CPC G06F 3/04817 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 16/248 (2019.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G06F 16/487 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/9537 (2019.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); G06T 11/206 (2013.01); G06T 11/60 (2013.01); H04L 41/22 (2013.01); H04L 41/28 (2013.01); H04L 51/52 (2022.05); H04L 63/101 (2013.01); H04L 63/107 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); H04L 67/52 (2022.05); H04L 67/535 (2022.05); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/185 (2013.01); H04W 4/21 (2018.02); H04W 12/02 (2013.01); G06F 9/547 (2013.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |
1. A method comprising:
at a server system for a social media platform, defining multiple geographical areas;
associating a respective catchment interval with each of the multiple geographical areas, such that at least two different geographical areas have different respective catchment intervals; and
making available for user access via the social media platform a set of ephemeral social media items, each of which has:
respective geo-tag information indicating a corresponding geographic location; and
a respective timestamp, an age value of the ephemeral social media item being indicated by a time elapsed since the corresponding timestamp;
wherein the set of ephemeral social media items is limited to items for which the respective age value is smaller than the applicable catchment interval, the applicable catchment interval being, for each item, the catchment interval of that one of the multiple geographical areas which corresponds to the respective geographic location of the item.
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