US 2018/0324126 A1Published application

Social media interaction aggregation for duplicate image posts

AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation

InventorsRobert H. Grant, Jeremy A. Greenberger, Trudy L. Hewitt, Jana H. Jenkins

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Abstract

A social media platform is searched by a computer to identify a set of duplicate images including a first image that was posted to the platform by a first user and a second image that was posted to the platform by a second user. A notification is provided by the computer to the first user and the second user indicating that the set of duplicate images exists. A host is selected by the computer for a single consolidated image of the set of duplicate images. The first image or the second image is used by the computer to provide the single consolidated image. One or more social media interactions associated with the first image are consolidated by the computer with one or more social media interactions associated with the second image to generate a single set of social media interactions for the single consolidated image.

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Dependent claims

A computer implemented method for detecting duplicate images on a social media platform, the method comprising:

searching, by the computer, a social media platform to identify a set of duplicate images comprising at least a first image that was posted to the social media platform, and a second image that was posted to the social media platform, wherein the second image is a duplicate of the first image;
providing, by the computer, a notification to at least one of the first user or the second user indicating that the set of duplicate images exists;
selecting, by the computer, a single consolidated image from the set of duplicate images by using the first image or the second image, or both the first image and the second image, to provide the single consolidated image;
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consolidating, by the computer, one or more social media interactions associated with the first image with one or more social media interactions associated with the second image to generate a single set of social media interactions for the single consolidated image.

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Facts

Application: 15/849,264Filed 20 Dec 2017
Priority: 3 May 2017
Published: 8 Nov 2018
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Classification8 codes

G06Q 10/10
Administration; Management: office automation; Time management
G06Q 10/40
Administration; Management: business processes related to social networking or social networking services
H04L 51/212
Monitoring or handling of messages: using filtering or selective blocking
H04L 51/224
Monitoring or handling of messages: providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages

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Application15/585,504Continuation · filed 3 May 2017
Application15/849,264Continuation
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