Systems and methods for sharing images in a social network

US9773228B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• FACEBOOK, INC. · US

Inventors

• Robert Michael Baldwin · San Francisco, US
• Paul Francois Carduner · Menlo Park, US
• Andrew Chung · Berkeley, US
• Dirk John Stoop · Palo Alto, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 2, 2012
• Grant date: Sep 26, 2017
• Expiry date: May 12, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L67/306
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques to share images in a social networking system. In an embodiment, an image is received from a first user, the image is associated with a first archive of the first user within a social networking system, and the image is associated with a second archive of a second user within the social networking system without the social networking system receiving a request from the second user to download the image. The image may be received from a mobile device. The image may be captured by a camera of a mobile device. The image may be automatically uploaded from a mobile device. A request may be received from the second user to include the image in the second archive associated with the second user. Associating the image with the second archive of the second user may comprise including a link to the image in the second archive.