User pivot navigation of shared social media
View Patent ↗Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to social media navigation in a social network and provide a method, system and computer program product for user pivot for media sharing in a social network. In an embodiment of the invention, a social networking data processing system for user pivot navigation. The system can include a social network executing in a host server, the social network providing shared media for viewing by communicatively coupled clients. The system also can include user pivot logic coupled to the social network. The logic can include program code enabled to identify a user of the social network associated with shared media selected for display in a media view to a requesting user and to generate a navigation view in a consistent location in a user interface to the social network irrespective of a page view rendered in the user interface, the view providing a link to a profile page for the identified user.
1. A social networking data processing system configured for user pivot navigation of social media, the system comprising:
a host server comprising a computer with at least one processor and memory;
a social network executing in the host server, the social network providing within a page a shared media view of shared media for viewing by communicatively coupled clients;
a navigation view generated by the social network to be separate from the shared media view; and,
user pivot logic coupled to the social network, the logic comprising program code enabled to identify a user of the social network associated with shared media selected for display in the shared media view to a requesting user and to provide a link to content in a profile page for the identified user within the navigation view.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the link is a photo of the identified user.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the navigation view is disposed in a consistent position in the page for every page of the social network.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the navigation view is disposed in a window separate from the page.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the program code is further enabled to identify multiple different users of the social network associated with shared media selected for display in the shared media view to a requesting user and to provide a link to content in a profile page for each of the identified users within the navigation view.
6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the identified users are associated with the shared media by way of different roles.
7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the navigation view provides a link to content in a profile page for each of the identified users and wherein the links are arranged in the navigation view according to the different roles.
8. A method for user pivot navigation of social media in a social network, the method comprising:
rendering both a shared media pane and a separate navigation pane in a page view of a social network rendered in a content browser executing in memory by at least one processor of a computer;
identifying a user associated with shared media in the shared media pane; and,
creating profile page link to content in a profile for the identified user in the navigation pane.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein identifying a user associated with shared media in the media pane, comprises identifying a set of users associated with shared media in the shared media pane.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein creating profile page link to content in a profile for the identified user in the navigation pane, comprises creating a profile page link to content in a profile page for each identified user in the set in the navigation pane.
11. The method of claim 9 , further comprising arranging each profile page link for each identified user in the set according to a role for each identified user in the shared media.
12. A computer program product comprising a computer usable storage device embodying computer usable program code for user pivot navigation of social media in a social network, the computer program product comprising:
computer usable program code for rendering both a shared media pane and a separate navigation pane in a page view of a social network;
computer usable program code for identifying a user associated with shared media in the shared media pane; and,
computer usable program code for creating profile page link to content in a profile for the identified user in the navigation pane.
13. The computer program product of claim 12 , wherein the computer usable program code for identifying a user associated with shared media in the shared media pane, comprises computer usable program code for identifying a set of users associated with shared media in the shared media pane.
14. The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the computer usable program code for creating profile page link to content in a profile for the identified user in the navigation pane, comprises computer usable program code for creating a profile page link to content in a profile page for each identified user in the set in the navigation pane.
15. The computer program product of claim 14 , further comprising computer usable program code for arranging each profile page link for each identified user in the set according to a role for each identified user in the shared media.