IP Library Granted Patent US 8,854,397
Granted Patent B2
US 8,854,397 · App. 13/324,284 · Granted Oct 7, 2014

Photo selection for mobile devices

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Patent No.
US 8,854,397
App. No.
13/324,284
Granted
Oct 7, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

In one embodiment, a server receives from a mobile device a request for one or more images. The server adjusts one or more of the requested images, based at least partly on the display capabilities of the mobile device, to have a landscape orientation or a portrait orientation, then sends the adjusted image to the mobile device.

Claims (48)

1. A method comprising, by one or more computing devices:

receiving, from a mobile device, a request for one or more images;

adjusting one or more of the images based at least partly on one or more display capabilities of the mobile device, wherein one or more of the images are adjusted to have a landscape orientation or a portrait orientation; and

sending to the mobile device one or more of the images as adjusted.

2. The method of claim wherein:

the request comprises an identifier of the mobile device; and

the method further comprises, in response to the request:

accessing, based at least in part on the identifier of the mobile device, one or more data stores for the one or more display capabilities of the mobile device; and

adjusting one or more of the images based on one or more display capabilities of the mobile device for sending to the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the adjusting one or more of the images comprises:

scaling one or more of the images; or

cropping one or more of the images.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the adjusting one or more of the images comprises:

identifying one or more objects displayed in one of the images;

determining a relevance of each object in the image to the user associated with the mobile device; and

including in or excluding from the image as adjusted one or more of the objects based on their relevance to the user.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein;

each of one or more of the objects is a person; and

the relevance of a person comprises a social closeness between the user and the person in a social-networking system.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein:

each of one or more of the objects correspond to one or more nodes in a social graph of a social-networking system; and

the relevance of an object corresponding to one or more nodes in the social graph is based on an association between a node in the social graph corresponding to the user and one or more of the nodes in the social graph corresponding to the object.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the adjusting one or more of the images comprises adjusting one or more of the images based on location data indicating a location of a user associated with the mobile device.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the adjusting one or more of the images comprises adjusting one or more of the images based on image quality of the one or more images.

9. One or more computer-readable non-transitory media embodying software that is operable when executed to:

receive, from a mobile device, a request for one or more images;

adjust one or more of the images based at least partly on one or more display capabilities of the mobile device, wherein one or more of the images are adjusted to have a landscape orientation or a portrait orientation; and

send to the mobile device one or more of the images as adjusted.

10. The media of claim 9 , wherein:

the request comprises an identifier of the mobile device, and

the software is further operable when executed to, in response to the request:

access, based at least in part on the identifier of the mobile device, one or more data stores for the one or more display capabilities of the mobile device; and

adjust one or more of the images based on one or more display capabilities of the mobile device for sending to the mobile device.

11. The media of claim 9 , wherein to adjust one or more of the images, the software is operable when executed to:

scale one or more of the images; or

crop one or more of the images.

12. The media of claim 9 , wherein to adjust one or more of the images, the software is operable when executed to:

identify one or more objects displayed in one of the images;

determine a relevance of each object in the image to the user associated with the mobile device; and

include in or exclude from the image as adjusted one or more of the objects based on their relevance to the user.

13. The media of claim 12 , wherein:

each of one or more of the objects is a person; and

the relevance of a person comprises a social closeness between the user and the person in a social-networking system.

14. The media of claim 12 , wherein:

each of one or more of the objects correspond to one or more nodes in a social graph of a social-networking system; and

the relevance of an object corresponding to one or more nodes in the social graph is based on an association between a node in the social graph corresponding to the user and one or more of the nodes in the social graph corresponding to the object.

15. The media of claim 9 , wherein to adjust one or more of the images, the software is operable when executed to adjust one or more of the images based on location data indicating a location of a user associated with the mobile device.

16. The media of claim 9 , wherein to adjust one or more of the images, the software is operable when executed to adjust one or more of the images based on image quality of the one or more images.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 20, 2021
From: FACEBOOK, INC.
To: META PLATFORMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 058553/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 20, 2012
From: XIE, TAO; JOHNSON, MICHAEL DUDLEY
To: FACEBOOK, INC.
Reel/Frame 027571/0168 →