Restoring integrity of a social media thread from a social network export
AssigneeDropbox, Inc.
InventorKyle Shay
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Abstract
The disclosed technology addresses the need in the art for a service that can ingest a social network export and restore the integrity of threads within the social network export. The present technology can unite images in the social network export with the caption from the initial post, and with any comments within the thread. Likewise, images in the social network export can be enhanced to include metadata that reflects when the image was posted and any other contextual information that the social network provides in export file.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving a request in a user interface of a user device to import an export file from at least one social network associated with a user account;
- importing the export file from the at least one social network, the export file comprising a directory of images, including a first image file, and a plurality of comments, including first comments that were associated with the first image file at in at least one thread;
- parsing the export file including the directory of the images and the plurality of comments to determine a source social network of the export file;
- analyze the export file according to a set of rules associated with the source social network to identify the at least one thread in which the first image file was posted;
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- storing the first comments pertaining to the at least one thread associated with the first image file to unite the first comments and the first image file from the at least one thread.
At least one non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon that when executed cause at least one processor to:
- receive a request in a user interface of a user device to import an export file from at least one social network associated with a user account;
- import the export file from the at least one social network, the export file comprising a directory of images, including a first image file, and a plurality of comments, including first comments that were associated with the first image file at in at least one thread;
- parse the export file including the directory of the images and the plurality of comments to determine a source social network of the export file;
- analyze the export file according to a set of rules associated with the source social network to identify the at least one thread in which the first image file was posted;
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- store the first comments pertaining to the at least one thread associated with the first image file to unite the first comments and the first image file from the at least one thread.
A system, comprising:
- at least one non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon;
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- at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to cause the at least one processor to:
- receive a request in a user interface of a user device to import an export file from at least one social network associated with a user account;
- import the export file from the at least one social network, the export file comprising a directory of images, including a first image file, and a plurality of comments, including first comments that were associated with the first image file at in at least one thread;
- parse the export file including the directory of the images and the plurality of comments to determine a source social network of the export file;
- analyze the export file according to a set of rules associated with the source social network to identify the at least one thread in which the first image file was posted;
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- store the first comments pertaining to the at least one thread associated with the first image file to unite the first comments and the first image file from the at least one thread.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.