Snap Inc. patent applications on September 26th, 2024
Patent Applications by Snap Inc. on September 26th, 2024
Snap Inc.: 11 patent applications
Snap Inc. has applied for patents in the areas of G06F16/2457 (2), G06T11/00 (2), G06Q50/00 (2), H04L51/10 (2), H04N23/667 (2) G06F16/24578 (1), G06F40/169 (1), G06Q10/1093 (1), G06T11/00 (1), G06T19/006 (1)
With keywords such as: content, user, media, device, augmented, image, items, reality, display, and mode in patent application abstracts.
Patent Applications by Snap Inc.
20240320228. RANKING NOTIFICATIONS IN A SOCIAL NETWORK FEED_simplified_abstract_(snap inc.)
Inventor(s): Jaewook Chung of Mountain View CA (US) for snap inc., Wisam Dakka of San Francisco CA (US) for snap inc., Andrei Damian of San Francisco CA (US) for snap inc., Jiwoon Jeon of Torrance CA (US) for snap inc., Ranveer Kunal of San Francisco CA (US) for snap inc., Andre Madeira of Saratoga CA (US) for snap inc., Michael Brian Murray of Marina Del Rey CA (US) for snap inc., Emre Yamangil of San Francisco CA (US) for snap inc., Diwakar Punjani of Las Altos CA (US) for snap inc., Yantao Zheng of Cupertino CA (US) for snap inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F16/2457, G06Q50/00, H04L67/50
CPC Code(s): G06F16/24578
Abstract: disclosed are implementations for ranking a feed in a social network. in one aspect, a method of generating a feed includes identifying a group of users associated with a first user, identify notifications for the first user based on the group of users, determine one or more actions that may result from each of the identified notifications, rank the notifications based on the one or more determined actions; and display the notifications to the first user according to the ranking.
20240320417. ANNOTATING A COLLECTION OF MEDIA CONTENT ITEMS_simplified_abstract_(snap inc.)
Inventor(s): Newar Husam Al Majid of New York NY (US) for snap inc., Wisam Dakka of San Francisco CA (US) for snap inc., Donald Giovannini of Venice CA (US) for snap inc., Andre Madeira of Saratoga CA (US) for snap inc., Seyed Reza Mir Ghaderi of San Francisco CA (US) for snap inc., Yaming Lin of Palo Alto CA (US) for snap inc., Yan Wu of Milbrae CA (US) for snap inc., Ranveer Kunal of San Francisco CA (US) for snap inc., Aymeric Damien of San Francisco CA (US) for snap inc., Maryam Daneshi of Redwood City CA (US) for snap inc., Yi Liu of Moraga CA (US) for snap inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F40/169, G06F16/2457, G06F16/41, G06F16/48, G06F16/487
CPC Code(s): G06F40/169
Abstract: various embodiments provide for systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for annotating a collection of media items, such as digital images. according to some embodiments, an annotation system automatically determines one or more annotations for a plurality of media content items, and generates a collection of media content items that associates the determined annotations with the plurality of media content items. depending on the embodiment, annotations that may be determined for the plurality of media content (and associated with the collection for the media content items) can include, without limitation, a caption, a geographic location, a category, a novelty measurement, an event, and a highlight media content item representing the collection.
Inventor(s): Kaveh Anvaripour of Culver City CA (US) for snap inc., Virginia Drummond of Venice CA (US) for snap inc., Jean Luo of Seattle WA (US) for snap inc., Alek Matthiessen of Marina Del Rey CA (US) for snap inc., Charles Melbye of Sherman Oaks CA (US) for snap inc., Celia Nicole Mourkogiannis of Los Angeles CA (US) for snap inc.
IPC Code(s): G06Q10/1093, G06Q50/00, G06Q50/14, G06T11/00
CPC Code(s): G06Q10/1093
Abstract: the subject technology causes display, at the client device, a set of augmented reality content items generated by the first augmented reality content generator. the subject technology receives, at the client device, a second selection of the particular augmented reality content item corresponding to the destination geolocation. the subject technology causes display, at the client device, a second set of augmented reality content items generated by the first augmented reality content generator. the subject technology receives, at the client device, a second selection of the second set of augmented reality content items. the subject technology causes display, at the client device, a third set of augmented reality content items generated by the first augmented reality content generator, the third set of augmented reality content items comprising at least one activity or location associated with the destination geolocation and a selected period of time.
