Real-time notifications and sharing of photos among users of a social network

摘要

A system and method for sending a notification to a user in a social network is disclosed. A controller receives a first photo from a first user. The first user is associated with a social network. A identification module determines a first location of the first photo. The identification module determines a second location of a second user. The second user has a connection with the first user in the social network. The identification module determines that the first location matches the second location. A notification module sends a first notification to the second user. The first notification identifies the first photo. The controller receives a second photo taken at the second location. A determining engine determines to share the second photo with the first user.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving, with one or more computing devices, a first photo taken by a first user via a first user device, the first user being associated with a social network; determining, with the one or more computing devices, a first location of the first photo; determining, with the one or more computing devices, a second location of a second user via a second user device, the second user having a connection with the first user in the social network; determining, with the one or more computing devices, whether the first location of the first photo matches the second location of the second user; sending, with the one or more computing devices, a first notification to the second user, the first notification including the first photo; responsive to sending the first notification to the second user, receiving, with the one or more computing devices, a second photo taken by the second user at the second location via the second user device; responsive to the receiving the second photo taken by the second user, sending, with the one or more computing devices, a second notification including the second photo to the first user and an indication of a time that elapsed between taking the first photo and the second photo; and receiving, with the one or more computing devices, a reaction from the first user responsive to the first user receiving the second notification.