Posting content to social medium
View Patent ↗A computer-implemented method of posting content to a social medium comprises receiving content posted by a user along with an associated posting time which indicates when the user selected an option to post the content to the social medium; determining that publication of the content posted by the user is dependent on a trigger; and in response to determining that publication of the content is dependent on the trigger, storing the content with the associated posting time and suspending publication of the content until the trigger is satisfied such that the posting time published with the content indicates a time prior to transmission of the content from an electronic device to a server for publishing.
1. An apparatus for posting content to a social medium, comprising:
an input configured to receive content posted by a user along with an associated posting time which indicates when the user selected an option to post the content to the social medium;
a memory configured to store data;
a processing unit coupled to the input and to the memory, wherein the processing unit is configured to determine that publication of the content posted by the user is dependent on a trigger, wherein the trigger is an arrival of the user or a party other than the user at a location designated by the user or vicinity of the designated location; and
in response to determining that publication of the content is dependent on the trigger, store the content with the associated posting time in the memory and suspend publication of the content until the trigger is satisfied such that the posting time published with the content indicates a time prior to transmission of the content for publishing.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processing unit is configured to suspend publication of the content by:
suspending transmission of the content to a server; and
in response to determining that the trigger has been satisfied, transmitting the content and the posting time to a server for publication.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processing unit is configured to suspend publication of the content by:
receiving the content and the posting time transmitted from an electronic device;
storing the content and posting time in the memory; and
in response to determining that the trigger has been satisfied, publishing the content and the posting time.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the trigger comprises one of:
the user having left the location designated by the user or the vicinity of the designated location; or
absence of the user from the location designated by the user or the vicinity of the designated location.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the trigger comprises one of:
elapse of a predicted time until the user arrives at the location designated by the user from a current position;
elapse of time indicated in a schedule until the user leaves the current position;
elapse of a predicted time until the user leaves the current position; or
elapse of a predetermined time.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the trigger comprises one of:
presence of the party other than the user at the location designated by the user.