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US 2016/0103571 A1Published application
Enabling participation in an online community using visual machine-readable symbols
AssigneeFacebook, Inc.
InventorsJohn-Alistair George, Adam Connelly
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Abstract
A facility for coordinating an online discussion is described. The facility receives an indication that a user has captured a machine-readable symbol encoding an identifier that identifies a particular online discussion. In response, the facility incorporates into an online forum that hosts this online discussion an indication that this user captured a symbol encoding an identifier that identifies this online discussion.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- configuring a user interface for presenting information describing one or more online interactions;
- receiving a selection of an online interaction;
- generating a machine-readable symbol for capture by client devices;
- associating the machine-readable symbol with the online interaction, wherein a client device capturing the machine-readable symbol performs an action associated with the online interaction;
- and
- storing the machine-readable symbol.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for:
- configuring a user interface for presenting information describing one or more online interactions;
- receiving a selection of an online interaction;
- generating a machine-readable symbol for capture by client devices;
- associating the machine-readable symbol with the online interaction, wherein a client device capturing the machine-readable symbol performs an action associated with the online interaction;
- and
- storing the machine-readable symbol.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.