Patent ID: 9491148
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: by a first computing device associated with a first user of a social-networking system, receiving a connection request from a second computing device associated with a second user of the social-networking system, wherein: by the first computing device, confirming that the connection request is associated with the second user, wherein the confirming comprises: by the first computing device, sending to the second computing device an acceptance of the connection request in response to confirming that the connection request is associated with the second user; by the first computing device, receiving from the second computing device an acknowledgement of the acceptance; by the first computing device, in response to the acknowledgement, allowing information to be exchanged between the first and second computing devices; by the first computing device, in response to determining that no network connection is available, storing a portion of the information exchanged between the first and second computing devices, wherein the stored portion of the information is to be sent later to the social-networking system; and by the first computing device, in response to detecting an available network connection: