Snap Inc.

Jacob Catalano

Celia Nicole Mourkogiannis

Nathan Kenneth Boyd

Newar Husam Al Majid

Andrew Grosvenor Cooper

Edward Koai

Chinmay Lonkar

Matthew Lee Cook

Zachary Lupei

Yue Hu

Brian Yee

Charles Melbye

Chiung-Fu Shih

Jiawen Zeng

Dongguang Zhao

Alex Beltyukov

Jong-Hwi Lee

Wenbin Chen

Zuoyou Gu

Lu Lu

Timothy Kautz

Christie Marie Heikkinen

Vineet Kapil

Some examples relate to a system and method for enhancing digital communication through a rule-based messaging and user interaction system. The system allows users to apply user-selected rules to messages, which dictate the conditions under which certain aspects of the message, such as images or text, are obscured or revealed. For example, a 'reply to reveal' messaging mode may require a recipient to respond to the sender before a blurred image within the message becomes visible. The system includes a processor and memory that store the user-selected rules, apply the messaging mode to messages, and manage the transmission of such messages between user devices. This approach addresses the challenges of engaging users with varying degrees of digital literacy and encourages interactive communication by incentivizing responses through message content visibility conditions.

Rule-based messaging and user interaction system

Display screen or portion thereof with a graphical user interface

Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for displaying content feeds within a messaging system. The program and method provide for receiving, by a messaging application associated with a user, user input corresponding to a request for a first content feed, the first content feed comprising a first plurality of media content items provided by one or more friends of the user; providing for display of the first content feed; determining, by the messaging application, that display of the first content feed is complete; and providing, in response to determining that display of the first content feed is complete, for display of a second content feed, the second content feed comprising a second plurality of media content items provided by one or more content providers to which the user subscribes with respect to the messaging application.

Displaying content feeds within a messaging system

Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for displaying a profile from a content feed within a messaging system. The program and method provide for receiving by a messaging application, first user input corresponding to a request for a content feed, the content feed comprising a plurality of media content items; providing, in response to receiving the first user input, for display of the content feed; receiving, by the messaging application, second user input of a predefined gesture performed with respect to a first media content item of the plurality of media content items; determining, in response to receiving the second user input and based on the first media content item, to display a public profile associated with the first media content item; and providing, based on the determining, for display of the public profile.

Displaying a profile from a content feed within a messaging system

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Santa Monica, CA, United States of America

Jacob Catalano