Aggregating and Searching Social Network Images

摘要

Methods and systems directed to aggregating social content from social networking sites, and making the social content available for searching is disclosed. Social content, corresponding to multiple computer users, is obtained from a plurality of social networking sites. The social content is stored in a content store, making it available for searching. In response to receiving a search query (directed to social content), a set of search results is identified, the search results including at least one item of social content obtained from a social networking site. The social content in the search results is filtered according to privacy constraints. A presentation of the filtered search results is generated and provided to the requesting computer user.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for responding to a search query from a requesting computer user, the method comprising:
obtaining social content from one or more of social networking sites corresponding a plurality of computer users, the social content comprising a plurality of items of social content; storing obtained social content in a content store receiving a search query from a computer user, the search query being directed to social content posted by a second computer user; identifying a set of search results responsive to the search query from the content store, the set of search results including at least one item of obtained social content; filtering the social content in the set of search results according to privacy constraints on the social content; generating a presentation of the filtered set of search results; and providing the presentation of the filtered set of search results to the requesting computer user.