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Snap Inc. is an American technology and camera company, best known for creating Snapchat, a popular multimedia messaging app. Founded in 2011 by Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy, and Reggie Brown, the company was originally named Snapchat Inc. and later rebranded to Snap Inc. in 2016.
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History
Snap Inc. was founded when the co-founders were students at Stanford University. Their first product, Snapchat, quickly gained popularity, particularly among younger users, for its unique feature of self-destructing messages.
Products and Services
The primary product of Snap Inc. is Snapchat, an app that allows users to send photos and videos (called snaps) that disappear after being viewed. Over the years, Snapchat has evolved to include features like Stories, Snap Map, and Discover, along with a variety of filters and augmented reality (AR) lenses.
Spectacles
Snap Inc. expanded its product line with the introduction of Spectacles, sunglasses equipped with a built-in camera to capture Snaps. Spectacles represent Snap Inc.'s foray into hardware and wearable technology.
Augmented Reality and Advertising
Snap Inc. has heavily invested in augmented reality technologies, offering AR lenses and filters in Snapchat. This technology has also been leveraged for innovative advertising solutions, allowing brands to create engaging and interactive ad experiences.
Innovation and Patents
Snap Inc. has filed numerous patents, particularly in the fields of AR and image processing technologies. Their patents showcase a strong focus on multimedia messaging, AR filters, and image recognition technologies.
Business Model
Snap Inc.'s primary revenue source is advertising. The company offers a range of advertising formats through Snapchat, including Snap Ads, Sponsored AR Lenses, and Sponsored Geofilters.
Global Impact
Snapchat has a significant user base worldwide, making Snap Inc. a major player in the social media and tech industry. Its innovative use of AR and camera technology continues to influence the way people communicate and interact digitally.
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Pages in category "Snap Inc."
The following 105 pages are in this category, out of 105 total.
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- 17822022. DOUBLE CAMERA STREAMS simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 17846918. LIGHT ESTIMATION METHOD FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) RENDERED OBJECTS simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 17846930. ROBOTIC LEARNING OF ASSEMBLY TASKS USING AUGMENTED REALITY simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 17848087. APPLYING PREGENERATED VIRTUAL EXPERIENCES IN NEW LOCATION simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 17848179. COLOR CALIBRATION TOOL FOR SEE-THROUGH AUGMENTED REALITY ENVIRONMENT simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 17851448. VIRTUAL SELFIE STICK simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 17851465. LOW-POWER HAND-TRACKING SYSTEM FOR WEARABLE DEVICE simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 17852134. AUGMENTED REALITY IMAGE REPRODUCTION ASSISTANT simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 17852163. MEDIA GALLERY SHARING AND MANAGEMENT simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 17946337. LOCATION PRIVACY MANAGEMENT ON MAP-BASED SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 17947889. GRAPHICAL ASSISTANCE WITH TASKS USING AN AR WEARABLE DEVICE simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 17948480. CONFIGURING A 3D MODEL WITHIN A VIRTUAL CONFERENCING SYSTEM simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 18096357. SYSTEM TO DISPLAY USER PATH simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 18242016. PERSONALIZED VIDEOS simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 18242392. WEARABLE DEVICE LOCATION SYSTEMS simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 18242964. STATE-SPACE SYSTEM FOR PSEUDORANDOM ANIMATION simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 18243360. INFERRING INTENT FROM POSE AND SPEECH INPUT simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 18243444. WHOLE BODY SEGMENTATION simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 18243486. APPLICATION LAUNCH SUPPORT simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 18243487. ADVANCED VIDEO EDITING TECHNIQUES USING SAMPLING PATTERNS simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 18243815. COLOCATED SHARED AUGMENTED REALITY simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 18244016. VIRTUAL OBJECT MACHINE LEARNING simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 18244543. MULTIMODAL SENTIMENT CLASSIFICATION simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 18244797. IDENTIFYING PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION WITHIN AN UNSTRUCTURED DATA STORE simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 18263837. DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COMPENSATING EFFECTS OF PANTOSCOPIC TILT OR WRAP/SWEEP TILT ON AN IMAGE PRESENTED ON AN AUGMENTED REALITY OR VIRTUAL REALITY DISPLAY simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 18305953. AUGMENTED REALITY WAVEGUIDES WITH DYNAMICALLY ADDRESSABLE DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 18367034. DENSE FEATURE SCALE DETECTION FOR IMAGE MATCHING simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 18367278. VISUAL AND AUDIO WAKE COMMANDS simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 18367301. MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE FOR USE IN CONTROLLING WIRELESSLY CONTROLLED VEHICLES simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 18462745. MIXING PARTICIPANT AUDIO FROM MULTIPLE ROOMS WITHIN A VIRTUAL CONFERENCING SYSTEM simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 18464013. GALLERY OF MESSAGES FROM INDIVIDUALS WITH