US 12,192,156 B2Granted

Invitation media overlays for shared collections of media content items

AssigneeSnap Inc.

InventorDavid Phillip Taitz

Life of this patent

Estimating the term…

Loading patent…

Abstract

Method starts with a processor receiving first media content item from first client device and selection of invitation media overlay to be applied to first media content item. Processor generates modified first media content item by overlaying invitation media overlay on first media content item. Processor generates shared collection of media content items comprising modified first media content item. Processor receives selection of second and third user and causes modified first media content item to be displayed by second and third client devices. Processor receives selection of invitation media overlay from second and third client devices and causes shared collection to be displayed second and the third client devices. Processor receives second media content item from second client device, updates shared collection to comprise second media content item and causes updated shared collection to be displayed by first and third client devices. Other embodiments are also disclosed herein.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method comprising:

generating, by a processor, a modified first media content item including a first media content item received from a first client device associated with a first user and an invitation media overlay being overlaid on the first media content item, wherein the invitation media overlay comprises a name associated with a shared collection of media content items;
generating the shared collection of media content items, the shared collection of media content items comprises the modified first media content item;
causing the modified first media content item to be displayed by a second client device and a third client device;
receiving a selection of the invitation media overlay of the modified first media content item from the second client device and from the third client device that causes a second user of the second client device and a third user of the third client device to join a private group associated with the shared collection of media content items;
generating a modified second media content item including a second media content item from the second client device and the invitation media overlay being overlaid on the second media content item;
updating the shared collection of media content items to comprise the modified second media content item;
and
causing the updated shared collection of media content items to be displayed by the first client device or the third client device.

5 more elements

A system comprising:

a processor;
and
a memory having instructions stored thereon, when executed by the processor, causes the system to perform operations comprising:
generating a modified first media content item including a first media content item received from a first client device associated with a first user and an invitation media overlay being overlaid on the first media content item, wherein the invitation media overlay comprises a name associated with a shared collection of media content items;
generating the shared collection of media content items, the shared collection of media content items comprises the modified first media content item;
causing the modified first media content item to be displayed by a second client device and a third client device;
receiving a selection of the invitation media overlay of the modified first media content item from the second client device and from the third client device that causes a second user of the second client device and a third user of the third client device to join a private group associated with the shared collection of media content items;
generating a modified second media content item including a second media content item from the second client device and the invitation media overlay being overlaid on the second media content item;
updating the shared collection of media content items to comprise the modified second media content item;
and
causing the updated shared collection of media content items to be displayed by the first client device or the third client device.

8 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/355,001Filed 19 Jul 2023 · continuation
Priority: 27 Apr 2020
Published: US 2023/0362114 A19 Nov 2023
Granted: 7 Jan 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

H04N 5/272
Studio circuits, e.g. for mixing, switching-over, change of character of image, other special effects ; Cameras specially adapted for the…: means…
G06Q 10/10
Administration; Management: office automation; Time management
G06Q 10/40
Administration; Management: business processes related to social networking or social networking services
G06Q 30/0271
Based on user profile or attribute: personalized advertisement

Family

Application62/704,188Us provisional application · filed 27 Apr 2020
Application16/880,660Parent of this continuation · filed 21 May 2020
US 2023/0362114 A1Pre-grant publication · published 9 Nov 2023
US 11,750,542 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2021/0336908 A1Published application
US 12,192,156 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.

Timeline

Citations

Open elsewhere

Building an agent or pulling many patents? Use the API or MCP server instead of scraping pages. Get an API key