Capturing and sending multimedia as electronic messages
AssigneeFacebook, Inc.
InventorsBenjamin S. Langholz, Lucy Congyun Zhang
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Abstract
One or more embodiments described herein include methods and systems of capturing and sending multimedia content items as electronic message. More specifically, systems and methods described herein provide users the ability to easily and effectively capture multimedia content items for inclusion in a communication session without navigating away from the communication session. Additionally, systems and methods described herein allow a multimedia content item to be sent to one or more co-users immediately following the capture of the multimedia content item without further user interaction. In other words, the system and methods can capture and automatically send a multimedia content item in response to a single user interaction.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- providing, to a touch screen display of a computing device, a messaging graphical user interface comprising a communication thread comprising a plurality of electronic messages exchanged between a user and one or more co-users;
- detecting, by at least one processor of the computing device, a selection of a camera viewfinder input control;
- providing a camera viewfinder in the messaging graphical user interface in response to the detection of the selection of the camera viewfinder input control;
- detecting, by the at least one processor of the computing device, a first user interaction with the camera viewfinder;
- and
- in response to the detected first user interaction, capturing, by a camera of the computing device, a multimedia content item and sending, by the computing device, the captured multimedia content item as an electronic message.
A method comprising:
- providing, to a touch screen display of a computing device, a messaging graphical user interface with a communication thread in a first portion of the messaging graphical user interface, the communication thread comprising a plurality of electronic messages exchanged between a user and one or more co-users;
- detecting, by at least one processor of the computing device, a selection of a camera viewfinder input control;
- and
- in response to the selection of the camera viewfinder input control, activating a camera of the computing device and providing a camera viewfinder within a second portion of the messaging graphical user interface.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause a computer system to:
- provide a messaging graphical user interface with a communication thread in a first portion of the messaging graphical user interface, the communication thread comprising a plurality of electronic messages exchanged between a user and one or more co-users;
- detect a selection of a camera viewfinder control;
- and
- in response to the selection of the camera viewfinder control, provide a camera viewfinder with a second portion of the messaging graphical user interface.
The system as recited in 18, further comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed cause the computer system to:
- detect a tap touch gesture within the second portion of the messaging graphical user interface;
- in response to the detected tap touch gesture within the second portion of the messaging graphical user interface, capture a digital photograph via the camera viewfinder;
- send the captured digital photograph;
- add the captured digital photograph to the communication thread in the first portion of the messaging graphical user interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.