Tagging posted content in a social networking system with media information
AssigneeFacebook, Inc.
InventorsJustin Alexander Shaffer, Robert Taaffe Lindsay, Sean Michael Bruich
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Abstract
A social networking system allows a user to insert media information into content posted by the user, where the media information identifies a media item that the user is consuming while composing the posted content. When a user of a social networking system composes content via a composer interface, the user may select an option on the composer interface to record audio using a microphone on the user's device. A media item is identified from the recorded audio and information about the identified media item is added to the user's posted content. The system may also update information about the identified media item and the composing user.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving, from a computing device, a recording of audio associated with a media item being consumed by a user of the computer device, the recording being received while the computing device is providing a composer interface for generating content to be shared, the content including at least one of a photo or a video;
- identifying, based on the recording, media information associated with the media item, the media information including at least one of a picture associated with the media item or an icon representing the media item;
- transmitting, to the computing device, the media information including at least one of the picture associated with the media item or the icon representing the media item;
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- enabling the computing device to add, in the composer interface, the media information to the content to be shared, the media information including at least one of the picture or the icon and the content including at least one of the photo or the video.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing system, cause the computing system to perform a method comprising:
- receiving, from a computing device, a recording of audio associated with a media item being consumed by a user of the computer device, the recording being received while the computing device is providing a composer interface for generating content to be shared, the content including at least one of a photo or a video;
- identifying, based on the recording, media information associated with the media item, the media information including at least one of a picture associated with the media item or an icon representing the media item;
- transmitting, to the computing device, the media information including at least one of the picture associated with the media item or the icon representing the media item;
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- enabling the computing device to add, in the composer interface, the media information to the content to be shared, the media information including at least one of the picture or the icon and the content including at least one of the photo or the video.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing system, cause the computing system to perform a method comprising:
- accessing, via a computing device, a composer interface that enables a user of the computing device to share content including at least one of a photo or a video;
- recording, via a microphone of the computing device, audio associated with a media item being consumed by the user while the composer interface is being accessed;
- transmitting, via the computing device, the audio associated with the media item for processing to identify, based on the audio, media information associated with the media item;
- receiving, via the computing device, the media information associated with the media item, the media information including at least one of a picture associated with the media item or an icon representing the media item;
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- adding, via the computing device, in the composer interface the media information to the content to be shared, the media information including at least one of the picture or the icon and the content including at least one of the photo or the video.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.