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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11474663 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022

Filed:

Feb. 23, 2021

Location-based search mechanism in a graphical user interface

Applicant:

Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);

Inventors:

Daniel Amitay, New York City, NY (US);

Jonathan Brody, Marina del Rey, CA (US);

Timothy Jordan Garcia, Toronto, CA;

Leonid Gorkin, Chappaqua, NY (US);

Andrew Lin, Long Island City, NY (US);

Walton Lin, Chatham, NY (US);

Evan Spiegel, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Nayana Samaranayake, New York, NY (US);

Assignee:

Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);

Attorney:

Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

Primary Examiner:

Kris E Mackes

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06T 11/20 (2006.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/21 (2018.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/9537 (2019.01); H04L 67/306 (2022.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); H04L 41/22 (2022.01); H04L 41/28 (2022.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); G06F 16/248 (2019.01); G06F 16/487 (2019.01); H04W 4/18 (2009.01); H04L 51/52 (2022.01); H04L 67/52 (2022.01); H04L 67/50 (2022.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 16/248 (2019.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G06F 16/487 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/9537 (2019.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); G06T 11/206 (2013.01); G06T 11/60 (2013.01); H04L 41/22 (2013.01); H04L 41/28 (2013.01); H04L 51/52 (2022.05); H04L 63/101 (2013.01); H04L 63/107 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); H04L 67/52 (2022.05); H04L 67/535 (2022.05); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/185 (2013.01); H04W 4/21 (2018.02); G06F 9/547 (2013.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01);
Abstract

A social media platform provides a map-based graphical user interface (GUI) for accessing social media content submitted for public accessibility via the social media platform supported by the map-based GUI. The GUI includes a map providing interactive location-based searching functionality in that selection of a target location by the user in the GUI, such as by tapping or clicking at the target location, triggers a search for social media content having geo-tag data indicating geographic locations within a geographical search area centered on the target location.

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