Macro-navigation within a digital story framework

    公开(公告)号:US10817142B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-27

    申请号:US16416312

    申请日:2019-05-20

    Applicant: Facebook, Inc.

    Inventor: Debashish Paul

    Abstract: Systems and methods for creating and maintaining digital story progress bars may include (1) providing an interface that displays posts within a series of different digital stories, (2) displaying, within the interface, a progress bar including (i) a current-story section associated with a story-indicator corresponding to a current story whose posts are currently being displayed, and (ii) an upcoming-story section associated with a subsequent story-indicator corresponding to an upcoming story queued for display after the current story, (3) transitioning from displaying the posts of the current story to displaying the posts of the upcoming story, and (4) in response to displaying the posts of the upcoming story (i) altering the current-story section by replacing the story-indicator with the subsequent story-indicator and (ii) altering the upcoming-story section by replacing the subsequent story-indicator with a post-subsequent story-indicator corresponding to an additional upcoming story. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

    Pausing sponsored content items when transitioning

    公开(公告)号:US10796385B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-06

    申请号:US15855974

    申请日:2017-12-27

    Applicant: Facebook, Inc.

    Inventor: Debashish Paul

    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes displaying a feed of an online social network on a client computing device of a user, the feed comprising a plurality of media items; receiving a first indication the user is viewing a first media item, wherein the first media item is located at a first location in the feed; sending a first sponsored content item for playing at the first location; receiving a second indication the user is transitioning from the first location to a second location in the feed; and pausing the first sponsored content item from playing in response to receiving the second indication.

    Systems and methods for digital privacy controls

    公开(公告)号:US10757054B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-25

    申请号:US16425907

    申请日:2019-05-29

    Applicant: Facebook, Inc.

    Inventor: Debashish Paul

    Abstract: Systems and methods for creating and maintaining digital privacy controls may include (1) providing a composition-creation interface that enables a user to create a social media composition, (2) additionally providing a privacy-settings interface that enables the user to select an audience for the social media composition, (3) displaying, within the privacy-settings interface, a slider element that may be used to select a size of the audience, where sliding the slider element in a first direction decreases a size of the audience and sliding the slider element in a second direction increases the size of the audience, and (4) configuring the size of the audience based on a position of the slider element. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

    Live broadcast on an online social network

    公开(公告)号:US10701121B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-30

    申请号:US15395583

    申请日:2016-12-30

    Applicant: Facebook, Inc.

    Inventor: Debashish Paul

    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes sending, to a social-networking system, information to initiate a live-broadcast session for distribution of a media stream using the social-networking system. The method also includes capturing an incoming media stream in association with the live-broadcast session, generating an outgoing media stream based on the incoming media stream, and sending the outgoing media stream to the social-networking system. The method also includes providing information to display a user interface associated with the live-broadcast session, where the user interface includes a visual representation associated with the outgoing media stream.

    Social Camera for Auto Group Selfies
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190208116A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-04

    申请号:US15857371

    申请日:2017-12-28

    Applicant: Facebook, Inc.

    Inventor: Debashish Paul

    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes determining, by an application running on a client system of a first user, one of a plurality of cameras of the client system being used to capture an image. The plurality of cameras may include a front camera and a back camera of the client system. The application may detect one or more of the first user and one or more second users using the determined camera. The application may determine whether one or more image-capturing criteria are satisfied. If the one or more image-capturing criteria are satisfied, the application may capture the image using the determined camera. Otherwise, the application may provide feedback to one or more of the first user and the one or more second users to perform one or more actions in order to comply with the image-capturing criteria.

    REAL-TIME SCRIPT FOR LIVE BROADCAST
    48.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180192154A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-05

    申请号:US15851102

    申请日:2017-12-21

    Applicant: Facebook, Inc.

    Inventor: Debashish Paul

    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes retrieving, from one or more data stores, a script including multiple text strings, where the script is associated with a user of a social-networking system. The method also includes capturing an incoming media stream including audio data corresponding to vocal expression by the user, where the media stream is transmitted to the social-networking system for broadcast and identifying, using a speech recognition process, one or more words in the vocal expression corresponding to a text string of the script. The method also includes providing the corresponding text string for display in conjunction with a subsequent text string of the script.

    Live Broadcast on an Online Social Network
    49.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180191792A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-05

    申请号:US15395583

    申请日:2016-12-30

    Applicant: Facebook, Inc.

    Inventor: Debashish Paul

    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes sending, to a social-networking system, information to initiate a live-broadcast session for distribution of a media stream using the social-networking system. The method also includes capturing an incoming media stream in association with the live-broadcast session, generating an outgoing media stream based on the incoming media stream, and sending the outgoing media stream to the social-networking system. The method also includes providing information to display a user interface associated with the live-broadcast session, where the user interface includes a visual representation associated with the outgoing media stream.

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