38. The computer-readable non-transitory storage media of claim 37, further comprising determining that a photograph has already been uploaded to the social-networking system by matching the fingerprint of the photograph with a fingerprint stored within the social-networking system.

39. A social-networking system comprising:

one or more processors associated with the social-networking system; and

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

determine that one or more new photographs have been captured by a client computing device of a user of the social-networking system;

identify a user account of the user within the social-networking system; and

automatically and without user input, fetch from the client computing device one or more of the new photographs for storage in association with the user account within the social-networking system.