Inventor(s): Kaveh Anvaripour of Culver City CA (US) for snap inc., Laurent Desserrey of Los Angeles CA (US) for snap inc.
IPC Code(s): G06T11/00, G06F3/0482, G06V20/50, H04N23/667
CPC Code(s): G06T11/00
Abstract: aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for presenting shortcuts based on a scan operation. the program and method provide for receiving a user request to identify at least one object depicted in an image captured by a device camera; determining, in response to receiving the user request, an attribute of an object depicted in the image; selecting, from a plurality of shortcuts for performing with respect to the image, a shortcut that is associated with the attribute of the object, each shortcut of the plurality of shortcuts corresponding to a combination of individual functions to apply to the image; and causing display of an interface with a user-selectable element for performing the selected shortcut with respect to the image.
20240320927. ORIENTATION OF AUGMENTED CONTENT IN INTERACTION SYSTEMS_simplified_abstract_(snap inc.)
Inventor(s): Luke Cartwright of Seattle WA (US) for snap inc., Ilteris Kaan Canberk of Marina Del Rey CA (US) for snap inc.
IPC Code(s): G06T19/00, G02B27/01, G06F3/01, G06T19/20
CPC Code(s): G06T19/006
Abstract: a head-wearable apparatus determines an imaginary reference plane intersecting a head of a user viewing augmented content in a viewing pane having vertical and lateral dimensions in a display of the head-wearable apparatus. the imaginary reference plane coincides with a first viewing direction of the head of the user. the apparatus detects a rotational movement of the head of the user in a vertical direction while viewing the augmented content. in response to the detected rotational movement, the apparatus determines a second viewing direction of the head of the user when viewing the augmented content in the second viewing direction and determines a reference angle between the imaginary reference plane and the second viewing direction. based on the reference angle, the apparatus assign one of a billboard display mode and a headlock display mode (or combination) to the augmented content presented in the display.
20240321034. AUGMENTED REALITY ACTIVATED DISPENSING MACHINE_simplified_abstract_(snap inc.)
Inventor(s): Adrian Bradford of Los Angeles CA (US) for snap inc.
IPC Code(s): G07F11/62, G06Q20/18
CPC Code(s): G07F11/62
Abstract: systems, methods, and computer readable media for augmented reality (ar) activated dispensing machines are disclosed. example methods include a dispensing machine that is configured to access a captured image, process the image to generate an avatar of a user, present an image of the avatar with an indication of a vending item on the display of the system, determine the user performed a gesture to select the vending item, and dispense the selected vending item. additionally, the dispensing machine is configured to provide virtual musical instruments to the user and record a music video. the dispensing machine is configured to communicate with a user device and send codes for vending items and ar graphics to be displayed to the user.
20240322861. NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION FOR PAIRING WEARABLE DEVICES_simplified_abstract_(snap inc.)
Inventor(s): Dawei Zhang of Seattle WA (US) for snap inc., Katie Lu of Santa Monica CA (US) for snap inc.
IPC Code(s): H04B5/00, H04W4/80, H04W76/10
CPC Code(s): H04B5/72
Abstract: a system includes a user device having a near field communication (nfc) interface. the system also includes a short-range wireless communication interface configured to communicate with devices in a local physical space. the system also includes one or more processors and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions for detecting, via the nfc interface, near field proximity between the user device and a nfc-enabled device, receiving pairing information from the nfc-enabled device via the nfc interface, processing the pairing information to establish communication between the system and a wireless-enabled device located in the local physical space via the short-range wireless communication interface, receiving location information from the wireless-enabled device via the short-range wireless communication interface, and determining a location of the user device in the local physical space, relative to at least one reference point, using the location information.
20240323151. USER PRESENCE INDICATION DATA MANAGEMENT_simplified_abstract_(snap inc.)
Inventor(s): Laurent Desserrey of Los Angeles CA (US) for snap inc., Dylan Shane Eirinberg of Venice CA (US) for snap inc., Jeremy Baker Voss of Los Angeles CA (US) for snap inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L51/043, H04L51/216, H04L51/52, H04L67/50, H04L67/54
CPC Code(s): H04L51/043
Abstract: a method and a system include receiving a first message from a first device associated with a first user, the first message being associated with a group conversation between plural users including the first user and a second user, the group conversation comprising a main conversation view and first experience page; determining the first message was transmitted from the first experience page; detecting the first user being active within the first experience page and the second user being active within the main conversation view; and causing display of the first message, a name of the first user, and a page source graphical element indicating the first experience page on a second device associated with the second user.
