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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Kevin Systrom, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Amy Cole, Menlo Park, CA (US);
FACEBOOK, INC., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
One variation of a method for linking images in social feeds to branded content includes: loading an image to a social networking system; receiving, from a first user, a tag including identification of an item visible in a particular region of the image; associating the tag with the particular region of the image; based on the tag, correlating the item with a particular brand; posting the image to a social feed of the particular brand within the social networking system; and in response to interaction with the image, in the social feed, by a second user, directing the second user to brand content specified by the particular brand.