Social action by quick response (QR) code

• US 9,462,066 B2
• Filed: 08/21/2012
• Issued: 10/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Song, Sijia, Stratford, Evan Ashton, Marcu, Alejandro Jose
• Primary Examiner(s): Thieu, Benjamin M
• Application Number:
  US13/590,972
• Publication Number:
  US 20140059124A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,505 Days
• Field of Search: 709203-204, 709/206, 709/217, 705/75, 705/14.49
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

In one embodiment, a client device of a first user associated with a first node in a social graph of a social-networking system accesses a tag that encodes information regarding a second node in the social graph; determines based on the tag a social action to take one the social graph with respect to the first and second nodes; and transmits to the social-networking system a message configured to effect the social action on the social graph.

Claims

1. A method comprising, by a client device of a user associated with a user node in a social graph of a social-networking system:

accessing a tag that encodes information regarding a concept node in the social graph, the concept node representing a concept of the social-networking system;

determining based at least in part on the tag and a node type of the concept node one or more social actions to take on the social graph with respect to the user node and the concept node, wherein a list of default social actions based on the node type of the concept node as determined by the social-networking system is accessed to select a plurality of social actions related to the information of the tag regarding the concept node to determine the one or more social actions to take on the social graph;

displaying an interactive list comprising the one or more social actions determined based at least in part on the tag that encodes information regarding the concept node to the user for selection of a social action from the one or more social actions;

receiving user input comprising the selected social action from the interactive list; and

transmitting, to one or more computer systems of a social-networking system maintaining at least a portion of the social graph, a message configured to effect the selected social action on the social graph with respect to the user node and the concept node,

wherein the selected social action is determined based on the user input and on the tag, and

wherein the selected social action comprises at least one of an action performed by the user on the concept or a relationship established between the user and the concept.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the tag comprises a Quick Response (QR) code, a Near Field Communication (NFC) tag, or a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the social graph comprises a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges between the nodes, the nodes being associated with users or concepts, the edges connecting the nodes in the social graph; and

the selected social action comprises creating an edge between the user node and the concept node in the social graph.

4. A method comprising, by one or more computer systems of a social-networking system maintaining at least a portion of a social graph:

receiving, from a client device of a user associated with a user node in the social graph, a message configured to effect a social action on the social graph with respect to the user node and a concept node in the social graph, the concept node representing a concept of the social-networking system,

the client device having determined the social action based at least in part on a tag and a node type of the concept node accessed by the client device,

the tag encoding information regarding the concept node comprises a list of default social actions based on the node type of the concept node as determined by the social-networking system, the tag encoding information being accessed to select a plurality of social actions related to the information of the tag regarding the concept node to determine the one or more social actions to take on the social graph, and

the social action being selected based on a received user input which comprises the one or more social actions determined based at least in part on the tag that encodes information regarding the concept node,

wherein the social action being selected comprises one of;

an interactive list or a user input;

wherein the selected social action comprises at least one of an action performed by the user on the concept or a relationship established between the user and the concept; and

in response to the message, effecting the selected social action on the social graph with respect to the user node and the concept node.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the tag comprises a Quick Response (QR) code, a Near Field Communication (NFC) tag, or a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag.

6. A client device of a user associated with a user node in a social graph of a social-networking system, the client device comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media coupled to the processors and embodying software that is operable when executed by the processors to;

access a tag that encodes information regarding a concept node in the social graph, the concept node representing a concept of the social-networking system;

determine based at least in part on the tag and a node type of the concept node one or more social actions to take on the social graph with respect to the user node and the concept node, wherein a list of default social actions based on the node type of the concept node as determined by the social-networking system is accessed to select a plurality of social actions related to the information of the tag regarding the concept node to determine the one or more social actions to take on the social graph;

display an interactive list comprising the one or more social actions determined based at least in part on the tag that encodes information regarding the concept node to the user for selection of a social action from the one or more social actions;

receive user input comprising the selected social action from the interactive list; and

transmit, to one or more computer systems of a social-networking system maintaining at least a portion of the social graph, a message configured to effect the selected social action on the social graph with respect to the user node and the concept node,

wherein the selected social action is determined based on the user input and on the tad, and

wherein the selected social action comprises at least one of an action performed by the user on the concept or a relationship established between the user and the concept.

7. The client device of claim 6, wherein the tag comprises a Quick Response (QR) code, a Near Field Communication (NFC) tag, or a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag.

8. The client device of claim 6, wherein the selected social action is determined based on the user input and on the tag.

9. The client device of claim 6, wherein:

the social graph comprises a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges between the nodes, the nodes being associated with users or concepts, the edges connecting the nodes in the social graph; and

the selected social action comprises creating an edge between the user node and the concept node in the social graph.

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

maintain at least a portion of a social graph of a social-networking system;

receive, from a client device of a user associated with a user node in the social graph, a message configured to effect a social action on the social graph with respect to the user node and a concept node in the social graph, the concept node representing a concept of the social-networking system,

the client device having determined the social action based at least in part on a tag and a node type of the concept node accessed by the client device,

the tag encoding information regarding the concept node comprises a list of default social actions based on the node type of the concept node as determined by the social-networking system, the tag encoding information being accessed to select a plurality of social actions related to the information of the tag regarding the concept node to determine the one or more social actions to take on the social graph, and

the social action being selected based on a received user input which comprises the one or more social actions determined based at least in part on the tag that encodes information regarding the concept node,

wherein the social action being selected comprises one of;

an interactive list or a user input;

wherein the selected social action comprises at least one of an action performed by the user on the concept or a relationship established between the user and the concept; and

in response to the message, effect the selected social action on the social graph with respect to the user node and the concept node.

11. The media of claim 10, wherein the tag comprises a Quick Response (QR) code, a Near Field Communication (NFC) tag, or a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag.