Image filtering based on social context

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9648129-B2
Application number	US-201313801802-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 13, 2013
Priority date	Mar 13, 2013
Publication date	May 9, 2017
Grant date	May 9, 2017

Abstract

In particular embodiments, a computing device determines a social context of each of one or more images to provide for display to a user. The computing device determines a relevance of each of the social contexts to the user. The computing device provides for display to the user one or more of the images based at least in part on the relevance of the social context of each image to the user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
by one or more computer devices, receiving from a user a request for a media item;
by one or more computer devices, accessing the stored media item and metadata associated with the media item, wherein the metadata identify one or more persons depicted in the media item, and wherein the one or more persons are each associated with a node of a social graph of a social-networking system;
by one or more computer devices, obtaining information associated with the one or more persons from the social graph;
by one or more computing devices, determining a social context associated with the media item using the metadata and information from the social graph;
by one or more computing devices, determining a relevance of the social context to the user;
by one or more computing devices, generating a display filter based on the relevance of the social context;
by one or more computing devices, receiving an instruction from the user to enable the display filter;
by one or more computing devices, selecting one or more media items associated with the social context in response to the received instruction; and
by one or more computing devices, providing for display to the user one or more of the selected media items.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the metadata comprise one or more of the following:
data automatically generated by the social-networking system;
data generated by one or more users of the social-networking system; or
data generated by a source of the media item.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the relevance of the social context to the user is based at least in part on information associated with the user in the social graph of the social-networking system.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the media items is an image.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the media items is a Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) animations.

6. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to:
receive from a user a request for a media item;
access the stored media item and metadata associated with the media item, wherein the metadata identify one or more persons depicted in the media item, and wherein the one or more persons are each associated with a node of a social graph of a social-networking system;
obtain information associated with the one or more persons from the social graph;
determine a social context associated with the media item using the metadata and information from the social graph;
determine a relevance of the social context to the user;
generate a display filter based on the relevance of the social context;
receive an instruction from the user to enable the display filter;
select one or more media items associated with the social context in response to the received instruction; and
provide for display to the user one or more of the selected media items images based at least in part on the relevance of the social context of each image to the user.

7. The media of claim 6 , wherein the metadata comprise one or more of the following:
data automatically generated by the social-networking system;
data generated by one or more users of the social-networking system; and
data generated by a source of the media item.

8. The media of claim 6 , wherein the relevance of the social context to the user is based at least in part on information associated with the user in the social graph of the social-networking system.

9. The media of claim 6 , wherein at least one of the media items is an image.

10. The media of claim 6 , wherein at least one of the media items is a Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) animations.

11. A system comprising:
one or more processors; and
a memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors being operable when executing the instructions to:
receive from a user a request for a media item;
access the stored media item and metadata associated with the media item, wherein the metadata identify one or more persons depicted in the media item, and wherein the one or more persons are each associated with a node of a social graph of a social-networking system;
obtain information associated with the one or more persons from the social graph;
determine a social context associated with the media item using the metadata and information from the social graph;
determine a relevance of each of the social context to the user;
generate a display filter based on the relevance of the social context;
receive an instruction from the user to enable the display filter;
select one or more media items associated with the social context in response to the received instruction; and
provide for display to the user one or more of the selected media items images based at least in part on the relevance of the social context of each image to the user.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the metadata comprise one or more of the following:
data automatically generated by the social-networking system;
data generated by one or more users of the social-networking system; and
data generated by a source of the media item.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the relevance of the social context to the user is based at least in part on information associated with the user in the social graph of the social-networking system.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein at least one of the media items is an image.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein at least one of the media items is a Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) animations.

Assignees

• Chedeau Christopher Serge Benjamin
• Grewal Emily B
• Chung Andrew
• Facebook Inc

Inventors

• Chedeau Christopher Serge Benjamin
• Grewal Emily B
• Chung Andrew

Classifications

• G06Q10/40

  Business processes related to social networking or social networking services · CPC title

• H04N21/4782

  Web browsing {, e.g. WebTV} · CPC title

• H04N21/4788

  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 title

• H04N21/25891

  being end-user preferences (retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18) · CPC title

• H04N21/2743

  Video hosting of uploaded data from client · CPC title