Patent ID: 9705945
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: G06Q,H04L

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a processing device of a content sharing platform, a request of a user of the content sharing platform to share a content item hosted by the content sharing platform with one or more contacts of the user on a social network platform, the social network platform being separate from the content sharing platform; sending, by the content sharing platform, an identifier of the content item hosted by the content sharing platform to the social network platform; receiving, by the content sharing platform, a request from the social network platform for a graphic representation of the content item hosted by the content sharing platform, the request comprising the identifier of the content item hosted by the content sharing platform, wherein the graphic representation of the content item is to be included in a social share displayed on a graphical user interface (GUI) of the social network platform for the one or more contacts of the user of the content sharing platform; identifying, by the content sharing platform, current statistical information associated with the content item, the current statistical information comprising combined counts of various interactions with the content item by a plurality of viewers of the content item via the content sharing platform and the social network platform; and providing, by the content sharing platform, the graphic representation of the content item and the current statistical information associated with the content item to the social network platform for presentation in the social share displayed on the GUI of the social network platform for the one or more contacts of the user of the content sharing platform, wherein the social share is to present the graphic representation of the content item with the current statistical information associated with the content item as a post of the user, and wherein the graphic representation of the content item, when activated by one of the one or more contacts of the user of the content sharing platform, causes playback of the content item via the content sharing platform.