Drawing tool used with social network computer systems
View Patent ↗A social network drawing system allows users of the social network to communicate with text as well as pictures that are posted on a web site. The social network program includes a user interface having drawing tools and a drawing area. The user selects the desired tools which include a marker, marker color, marker size and canvas size to prepare the illustration using a computer mouse. The completed illustrations are posted on the posting page which allows other users to view and respond with additional illustrations to the posted drawings.
1. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method for facilitating social network interaction among online users over a computer network using a web browser, the method comprising:
providing, by a server computer, a graphical user interface that is separately and simultaneously accessible by users of a plurality of client computers on the network, the graphical user interface having a drawing portion that includes a drawing tool for creating illustrations and a posting portion separated from the drawing portion for displaying the illustrations;
receiving, by the server computer, a first illustration from a user of a first client computer, the first illustration being created using the drawing tool;
posting, by the server computer on the posting portion of the graphical user interface, the first illustration next to an identification of the user of the first client computer;
receiving, by the server computer, a second illustration from a user of a second client computer, the second illustration being created using the drawing tool; and
posting, by the server computer on the posting portion of the graphical user interface adjacent to the first illustration, the second illustration next to an identification of the user of the second client computer.
2. The computer program product of claim 1 wherein the drawing tool includes a marker tool for drawing lines on the drawing portion.
3. The computer program product of claim 2 wherein the drawing tool includes a marker size tool for adjusting widths of the lines with the marker tool.
4. The computer program product of claim 2 wherein the drawing tool includes an eraser tool for removing a part of the lines drawn with the marker tool.
5. The computer program product of claim 2 wherein the drawing tool includes a color tool for changing a color of the line drawn with the marker tool.
6. The computer program product of claim 1 wherein the graphical user interface includes a first reply button associated with the first illustration for posting a first reply to the first illustration in the posting portion adjacent to the first illustration.
7. The computer program product of claim 6 wherein the reply button is used for posting a second reply to the first illustration in the posting portion adjacent to the second illustration.
8. The computer program product of claim 1 wherein the drawing tool includes a first reply button that is used to post a first text message in an area associated with the first drawing.
9. The computer program product of claim 8 wherein the drawing tool includes a second reply button that is used to post a second text message in an area associated with the second drawing.
10. The computer program product of claim 1 wherein the server includes a blocking system that detects predefined shapes and if the blocking system detects any of the predefined shapes the illustration containing the predefined shape is blocked from being posted.
11. A method for facilitating social network interaction among online users over a computer network using a web browser, the method comprising:
providing, by a server computer, a graphical user interface that is separately and simultaneously accessible by users of a plurality of client computers on the network, the graphical user interface having a drawing portion that includes a drawing tool for creating illustrations and a posting portion separated from the drawing portion for displaying the illustrations;
receiving, by the server computer, a first illustration from a user of a first client computer, the first illustration being created using the drawing tool;
posting, by the server computer on the posting portion of the graphical user interface, the first illustration next to an identification of the user of the first client computer;
receiving, by the server computer, a second illustration from a second client computer, the second illustration being created using the drawing tool; and
posting, by the server computer on the posting portion of the graphical user interface adjacent to the first illustration, the second illustration next to an identification of the user of the second client computer.
12. The method of claim 11 wherein the drawing tool is a marker tool for drawing lines on the drawing portion.
13. The method of claim 12 wherein the drawing tool includes a marker size tool for adjusting the width of lines drawing with the marker tool.
14. The method of claim 12 wherein the drawing tool includes an eraser tool for removing the lines drawn with the marker tool.
15. The method of claim 12 wherein the drawing tool includes a color tool for changing a color of the line drawn with the marker tool.
16. The method of claim 11 wherein the graphical user interface includes a first reply button associated with the first illustration for posting a first reply to the first illustration in the posting portion adjacent to the first illustration.
17. The method of claim 16 wherein the reply button is used for posting a second reply to the first illustration in the posting portion adjacent to the second illustration.
18. The method of claim 11 wherein the drawing tool includes a first reply button that is used to post a first text message in an area associated with the first drawing.
19. The method of claim 18 wherein the drawing tool includes a second reply button that is used to post a second text message in an area associated with the second drawing.
20. The method of claim 11 wherein the server includes a blocking system that detects predefined shapes and if the blocking system detects any of the predefined shapes the illustration containing the predefined shape is blocked from being posted.