Spam control for sharing content on mobile devices

摘要

Sharing content among users of mobile devices is facilitated and controlled by a system and method that employs a content sharing application to receive and process requests to share content among users of devices such as mobile devices and personal computers. Recipients receive share content messages from the content sharing application indicating that they have been selected to access shared content. Such messages may provide direct or indirect access to the shared content via the recipient mobile device. Recipients can specify privacy management schemes to limit or control the receipt of such messages. The content sharing application may also provide various spam filtering techniques that prevent users from abusing the system, including restricting the number or type of requests to share content that may be effectuated over time.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving a request to send a share content message including URL parameters to a potential recipient; determining if the share content message has been sent to a threshold number of recipients over a predetermined period of time; if the share content message has been sent to the threshold number of recipients over the predetermined period of time, then blocking transmission of the share content message to the potential recipient; if the share content message has been sent to fewer than the threshold number of recipients over the predetermined period of time, then determining if the recipient has indicated a preference to opt out of receiving the share content message; if the recipient has indicated a preference to opt out of receiving the share content message, then blocking transmission of the share content message; and if recipient has not indicated a preference to opt out of receiving the share content message, then directing a transmission of the share content message to the potential recipient, and further comprising: determining if an earlier message with the URL parameters has been sent to the potential recipient within a specified period of time; and if the earlier message with the URL parameters has been sent to the potential recipient within the specified period of time, then blocking transmission of the share content message.