A SHARED INTEREST simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 18467425. AUGMENTED REALITY RIDING COURSE GENERATION simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 18467505. CONTEXTUAL NAVIGATION MENU simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 18519735. AUGMENTING IMAGE CONTENT WITH SOUND simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 18520094. CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR WEARABLE DEVICE CHARGING AND WIRED CONTROL simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 18520203. VIDEO GENERATION SYSTEM TO RENDER FRAMES ON DEMAND USING A FLEET OF GPUS simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 18520255. USER INTERFACE FOR POSE DRIVEN VIRTUAL EFFECTS simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 18520365. MEDIA GALLERY SHARING AND MANAGEMENT simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 18521428. MEDIA CONTENT PLAYBACK AND COMMENTS MANAGEMENT simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 18521752. GEO-FENCE AUTHORIZATION PROVISIONING simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 18523197. SELECTING ITEMS DISPLAYED BY A HEAD-WORN DISPLAY DEVICE simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 18525285. REAL-TIME UPPER-BODY GARMENT EXCHANGE simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 18525658. PUSH NOTIFICATION MANAGEMENT simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
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- 20240012549. 3D PAINTING ON AN EYEWEAR DEVICE simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 20240013463. APPLYING ANIMATED 3D AVATAR IN AR EXPERIENCES simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 20240013493. LOW-POWER ARCHITECTURE FOR AUGMENTED REALITY DEVICE simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 20240020934. BLENDING BODY MESH INTO EXTERNAL MESH simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 20240028609. EVENT DETECTION SYSTEM simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 20240029322. CONTROLLING INTERACTIVE FASHION BASED ON FACIAL EXPRESSIONS simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 20240029370. ENHANCED READING WITH AR GLASSES simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 20240029737. SYNCHRONOUS AUDIO AND TEXT GENERATION simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 20240036257. OPTICAL DEVICE simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 20240036805. SHARED CONTROL OF A VIRTUAL OBJECT BY MULTIPLE DEVICES simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 20240037809. PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY-BASED MAKEUP IN A MESSAGING SYSTEM simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 20240037858. VIRTUAL WARDROBE AR EXPERIENCE simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 20240037882. VIDEO PROCESSING WITH PREVIEW OF AR EFFECTS simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 20240045217. VOICE INPUT FOR AR WEARABLE DEVICES simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 20240045494. AUGMENTED REALITY WITH EYEWEAR TRIGGERED IOT simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 20240046587. DEFORMING REAL-WORLD OBJECT USING AN EXTERNAL MESH simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 20240046930. SPEECH-BASED SELECTION OF AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENT simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 20240048678. EFFECTS FOR 3D DATA IN A MESSAGING SYSTEM simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 20240054283. USER-SPECIFIED REPLACEMENT OF TERMS IN MESSAGING simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
- 20240056672. EYEWEAR DEVICE INPUT MECHANISM simplified abstract (Snap Inc.)
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- AR/VR/XR patent applications on 22nd Mar 2024
- AR/VR/XR patent applications on April 11th, 2024
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- AR/VR/XR patent applications on January 25th, 2024
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- AR/VR/XR patent applications on March 28th, 2024
- AR/VR/XR patent applications on March 7th, 2024
- Audio Technologies patent applications on April 4th, 2024
- Audio Technologies patent applications on February 22nd, 2024
- Audio Technologies patent applications on February 8th, 2024
- Audio Technologies patent applications on January 25th, 2024
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- Blockchain patent applications on 22nd Mar 2024
- Blockchain patent applications on April 25th, 2024
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- US Patent Application 17804500. AUTOMATED AUGMENTED REALITY EXPERIENCE CREATION SYSTEM simplified abstract
- US Patent Application 17804818. AR-BASED VIRTUAL KEYBOARD simplified abstract
- US Patent Application 17814391. CROSS-MODAL SHAPE AND COLOR MANIPULATION simplified abstract
- US Patent Application 18201075. NAMED ENTITY RECOGNITION VISUAL CONTEXT AND CAPTION DATA simplified abstract
- US Patent Application 18232146. DEVICE-BASED IMAGE MODIFICATION OF DEPICTED OBJECTS simplified abstract
- US Patent Application 18232680. ADDING BEAUTY PRODUCTS TO AUGMENTED REALITY TUTORIALS simplified abstract
- US Patent Application 18233685. CUSTOMIZED IMAGE REPROCESSING SYSTEM USING A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL simplified abstract
- US Patent Application 18233729. DYNAMIC ADJUSTMENT OF EXPOSURE AND ISO TO LIMIT MOTION BLUR simplified abstract
- US Patent Application 18234226. DEVICE LOCATION BASED ON MACHINE LEARNING CLASSIFICATIONS simplified abstract
- US Patent Application 18298109. ELECTRONIC MESSAGING REPLY METHOD simplified abstract
- US Patent Application 18306077. DYNAMICALLY ASSIGNING STORAGE LOCATIONS FOR MESSAGING SYSTEM DATA simplified abstract
- US Patent Application 18450110. GRAPH-BASED PREDICTION FOR CONTACT SUGGESTION IN A LOCATION SHARING SYSTEM simplified abstract
- US Patent Application 18450193. GENERATING 3D DATA IN A MESSAGING SYSTEM simplified abstract
