Patent ID: 11962598
Assignee: SNAP INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a server, a request to post an image on a social network site, the request comprising an image generated by a first client device, an identification of a first user account of the social network site, and a public post instruction, the public post instruction being selected at the first client device in response to the first client device presenting an option of a private post instruction and a public post instruction, the private post instruction indicating a request to publish unmodified posts on the social network site from the first user account, the public post instruction indicating a request to publish modified posts on the social network site from a buffer account that is separate from the first user account on the social network site;
detecting, at the server, the public post instruction in the request;
in response to detecting the public post instruction in the request, identifying the buffer account corresponding to the first user account, and metadata of the first user account, the metadata indicating a graphical element assigned to the first user account;
generating, at the server, a modified post by overlaying the graphical element on the image, the graphical element validating an authenticity of the buffer account;
publishing the modified post from the buffer account on the social network site;
receiving, from a second client device of a second user account of the social network site, a subscribe request to subscribe to image posts from the first user account; and
in response to receiving the subscribe request, subscribing the second user account to posts published by the buffer account.