Snap Inc.

Christie Marie Heikkinen

Jeremy Baker Voss

Laurent Desserrey

David Phillip Taitz

Newar Husam Al Majid

Nathaniel Parrott

Daniel Rakhamimov

Susan Marie Territo

Ranidu Lankage

Nathan Kenneth Boyd

Celia Nicole Mourkogiannis

Edward Koai

Kaveh Anvaripour

David Whyte

Christine Barron

Daniel Moreno

Brandon Francis

Andrew Grosvenor Cooper

Joseph Timothy Fortier

Travis M Grigsby

William Alexander Strand

Benjamin Ralph Hollis

Benedict Copping

Bobby Lo

Mai Chi Tran

Shaun Harrison

Jonathan Dale Brody

Matthew Colin Grantham

Stephanie Olivia Engle

Gal Dudovitch

Timothy Jordan Garcia

Jane Meng

Denise Marcela Martinez

Andrew James McPhee

Kyle Goodrich

Ma'ayan Mishin Shuvi

Ryan Chan

Dallin Dyer

Pedram Javidpour

Chang Li

Sherif Mohamed

Shannon Ward

Isabelle Albi

Tabari Williams

Yiwen Zhan

Maxwell Gale

Daniel Vincent Grippi

Sana Park

Daniel Szeto

Imani Ritchards

Wayne Mike Cao

Marc Brown

Ma′ayan Mishin Shuvi

An audio recommendation system adds a 'recents' tab in a memory accessible to a messaging system including any audio tracks (songs or sounds) encountered by applications in order to allow quick access to any recently played songs or sounds provided in a message to/from another user or encountered during activities of the user. The displayed “recents” tab enables the user to revisit songs or sounds that the user may wish to use later in another message or to include in the user's music playlist. The “recents” tab also enables the user to browse an audio history in received messages without needing to explicitly save the music or sounds upon receipt. The system determines the source of the encountered sound or song and stores the source of the sound or song in a playlist associated with the recents tab with identifying information for the sound or song.

Audio recommendation system that presents playlist of received audio tracks under recents tab

A system to provide users with a means for accessing media content directly, by performing operations that include: causing display of a media item within a graphical user interface at a client device, the graphical user interface including a set of graphical elements; receiving a selection of a graphical element from among the set of graphical elements within the graphical user interface; generating a reference to the media item based on the selection of the graphical element; encoding a matrix barcode with the reference to the media item; and generating a presentation of the media item that includes a display of the matrix barcode at a position within the media item.

Encoded image based messaging system

A permission based media system to perform operations that include: presenting a first media object at a client device associated with a user account, the first media object including a reference that identifies the user account; receiving an input that selects the first media object from the client device; determining a permission of the user account based on the reference that identifies the user account; presenting a set of options based on the permission associated with the user account; receiving a selection of an option from among the set of options; and generating a second media object based on the first media object and the selection of the option, according to certain embodiments.

Permission based media composition

Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for providing audio with captured video clips. The program and method provide for displaying, by a messaging application, a capture user interface for capturing video; providing a camera mode selection element which is selectable to switch between a first camera mode for capturing a single video clip and a second camera mode for capturing multiple video clips, to generate a media content item; providing an audio selection element which is selectable to select an audio track for the media content item; receiving, via the camera mode selection element, first user input selecting the second camera mode; receiving, via the audio selection element, second user input selecting the audio track; and providing for capturing multiple video clips in association with the selected audio track for generating the media content item.

Selecting an audio track in association with multi-video clip capture

Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for adding time-based captions to captured video. The program and method provide for displaying, by a messaging application, a preview user interface for previewing and editing captured video in order to generate a media content item, the preview user interface including an interface element which is selectable to switch to a captions user interface for adding a caption to the media content item; switching, in response to first user input selecting the interface element, to the captions user interface which is configured to receive user input for caption content and a duration to display the caption content; receiving, via the captions user interface, second user input for the caption content and the duration; and generating the media content item based on the caption content and the duration to display the caption content.

Adding time-based captions to captured video within a messaging system

In some examples, a method to present an affordance user interface element within a user interface of an interaction application includes detecting an association of a supplemental media content item with a primary media content item presented within the user interface. The supplemental media content item is identified from among a plurality of supplemental media content items supported by the interaction application. The method may include retrieving metadata related to the supplemental media content item and presenting, within the user interface, a supplementation affordance that presents the metadata. In some examples, the supplementation affordance is user selectable via the user interface to invoke a supplementation function that enables a user to apply the supplemental media content item to a further primary media content item. The supplementation function is invoked responsive to detecting a user selection of the supplementation affordance within the user interface.

