Content overlay for social network posts

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016334972-A1
Application number	US-201514711711-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 13, 2015
Priority date	May 13, 2015
Publication date	Nov 17, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Many users may share information, such as messages, photos, and/or links to websites or other content, through social networks as social network posts. As provided herein, a commentating user may be provided with the ability to overlay content, such as images, icons, text, links to websites, and/or other content visually and positionally onto a social network post to create an overlaid social network post. The commentating user may resize, reposition, and/or tag the content that is overlaid the social network post. In this way, various users may overlay content onto social network posts for an improved user interface and interaction for social network interfacing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for overlaying content items onto social network posts, comprising:
displaying a social network post, created by an originating user, to a commentating user; receiving user input, from the commentating user, at a position within the social network post, the user input corresponding to a content overlay command associated with content; and overlaying the content onto the social network post at the position to create an overlaid social network post.

2 . The method of claim 1 , the content comprising at least one of an image, text, a shape, a sticker, an animation, a user interface element, or a thought bubble.

3 . The method of claim 1 , the content comprising a link to at least one of a website, audio content, a video, execution of an application, a coupon, a location within a map interface, a document, or task completion functionality.

4 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:
exposing a create content interface to the commentating user; and receiving user generated content, based upon user interaction with the create content interface, as the content.

5 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:
exposing a content selection interface, populated with a plurality of available content, to the commentating user; and receiving a selection, based upon user interaction with the create content interface, of available content as the content.

6 . The method of claim 1 , the overlaying comprising:
responsive to receiving a reposition command, moving the content from the position to a new position within the overlaid social network post.

7 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:
displaying the overlaid social network post to a second user.

8 . The method of claim 7 , comprising:
receiving second user input, from the second user, at a second position within the overlaid social network post, the second user input corresponding to a second content overlay command associated with second content; and overlaying the second content onto the overlaid social network post at the second position to create an updated overlaid social network post.

9 . The method of claim 7 , comprising:
responsive to receiving a content filter command from the second user, hiding one or more content overlaid the overlaid social network post based upon the content filter command.

10 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:
responsive to receiving a resize command, adjusting a size of the content within the overlaid social network post.

11 . The method of claim 1 , the content comprising a thought bubble, and the method comprising:
displaying a text entry interface to the commentating user; and responsive to receiving text through the text entry interface, populating the thought bubble with the text.

12 . The method of claim 10 , comprising:
displaying the overlaid social network post to a second user where the text of the thought bubble is hidden; and responsive to user interaction with the thought bubble, displaying the text.

13 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:
responsive to receiving a tag command for the content within the overlaid social network post, tagging the content with a tag of a social network user specified by the tag command.

14 . The method of claim 7 , comprising:
responsive to user interaction with the content, displaying at least one of a textual description for the content, a timestamp of the content, or a user identification of the commentator user.

15 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:
displaying the overlaid social network post to the originating user; and responsive to receiving a response command from the originating user, overlaying response content, of the response command, onto the content of the overlaid social network post to create an updated overlaid social network post.

16 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:
displaying the overlaid social network post to the originating user; and responsive to receiving a remove command from the originating user, removing the content from the overlaid social network post.

17 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:
responsive to receiving a share command associated with the overlaid social network post, sending the overlaid social network post to a second user based upon the share command.

18 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:
responsive to receiving a create file command associated with the overlaid social network post, generating a file depicting the overlaid social network post.

19 . A system for overlaying content items onto social network posts, comprising:
an overlay component configured to:
display a social network post, created by an originating user, to a commentating user;
receive user input, from the commentating user, at a position within the social network post, the user input corresponding to a content overlay command associated with content;
overlay the content onto the social network post at the position to create an overlaid social network post; and
display the overlaid social network post to a second user.

20 . A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions that when executed by a processor perform a method for overlaying content items onto social network posts, comprising:
displaying a social network post, created by an originating user, to a commentating user; receiving user input, from the commentating user, at a position within the social network post, the user input corresponding to a content overlay command associated with content, the receiving user input comprising:
exposing a create content interface to the commentating user; and
receiving at least one of user markup, user uploaded content, user specified text, or user generated content, through the create content interface, as the content; and
overlaying the content onto the social network post at the position to create an overlaid social network post.

Assignees

• Yahoo Inc

Inventors

• Cheng Kevin
• Kraut Joel
• Lebrun Jason

Classifications

• G06T11/60

  Creating or editing images; Combining images with text · CPC title

• G06F40/169

  Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes · CPC title

• G06F40/166

  Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting · CPC title

• G06F3/04845 Primary

  for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour · CPC title

• G06F17/24

  Physics · mapped topic