Methods of granting permission to annotate digital items
AssigneeFacebook, Inc.
InventorJune R. Herold
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Abstract
A user may make a digital item available to other users of a computer network, such as an instant messaging system, a chat environment, or a subscription-based computer network. Examples of digital items that may be shared with other users include digital representations of graphic images, photographs, audio segments, songs, video segments, movies, and text (such as lists of favorites (e.g., a list of favorite books, a list of favorite movies, and a list of favorite places to visit)). On-line presence information is provided to indicate the on-line presence of users with whom a digital item has been shared, may be shared or is being shared. For instance, an indication of the on-line or offline status of a user with whom an item has been shared or is being shared may be presented.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- providing co-users associated with a user of a communications system access to digital items associated with the user of the communication system;
- receiving a first annotation for a specific digital item from a specific first co-user;
- identifying a first indication from the user of whether the specific first co-user is to be granted permission to annotate the specific digital item;
- if the first indication from the user grants the specific first co-user permission to associate annotations with the specific digital item, posting the first annotation with the specific digital item such that the first annotation is available to the co-users when accessing the specific digital item;
- and
- if the first indication from the user denies the specific first co-user permission to associate annotations with the specific digital item, allowing only the user to access the first annotation.
A method comprising:
- receiving, from a first co-user, a posting to an account of a communication system associated with a user;
- identifying an indication from the user of whether one or more specific additional co-users are to be granted permission to view the specific posting;
- enabling the one or more specific additional co-users to view the posting if the indication grants the one or more specific additional co-users permission to view the specific posting;
- and
- allowing only the user to view the specific posting and preventing the one or more specific additional co-users from viewing the specific posting if the indication denies the one or more specific additional co-users permission to view the specific posting.
A system comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:
- provide co-users of a communications system access to digital items associated with a user of the communication system;
- receive a first annotation for a specific digital item from a specific first co-user;
- identify a first indication from the user of whether the specific first co-user is to be granted permission to associate annotations with the specific digital item;
- if the first indication from the user grants the specific first co-user permission to associate annotations with the specific digital item, post the first annotation with the specific digital item such that the first annotation is available to the co-users when accessing the specific digital item;
- and
- if the first indication from the user denies the specific first co-user permission to associate annotations with the specific digital item, allowing only the user to access the first annotation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.