IP Library Granted Patent US 10,979,382
Granted Patent B2
US 10,979,382 · App. 16/585,040 · Granted Apr 13, 2021

Posting content to social medium

Inventors: Yuka Nomura (Tokyo, JP); Koichi Takahashi (Tokyo, JP); Takashi Takahashi (Tokyo, JP); Daisuke Tomoda (Yokohama, JP); Hiroki Yoshinaga (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Airbnb, Inc.
H04L51/32H04L51/20H04L67/10
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Patent No.
US 10,979,382
App. No.
16/585,040
Granted
Apr 13, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

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.

Claims (28)

1. A computer program product for posting content to a social medium, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to:

receive content posted by a user along with an associated posting time that indicates when the user selected an option to post the content to the social medium;

determine that publication of the content posted by the user is dependent on a trigger, wherein the trigger relates to both a predetermined location and either the user or a party associated with the user;

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 indefinitely suspend publication of the content pending a determination that the trigger is satisfied; and

publish the content at a publication time in response to determining that the trigger is satisfied, wherein the content is published such that the associated posting time is published with the content to indicate a time prior to the publication time.

2. The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the program instructions related to indefinitely suspending publication of the content further comprise additional program instructions that, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to:

indefinitely suspend transmission of the content to a server; and

in response to determining that the trigger has been satisfied, transmit the content and the posting time to a server for publication.

3. The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the program instructions related to indefinitely suspending publication of the content further comprise additional program instructions that, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to:

receive the content and the posting time transmitted from an electronic device;

store the content and posting time in the memory; and

in response to determining that the trigger has been satisfied, publish the content and the posting time.

4. The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the trigger comprises one of:

an arrival of the user at the predetermined location which is designated by the user;

an arrival of the user at a vicinity of the predetermined location;

the user having left the predetermined location;

the user having left the vicinity of the predetermined location;

an absence of the user from the predetermined location; or

an absence of the user from by the user or the vicinity of the predetermined location.

5. The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the trigger comprises one of:

an elapse of a predicted time until the user arrives at the predetermined location designated by the user from a current position;

an elapse of time indicated in a schedule until the user leaves the current position;

an elapse of a predicted time until the user leaves the current position; or

an elapse of a predetermined time.

6. The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the trigger comprises one of:

an arrival of the party associated with the user at the predetermined location that is designated by the user;

an arrival of the third party at a vicinity of the predetermined location; or

a presence of the third party at the predetermined location.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2021
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: AIRBNB, INC.
Reel/Frame 056427/0193 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 27, 2019
From: NOMURA, YUKA; TAKAHASHI, KOICHI; TAKAHASHI, TAKASHI; TOMODA, DAISUKE; YOSHINAGA, HIROKI
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 050510/0128 →