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US 9,311,678 B2Granted
Comment plug-in for third party system
AssigneeFacebook, Inc.
InventorsRay C. He, Austin Haugen, Catherine Cissy Lee, Evan Sharp
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a user comment system receives a user comment associated with a content object, assigns one or more privacy settings to the user comment, and stores the user comment in a data store in association with an identifier unique to the content object.
Claims27
A method comprising:
- by one or more computing devices associated with a social-networking system, receiving a request to store a user comment associated with content on a third-party web site hosted by a third-party system, the third-party system being separate from the social-networking system, the content comprising media,
- wherein the request comprises a first URL that references a web site of the social-networking system, and the first URL comprises a second URL that references the third-party web site and comprises a content identifier for the content;
- and
- by one or more computing devices associated with the social-networking system, storing the user comment in a data store of the social-networking system in association with the second URL that references the third-party web site and comprises the content identifier for the content.
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One or more computing devices collectively comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- one or more memory devices coupled to the processors comprising instructions that are executable by the processors, the processors being collectively operable when executing the instructions to:
- receive a request to store a user comment associated with content on a third-party web site hosted by a third-party system, the third-party system being separate from a social-networking system, the content comprising media,
- wherein the request comprises a first URL that references a web site of the social-networking system, and the first URL comprises a second URL that references the third-party web site and comprises a content identifier for the content;
- and
- store the user comment in a data store of the social-networking system in association with the second URL that references the third-party web site and comprises the content identifier for the content;
- wherein the computing devices are associated with the social-networking system.
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One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is configured when executed to:
- receive a request to store a user comment associated with content on a third-party web site hosted by a third-party system, the third-party system being separate from a social-networking system, the content comprising media,
- wherein the request comprises a first URL that references a web site of the social-networking system, and the first URL comprises a second URL that references the third-party web site and comprises a content identifier for the content;
- and
- store the user comment in a data store of the social-networking system in association with the second URL that references the third-party web site and comprises the content identifier for the content;
- wherein the computer-readable non-transitory storage means and the software are associated with the social-networking system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.