Patent Applications by Snap Inc. on April 10th, 2025

Snap Inc.: 7 patent applications

Snap Inc. has applied for patents in the areas of G06F3/01 (3), G06F3/0482 (2), H04N21/431 (1), H04M1/72436 (1), H04M1/72427 (1) G06T19/006 (2), G06F3/0484 (1), G06T15/30 (1), G06T19/00 (1), H04L51/10 (1)

With keywords such as: user, content, device, item, virtual, property, modifiable, message, interactive, and based in patent application abstracts.

Patent Applications by Snap Inc.

20250117121. AUTOMATIC CAMERA FUNCTION TRIGGERING FOR CONTENT AUGMENTATION_simplified_abstract_(snap inc.)

Inventor(s): Daniel Vincent Grippi of New York NY US for snap inc., Christie Marie Heikkinen of Sherman Oaks CA US for snap inc., David Phillip Taitz of Los Angeles CA US for snap inc.

IPC Code(s): H04N21/431, G06F3/0482, H04N21/81, H04N23/62

CPC Code(s): G06F3/0484

Abstract: a first content item is shared with a first user by a second user, and is presented on a user device of the first user. a content augmentation was applied to the first content item prior to the sharing thereof with the first user. in response to detecting that the content augmentation was applied to the first content item, a graphical element is presented on the user device together with the first content item. the graphical element is user-selectable to invoke a camera function and to automatically apply the content augmentation to a second content item selected by the first user. in response to detecting user selection of the graphical element, the camera function is triggered on the user device to enable the first user to select a second content item, and the content augmentation is applied to the second content item.

20250118014. DEPTH AWARE CONTENT RENDERING_simplified_abstract_(snap inc.)

Inventor(s): Russell Douglas Patton of Playa Vista CA US for snap inc., James Powderly of Venice CA US for snap inc.

IPC Code(s): G06T15/30

CPC Code(s): G06T15/30

Abstract: an extended reality (xr) system provides methodologies for clipping virtual content displayed to a user. the xr system generates an xr user interface with virtual content using an xr user interface model. the xr system generates clipped virtual content from the virtual content by clipping virtual content that is located outside of the user's stereoscopic field of view and provides the xr user interface containing the clipped virtual content to the user.

20250118028. INTERACTIVE AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM_simplified_abstract_(snap inc.)

Inventor(s): David Li of London GB for snap inc., Piers George Cowburn of London GB for snap inc., Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik of London GB for snap inc., Qi Pan of London GB for snap inc.

IPC Code(s): G06F3/01, G06F3/048, H04W4/02

CPC Code(s): G06T19/00

Abstract: example embodiments described herein relate to an augmented-reality system to generate and cause display of interactive augmented reality content at a client device.

20250118035. CONTEXT BASED AUGMENTED REALITY COMMUNICATION_simplified_abstract_(snap inc.)

Inventor(s): Brian Anthony Smith of New York NY US for snap inc., Yu Jiang Tham of Los Angeles CA US for snap inc., Rajan Vaish of Beverly Hills CA US for snap inc.

IPC Code(s): G06T19/00, G06F3/01, G06F3/0481, G06F3/04847

CPC Code(s): G06T19/006

Abstract: aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, method, and user interface to facilitate context based augmented reality communication between multiple users over a network. virtual content item configuration data indicative of a selection by a first user of virtual content item to apply to a real-world environment that is visible to a second user via a second device is received from a first device. the virtual content item configuration data also includes one or more criteria to trigger application of the virtual content item to the real-world environment. a triggering event is detected based on satisfaction of the one or more criteria determined from context data generated at the second device. the second device presents the virtual content item overlaid on the real-world environment that is visible to the second user based on the triggering event.

20250118037. LOW-POWER ARCHITECTURE FOR AUGMENTED REALITY DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(snap inc.)

Inventor(s): Ashwani Arya of Cypress CA US for snap inc., Alex Feinman of San Mateo CA US for snap inc., Daniel Harris of San Francisco CA US for snap inc., Tejas Bahulkar of Sunnyvale CA US for snap inc., Dunxu Hu of Los Angeles CA US for snap inc.

IPC Code(s): G06F1/3287, G06F1/16, G06F1/3231, G06F1/3234, G06F1/3293, G06F3/01

CPC Code(s): G06T19/006

Abstract: a method for managing power resource in an augmented reality (ar) device is described. in one aspect, the method includes configuring a low-power mode to run on a low-power processor of the ar device using a first set of sensor data, and a high-power mode to run on a high-power processor of the ar device using a second set of sensor data, operating, using the low-power processor, a low-power application in the low-power mode based on the first set of sensor data, detecting a request to operate a high-power application at the ar device, in response to detecting the request, activating the second set of sensors of the ar device corresponding to the high-power mode, and operating, using the high-power processor, a high-power application in the high-power mode based on the second set of sensors.

20250119399. ACCESS AND ROUTING OF INTERACTIVE MESSAGES_simplified_abstract_(snap inc.)

Inventor(s): Kaveh Anvaripour of Culver City CA US for snap inc., Grygoriy Kozhemiak of Odesa UA for snap inc., Celia Nicole Mourkogiannis of Los Angeles CA US for snap inc.

IPC Code(s): H04L51/21, G06F3/0482, G06F3/0484

CPC Code(s): H04L51/10

Abstract: systems and methods are provided for determining that a message received from a second computing device associated with a second user is an interactive message and causing the interactive message to be displayed. in response to a selection to skip engagement with the interactive message, the systems and methods display a message feed with a list of a plurality of users and cause a selectable engagement indicium to be displayed next to a list entry of the second user in the list. the system and methods further determine that a predetermined amount of time has elapsed since the start time of the display of the interactive message without engagement with the interactive message and cause the interactive message to be deleted from the message feed and the selectable engagement indicium removed from next to the list entry of the second user.

20250119492. CUSTOMIZING MODIFIABLE VIDEOS OF MULTIMEDIA MESSAGING APPLICATION_simplified_abstract_(snap inc.)

Inventor(s): Jeremy Voss of Los Angeles CA US for snap inc., Victor Shaburov of Ocean Village GI for snap inc., Ivan Babanin of Saratov RU for snap inc., Aleksandr Mashrabov of Los Angeles CA US for snap inc., Roman Golobokov of Sochi RU for snap inc.

IPC Code(s): H04M1/72439, G06T11/60, G06T13/80, H04L51/02, H04L51/216, H04M1/72427, H04M1/72436, H04M1/72442

CPC Code(s): H04M1/72439

Abstract: provided are systems and methods for customizing modifiable videos. an example method includes analyzing recent messages associated with a user in a multimedia messaging application to determine an emotional state of the user, determining, based on the emotional state, a customized property of a modifiable feature of a modifiable video, where the modifiable video includes a preset property of the modifiable feature, replacing the preset property of the modifiable feature with the customized property of the modifiable feature, providing a user interface enabling the user to view the modifiable video and modify the customized property of the modifiable feature to a modified property, and, upon determining that the user has modified the customized property, storing information concerning the emotional state, the customized property, and the modified property to a statistical log.

Snap Inc. patent applications on April 10th, 2025