Inventor(s): Jean Luo of Seattle WA (US) for snap inc., Oleksandr Grytsiuk of Marina del Rey CA (US) for snap inc., Celia Nicole Mourkogiannis of Los Angeles CA (US) for snap inc., Ivan Golub of Playa Vista CA (US) for snap inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L51/10, H04L51/52
CPC Code(s): H04L51/10
Abstract: the subject technology receives metadata corresponding to a respective media overlay, the metadata including information indicating that the respective media overlay is configured to be applied as an image processing operation during post-processing of image data during a post-capture stage. the subject technology selects the respective media overlay in response to the information indicating that the respective media overlay is configured to be applied as an image processing operation during post-processing of image data. the subject technology, based at least in part on a category indicator associated with the respective media overlay, populates a group of media overlays with at least the respective media overlay. the subject technology sends, to a client electronic device, second metadata including at least information related to the group of media overlays.
Inventor(s): Bo Ding of Los Angeles CA (US) for snap inc., Chintan Doshi of Marina Del Rey CA (US) for snap inc., Alexander Kane of Vienna (AT) for snap inc., John James Robertson of Los Angeles CA (US) for snap inc., Dmitry Ryuma of Sherman Oaks CA (US) for snap inc.
IPC Code(s): H04N23/65, G06T1/20, G06T3/40, H04N5/04, H04N5/265, H04N23/667, H04N23/90, H04N23/951
CPC Code(s): H04N23/651
Abstract: eyewear having an image signal processor (isp) dynamically operable in a camera pipeline for augmented reality (ar) and computer vision (cv) systems. multi-purpose cameras are used for simultaneous image capture and cv on wearable ar devices. the cameras are coupled to a frame and configured to generate images, wherein the cameras and the isp operate in a first ar mode and capture images having a first resolution suitable for use in ar, and are configured to operate in a second cv mode to provide the images having a second resolution suitable for use in cv. the first resolution in the ar mode is higher than the second resolution in the cv mode, and the cameras and the isp consume less power in the second cv mode than the first ar mode. the cameras and the isp save significant system power by operating in the low power mode cv mode.
20240323641. VISITATION TRACKING SYSTEM_simplified_abstract_(snap inc.)
Inventor(s): Xueyin Chen of Los Angeles CA (US) for snap inc., Mehrdad Jahangiri of Sherman Oaks CA (US) for snap inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W4/021, G06F16/29, G06F16/487, G06F16/909, H04L51/10, H04L51/222, H04L67/306
CPC Code(s): H04W4/021
Abstract: the present invention relates to a system to facilitate the identification of geo-cells, and the distribution of media content. a visitation tracking system is configured to retrieve location data from a client device, identify a geo-cell from among a set of geo-cells based on the location data, access a database that comprises media content associated with one or more physical location within the geo-cell, ranking a first media content among the media content, and loading the first media content at the client device based on the ranking, according to certain example embodiments.
- Snap Inc.
- G06F16/2457
- G06Q50/00
- H04L67/50
- CPC G06F16/24578
- Snap inc.
- G06F40/169
- G06F16/41
- G06F16/48
- G06F16/487
- CPC G06F40/169
- G06Q10/1093
- G06Q50/14
- G06T11/00
- CPC G06Q10/1093
- G06F3/0482
- G06V20/50
- H04N23/667
- CPC G06T11/00
- G06T19/00
- G02B27/01
- G06F3/01
- G06T19/20
- CPC G06T19/006
- G07F11/62
- G06Q20/18
- CPC G07F11/62
- H04B5/00
- H04W4/80
- H04W76/10
- CPC H04B5/72
- H04L51/043
- H04L51/216
- H04L51/52
- H04L67/54
- CPC H04L51/043
- H04L51/10
- CPC H04L51/10
- H04N23/65
- G06T1/20
- G06T3/40
- H04N5/04
- H04N5/265
- H04N23/90
- H04N23/951
- CPC H04N23/651
- H04W4/021
- G06F16/29
- G06F16/909
- H04L51/222
- H04L67/306
- CPC H04W4/021
