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`(45) Date of Patent:
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`(54) SHARING IMAGES AND COMMENTS
`ACROSS OFFERENT DEVICES
`(71) Applicant: Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
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`USPC ......... 715/751, 753, 764, 765, 810, 835,838;
`705/319; 709/204
`See application file for complete search history.
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`(72) Inventors: Peter W. Roman, Los Altos, CA (US);
`Joshua B. Dickens, Menlo Park, CA
`(US); Richard R. Dellinger, San Jose,
`CA (US)
`(73) Assignee: APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
`(*) Notice:
`Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this
`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`U.S.C. 154(b) by 212 days.
`(21) Appl. No.: 13/631,943
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`Prior Publication Data
`US 2013/0332855A1
`Dec. 12, 2013
`Related U.S. Application Data
`(60) Provisional application No. 61/657,806, filed on Jun.
`10, 2012, provisional application No. 61/657,883,
`filed on Jun. 10, 2012, provisional application No.
`61/699,815, filed on Sep. 11, 2012.
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`CPC ......... G06F 3/00; G06F 3/048; G06F 3/0481;
`G06F 9/44543; G06F 3/0482; G06F 3/04817;
`G06F 15/16: G06F 3/01; G06F 3/041: G06Q
`50/01; G06Q 10/10
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`Primary Examiner — Xiomar L. Bautista
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`ABSTRACT
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`Some embodiments provide tools that allow a user to share
`content on one device with multiple other users using differ
`ent devices. To facilitate the sharing operations, the content
`sharing tools allow the user to (1) create a shared stream that
`represents a set of shared content and (2) invite one or more
`recipients to subscribe to the shared stream. When a recipient
`subscribes to the shared stream, the set of content is streamed
`across one or more of his or her devices. The content sharing
`tools of Some embodiments can be used to exchange com
`ments regarding the stream's content.
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`SHARING IMAGES AND COMMENTS
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`CLAIM OF BENEFIT TO PRIORAPPLICATIONS
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`This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional
`Application 61/657,806, filed Jun. 10, 2012, U.S. Provisional
`Application 61/657,883, filed Jun. 10, 2012, and U.S. Provi
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`815 are incorporated herein by reference.
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`work). In this network, a participant can take a photo with his
`or her Smart phone, add it to a shared stream album, and
`receive, at a moment's notice, comments from only those
`other participants that are associated with the shared stream
`album.
`The image sharing tools of Some embodiments provide a
`variety of different tools to modify a shared photo stream
`album. The user can use these tools to add or delete image
`from the shared photo stream album. When an image is added
`to the shared photo stream album, the image is distributed
`across the user's own devices and the devices of other par
`ticipants that have subscribed to the shared photo stream
`album. Conversely, when an image is deleted from the user's
`device, the image may be deleted from the user's own devices
`and the participants’ devices.
`In some embodiments, the image sharing tools allow a user
`to manage a shared photo stream album. Example of Such
`management features include resending a photo stream invi
`tation, inviting additional Subscribers, removing existing Sub
`scribers, and deleting the shared photo stream album. The
`image sharing tools of some embodiments only allow an
`owner (i.e., the person that created the shared photo stream
`album) to perform one or more of these management opera
`tions. However, the image sharing tools may allow the owner
`to specify access privileges. That is, the owner can specify
`whether a Subscriber can add images to or remove images
`from the shared photo stream album, add or remove subscrib
`ers, make comments, etc. In some embodiments, the image
`sharing tools provide a control that when selected unsub
`scribes a subscriber from a shared photo stream album.
`The image sharing tools of some embodiments allow con
`tent and comments to be shared across different platforms
`(e.g., from different vendors). That is, a person using one type
`of computing device (e.g., a tablet, Smart phone) can share
`images and comments with a different person using another
`type of computing device (e.g., personal computer, laptop). In
`Some embodiments, the image sharing tools are integrated
`into an operating system (“OS'). Alternatively, the image
`sharing tools may be provided as part of an image application
`(e.g., a photo Viewing application, an image organizing and
`editing application).
`In the cross-platform system, each client may communi
`cate with a control server. In some embodiments, the control
`server facilitates the sharing by managing control data asso
`ciated with different shared photo streams. Examples of such
`control data include user data (e.g., a list of devices associated
`with a user) and photo stream data (e.g., a list of photo stream
`associated with the user, a list of individuals that can access a
`particular photo stream).
`When a new shared stream album is created, the control
`server of some embodiments sends file location data to the
`owner's device. The own