Media object distribution

• US 10,630,625 B2
• Filed: 07/13/2015
• Issued: 04/21/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Snap, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Snap, Inc.
• Inventors: Hogeg, Moshe, Sadeh, Ido
• Primary Examiner(s): Vu, Quoc Thai N
• Application Number:
  US14/797,263
• Publication Number:
  US 20160014063A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,744 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6175 involving transmission via Internet broadcast-related systems characterised by the transmission system being the Internet H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

A method that comprises receiving at a network connected server from a first client terminal, a message comprising, an user application ID of a user selecting a media object using a user interface presented on a display of the first client terminal and the media object, generating a web document which presents a browser user interface and the media object when accessed by a browser, the web document having a network accessible storage address, sending the network accessible storage address from the network connected server to allow a browser installed in a second client terminal to use of the network accessible storage address to display the media object the browser user interface, identifying a usage of the browser user interface for inputting a reaction to the media object by a user of the second client terminal, and forwarding the reaction to the first client terminal using the sender user ID.

Claims

1. A method of managing media object based communication comprising:

receiving at a network connected server, from a first client terminal, a message comprising a media object, a user application identifier of a user that selected the media object using a user interface presented on a display of the first client terminal, and a target identifier;

identifying, in a local table, a presence or an absence of a target application user identifier associated with the target identifier, the target application user identifier being different from the target identifier; and

in response to identifying the absence of the target application user identifier in the local table;

generating a web document that causes a given browser of a given client terminal to present the media object on the given client terminal for a limited time period after the generated web document is loaded by the given browser, the generated web document being stored at a network accessible storage address; and

sending the network accessible storage address, from the network connected server to a second client terminal, using the target identifier, wherein the sending enables a particular browser of the second client terminal to use the network accessible storage address to load the generated web document and present the media object for the limited time period after the generated web document is loaded by the particular browser.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the sending is performed in a member of a group consisting of a short message service (SMS) message, instant messaging (IM) message, and an electronic mail.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the sending comprises forwarding the network accessible storage address to the first client terminal from the network connected server, wherein the sending is performed by the first client terminal.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the second client terminal is associated with a contact member of the first client terminal, wherein the sending is performed by the first client terminal using an electronic mail address or a telephone number of the contact member of the first client terminal.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating comprises documenting a conversation identifier in association with the user identifier and adding the conversation identifier to the network accessible storage address, wherein the identifying comprises using the conversation identifier to match the user identifier.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the target identifier is selected from a group consisting of a target telephone number and an email address.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the sending of the network accessible storage address to the second client terminal is performed by the network connected server.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the generated web document causes the given browser of the given client terminal to present the media object on the given client terminal for the limited time period after the generated web document is loaded by the given browser by:

causing removal of a cascade style sheet property associated with the generated web document after the generated web document is loaded by the given browser, the removal of the cascade style sheet property causing the media object to stop being presented by the given browser.

9. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising computer executable instructions adapted to perform the method of claim 1.

11. The method of claim 1, comprising in response to identifying the absence of the target application user identifier UM in the local table:

identifying a usage of said a browser user interface, presented by the web document, for inputting a reaction to the media object by a user of the second client terminal; and

forwarding the reaction, via the network connected server, to the first client terminal using the user application identifier.

10. A system of managing media object based communication comprising:

a processor;

a network interface adapted to receive from a first client terminal, a message comprising a media object, a user application identifier (ID) of a user that selected the media object using a user interface presented on a display of the first client terminal, and a target identifier;

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions stored there on, which, when executed by the processor, cause the system to perform operations comprising;

identifying, in a local table, a presence or an absence of a target application user identifier associated with the target identifier, the target application user identifier being different from the target identifier; and

in response to identifying the absence of the target application user identifier in the local table;

generating a web document that causes a given browser of a given client terminal to present the media object on the given client terminal for a limited time period after the generated web document is loaded by the given browser, the generated web document being stored at a network accessible storage address; and

sending the network accessible storage address, to a second client terminal, using the target identifier, wherein the sending enables a particular browser of the second client terminal to use the network accessible storage address to load the generated web document and present the media object for the limited time period after the generated web document is loaded by the particular browser.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the operations further comprise identifying a usage of the browser user interface for inputting a reaction to the media object by a user of the second client terminal and the network interface is adapted to forward the reaction to the first client terminal using the user application identifier.