Co-location connection service
AssigneeSnap Inc.
InventorsAndrés Monroy-Hernández, Yu Jiang Tham
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Abstract
An example co-location connection service is described. The online co-location connection service is provided by a messaging system configured to selectively pair user profiles associated with respective client devices equipped with sensors that communicate with each other within the predetermined physical range. The messaging system monitors physical proximity of the client devices based on the sensor data obtained by the co-location connection service from the respective messaging clients executing at the respective client devices. In response to detecting that the client devices are within a predetermined physical proximity range the messaging system generates co-location experience by modifying the user interface in the respective messaging clients.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- in an online messaging system comprising a messaging client and an associated backend service, the online messaging system providing a co-location connection service accessible from a client device via the messaging client:
- detecting a co-location event indicating that a first client device executing the messaging client and a second client device executing the messaging client are located within a predetermined physical range;
- in response to the detecting of the co-location event, generating a co-location user interface, the co-location user interface including an indication of co-location of the first client device and the second client device;
- and
- causing presentation of the co-location user interface to the first client device and to the second client device.
A system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed by the one or processors cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- in an online messaging system comprising a messaging client and an associated backend service, the online messaging system providing a co-location connection service accessible from a client device via the messaging client:
- detecting a co-location event indicating that a first client device executing the messaging client and a second client device executing the messaging client are located within a predetermined physical range;
- in response to the detecting of the co-location event, generating a co-location user interface, the co-location user interface including an indication of co-location of the first client device and the second client device;
- and
- causing presentation of the co-location user interface to the first client device and to the second client device.
A machine-readable non-transitory storage medium having instruction data executable by a machine to cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
- in an online messaging system comprising a messaging client and an associated backend service, the online messaging system providing a co-location connection service accessible from a client device via the messaging client:
- detecting a co-location event indicating that a first client device executing the messaging client and a second client device executing the messaging client are located within a predetermined physical range;
- in response to the detecting of the co-location event, generating a co-location user interface, the co-location user interface including an indication of co-location of the first client device and the second client device;
- and
- causing presentation of the co-location user interface to the first client device and to the second client device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.