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US 11,962,598 B2Granted
Social media post subscribe requests for buffer user accounts
AssigneeSnap Inc.
InventorsNicholas R. Allen, Joseph Burfitt
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Abstract
An approach for publishing posts on a social network through one or more user accounts with different levels of attribution is disclosed. A secure user account publishes a post through a programmatically linked buffer user account. The secure user account and the buffer user account are programmatically linked. Posts published via the buffer user account can be modified to add attribution image data or other visual indicators of the original post creator.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, at a server, a request to post an image on a social network site, the request comprising an image generated by a first client device, an identification of a first user account of the social network site, and a public post instruction, the public post instruction being selected at the first client device in response to the first client device presenting an option of a private post instruction and a public post instruction, the private post instruction indicating a request to publish unmodified posts on the social network site from the first user account, the public post instruction indicating a request to publish modified posts on the social network site from a buffer account that is separate from the first user account on the social network site;
- detecting, at the server, the public post instruction in the request;
- in response to detecting the public post instruction in the request, identifying the buffer account corresponding to the first user account, and metadata of the first user account, the metadata indicating a graphical element assigned to the first user account;
- generating, at the server, a modified post by overlaying the graphical element on the image, the graphical element validating an authenticity of the buffer account;
- publishing the modified post from the buffer account on the social network site;
- receiving, from a second client device of a second user account of the social network site, a subscribe request to subscribe to image posts from the first user account;
- and
- in response to receiving the subscribe request, subscribing the second user account to posts published by the buffer account.
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A system comprising:
- one or more processors of a machine;
- and
- a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors of the machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, at the machine, a request to post an image on a social network site, the request comprising an image generated by a first client device, an identification of a first user account of the social network site, and a public post instruction, the public post instruction being selected at the first client device in response to the first client device presenting an option of a private post instruction and a public post instruction, the private post instruction indicating a request to publish unmodified posts on the social network site from the first user account, the public post instruction indicating a request to publish modified posts on the social network site from a buffer user account that is separate from the first user account on the social network site;
- detecting, at the machine, the public post instruction in the request;
- in response to detecting the public post instruction in the request, identifying the buffer account corresponding to the first user account, and metadata of the first user account, the metadata indicating a graphical element assigned to the first user account;
- generating, at the machine, a modified post by overlaying the graphical element on the image, the graphical element validating an authenticity of the buffer account;
- publishing the modified post from the buffer account on the social network site;
- receiving, from a second client device of a second user account of the social network site, a subscribe request to subscribe to image posts from the first user account;
- and
- in response to receiving the subscribe request, subscribing the second user account to posts published by the buffer account.
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A non-transitory machine-readable storage device embodying instruction that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, at a server, a request to post an image on a social network site, the request comprising an image generated by a first client device, an identification of a first user account of the social network site, and a public post instruction, the public post instruction being selected at the first client device in response to the first client device presenting an option of a private post instruction and a public post instruction, the private post instruction indicating a request to publish unmodified posts on the social network site from the first user account, the public post instruction indicating a request to publish modified posts on the social network site from a buffer user account that is separate from the first user account on the social network site;
- detecting, at the server, the public post instruction in the request;
- in response to detecting the public post instruction in the request, identifying the buffer account corresponding to the first user account, and metadata of the first user account, the metadata indicating a graphical element assigned to the first user account;
- generating, at the server, a modified post by overlaying the graphical element on the image, the graphical element validating an authenticity of the buffer account;
- publishing the modified post from the buffer account on the social network site;
- receiving, from a second client device of a second user account of the social network site, a subscribe request to subscribe to image posts from the first user account;
- and
- in response to receiving the subscribe request, subscribing the second user account to posts published by the buffer account.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.