Patent ID: 9210210
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for storing a preview image of a document shared over a social media service, the method comprising: receiving at a cloud storage server a first notification that a document stored on the cloud storage server is being shared on a post by a first user on the social media service, wherein the first notification includes information identifying the first user; generating a first thumbnail image from the document, associating the first thumbnail image with a first URL, wherein the first URL has an access control list that includes the first user; sending the first URL from the cloud storage server to the social media service; receiving at a cloud storage server a second notification that the document is being shared by the first user on the social media service at a second time later than the first time, wherein the first URL linking to the first thumbnail image is shared on the social media service before the second time; generating a second thumbnail image and a second URL linking to the second thumbnail at the second time, wherein the second thumbnail image represents a second version of the document at the second time; and sending, to the social media service, the second URL linking to the second thumbnail image.