US 12,306,869 B2
Restoring integrity of a social media thread from a social network export
Kyle Shay, Oakland, CA (US)
Assigned to Dropbox, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Dropbox, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 11, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/632,620.
Application 18/632,620 is a continuation of application No. 18/210,860, filed on Jun. 16, 2023, granted, now 11,960,529.
Application 18/632,620 is a continuation of application No. 16/563,453, filed on Sep. 6, 2019, granted, now 11,704,356, issued on Jul. 18, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0256596 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 16/538 (2019.01); G06F 16/535 (2019.01); G06F 16/58 (2019.01); G06F 16/958 (2019.01); H04L 51/216 (2022.01); H04L 51/52 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 16/538 (2019.01) [G06F 16/535 (2019.01); G06F 16/5866 (2019.01); G06F 16/972 (2019.01); H04L 51/216 (2022.05); H04L 51/52 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a social network import service, an export file of user data from a social network, the export file comprising a directory of images and a plurality of comments on the social network;
analyzing, at the social network import service, the export file to determine that the export file includes data from the social network;
matching an image file from the directory of the images to data associated with at least one comment of the plurality of comments in the user data;
indexing the data associated with the at least one comment and the image file;
receiving a search including at least a part of the at least one comment; and
searching the indexed data to retrieve the image file based on the received search.