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Systems and methods for multiple photo selection

  • US 9,246,958 B2
  • Filed: 08/02/2012
  • Issued: 01/26/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • by a mobile computing device associated with a user of a social-networking system, receiving user input by a user interface of a camera application associated with a social-networking application installed on the mobile computing device, wherein the camera application comprises a camera view displaying a standard shutter button and a share shutter button, wherein selection of the standard shutter button causes a media item to be captured by a camera of the mobile computing device and saved to a local memory of the mobile computing device, and wherein selection of the share shutter button causes a media item to be captured by the camera of the mobile computing device and to be designated for sharing, and wherein the user is represented by a first node in a social graph of the social-networking system;

    by the mobile computing device, receiving user input to designate one or more media items for sharing with one or more other users of the social-networking system, wherein each of the other users is represented by a second node in the social graph, each of the second nodes connected by one or more edges to the first node, and wherein the user input to designate at least one of the media items for sharing on the social-networking system is based on a user selection of the share shutter button;

    by the mobile computing device, providing at least one of a graphical indication within the user interface of the designated one or more media items or an animation associated with the one or more designated media items; and

    by the mobile computing device, sending instructions to the social-networking system to share the designated one or more media items with the other users.

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