Systems and methods for multiple photo feed stories

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10783276-B2
Application number	US-201916243979-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 9, 2019
Priority date	Aug 2, 2012
Publication date	Sep 22, 2020
Grant date	Sep 22, 2020

Abstract

Techniques to allow for ease of navigation within a photo browsing interface of a social networking system. In one embodiment, a designation of a first image for sharing is received from within at least one of a single-image view and a camera view. Based on the designation, the first image is added to a communication. The designation may be based on a user selection of an option provided by an interface of a mobile device. The first image may be received from within a social networking application or from within a dedicated camera application. In another embodiment, the privacy level of the communication and the designated images is based on the privacy setting of a user. The communication and the designated images may contain tag data identifying one or more people on a social networking system. In an alternative embodiment, the privacy level of the communication and designated images is adjusted according to the one or more people identified in the tag data.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A computer implemented method comprising:
receiving a designation of one or more items of digital media;
receiving a communication regarding the one or more items of digital media;
associating the one or more items of digital media with the communication based on the designation; and
setting a privacy level for the communication and the one or more items of digital media on a social networking system based on a privacy setting of a user on the social networking system, wherein when the privacy level of the communication or the one or more items of digital media are changed, the privacy level of the one or more items of digital media associated with the communication or the communication associated with the one or more items of digital media are dynamically changed.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the privacy level allows access to the communication and the one or more items of digital media by only the user on the social networking system.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the privacy level allows access to the communication and the one or more items of digital media by the user and friends of the user on the social networking system.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving tag data regarding the communication or the one or more items of digital media, wherein said tag data identifies one or more people on the social networking system.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 4 , further comprising adjusting the privacy level for the communication and the one or more items of digital media based on the one or more people identified in the tag data.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 5 , wherein adjusting the privacy level comprises further allowing access to the communication and the one or more items of digital media by the one or more people identified in the tag data.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 6 , wherein adjusting the privacy level comprises further allowing access to the communication and the one or more items of digital media by friends of the one or more people identified in the tag data.

8. The computer implemented method of claim 5 , wherein adjusting the privacy level comprises restricting access to the communication and the one or more items of digital media when the tag data identifying one or more people on the social networking system has been removed.

9. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the digital media comprises digital images.

10. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein a reference indicating a number of the one or more items of digital media is incremented when an additional item of digital media is added.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing computer program code for:
receiving a designation of one or more items of digital media;
receiving a communication regarding the one or more items of digital media;
associating the one or more items of digital media with the communication based on the designation; and
setting a privacy level for the communication and the one or more items of digital media on a social networking system based on a privacy setting of a user on the social networking system, wherein when the privacy level of the communication or the one or more items of digital media are changed, the privacy level of the one or more items of digital media associated with the communication or the communication associated with the one or more items of digital media are dynamically changed.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the privacy level allows access to the communication and the one or more items of digital media by only the user on the social networking system.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the privacy level allows access to the communication and the one or more items of digital media by the user and friends of the user on the social networking system.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , further comprising receiving tag data regarding the communication or the one or more items of digital media, wherein said tag data identifies one or more people on the social networking system.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , further comprising adjusting the privacy level for the communication and the one or more items of digital media based on the one or more people identified in the tag data.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein adjusting the privacy level comprises further allowing access to the communication and the one or more items of digital media by the one or more people identified in the tag data.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein adjusting the privacy level comprises further allowing access to the communication and the one or more items of digital media by friends of the one or more people identified in the tag data.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein adjusting the privacy level comprises restricting access to the communication and the one or more items of digital media when the tag data identifying one or more people on the social networking system has been removed.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the digital media comprises digital images.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , further containing computer code for displaying an animation indicating that the one or more items of digital media have been designated for sharing.

Assignees

• Facebook Inc

Inventors

• Stoop Dirk John
• Van Dijk Jorn Martinus Johannes
• He Lin

Classifications

• G06F21/6263 Primary

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