Context cards for media supplementation

Systems and methods to facilitate content sharing are described. A second device of a second user selects a first user input content item that was shared to a first content collection by a first user using a first device. The second device is enabled to combine the first user input content item with a second user input content item to create a combined user input content item. In response to determining that the second device has shared the combined user input content item to the first content collection, the combined user input content item becomes accessible in association with the first user input content item in a second content collection. In response to a third device of a third user making a selection associated with the first user input content item, a collection interface is presented to enable the third device to navigate the second content collection.

Content collections linked to a base item

Methods and systems are disclosed for performing operations for generating a custom sticker. The operations include receiving, by a messaging application implemented on a first device, an image. The operations include receiving, by the messaging application, input that selects a region of the image. The operations include generating, by the messaging application, a graphical element comprising the region of the image selected by the input. The operations include applying, by the messaging application, one or more visual effects to the graphical element. The operations include causing the graphical element to be animated according to a given animation pattern selected from a plurality of animation patterns to generate an animated custom graphic. The operations include sending the animated custom graphic with the one or more visual effects from the first device to a second device.

Animated custom sticker creation

Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for providing a reply interface with selectable stickers for sending in a message. The program and method provide for receiving, by a first device of a first user, a media content item provided by a second device of a second user; determining, in response to receiving the media content item, a set of stickers for displaying with the media content item; and displaying, by the first device, the media content item together with a first reply interface and a second reply interface for sending a reply message to the second device. The first reply interface includes the set of stickers, each of which is selectable by the first user for sending to the second device. The second reply interface includes an input box for sending message content to the second device.

Reply interface with selectable stickers for messaging system

Methods and systems are disclosed that access relationship data of a first user of an interaction system to identify a second user of the interaction system associated with the first user, cause presentation of identification information for the second user within an interaction interface and, responsive to identifying an event pertaining to the second user, cause presentation of a call-to-action graphical element associated with identification information of the second user within the interaction interface. Responsive to detecting user selection of the call-to-action graphical element, the methods and systems invoke an interaction function to facilitate an interaction between the first user and the second user. The interaction function includes at least one of a communication function enabling the first user to communicate digital content to the second user using the interaction system, and an augmentation function enabling the first user to augment the digital content using an augmentation graphical feature.

Contextual reply augmentation system

Method starts with processor receiving media content item and selection of personalized media overlay. Personalized media overlay includes image with space for text. Processor generates modified media content item by overlaying personalized media overlay on media content item. Modified media content item includes the image with the space for text overlaid on the media content item. Processor receives a selection of recipients including second user and third user. Processor generates recipient-personalized media content items including recipient-personalized media content item for second user by adding second user's name to the space for text in the image and recipient-personalized media content item for third user by adding the third user's name to the space for text in the image. Processor causes recipient-personalized media content item for second user to be displayed by second client device and recipient-personalized media content item for third user to be displayed by third client device.

Generating recipient-personalized media content items

A media request system to perform operations that include: receiving, at a client device, a response to a request, the response comprising media content; adding the media content from the response to a collection of media content within a media folder associated with the request at the client device; causing display of a notification at the client device in response to the receiving the response to the request, the notification including an identification of the request; receiving an input that selects the notification; and causing display of a presentation of the collection of media content in response to the input that selects the notification, the presentation of the collection of media content including the media content from the response, according to certain example embodiments.

Media request system

Method of generating selectable items providing post-viewing context actions starts with a processor receiving a media content item with first media overlay from first client device. Processor causes an active notification associated with the media content item to be displayed on a notification user interface by a second client device. Processor receives a selection of the active notification from the second client device and in response to receiving the selection of the active notification, causes the media content item to be displayed by the second client device. The processor, in response to the media content item being displayed by the second client device, causes the second client device to display the notification user interface comprising an inactive notification and a first selectable item that is associated with the first media overlay. Other embodiments are described herein.

Selectable items providing post-viewing context actions

Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for animating a pull-to-refresh gesture. The program and method provide for receiving a pull gesture in a messaging application; selecting, in response to receiving the pull gesture, a set of users corresponding to contacts in the messaging application; and displaying a set of images for each user in the set of users, in association with refreshing screen content.

Animated pull-to-refresh

First content data is presented within a preview interface. The preview interface is a user interface presented to a user prior to transmission of content data to third-party users. A plurality of modification indicia is presented within the preview interface. Each of the plurality of modification indicia is associated with a respective modification function. The plurality of modification indicia includes a combination indicium associated with a combination function. Responsive to detection of user selection of the combination indicium, the combination function is activated. The activating of the combination function comprises causing presentation of a combination interface enabling the user to access second content data and combine the first content data with the second content data to create combined content data.

Combining content in a preview state

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Santa Monica, CA, United States of America

Christie Marie Heikkinen