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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2018
Applicant:
Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Inventors:
Nicholas Richard Allen, Venice, CA (US);
Dorian Franklin Baldwin, Toronto, CA;
Jacob Edward Blackstock, Toronto, CA;
David James Kennedy, Toronto, CA;
Shahan Panth, Toronto, CA;
Timothy Jordan Garcia, Toronto, CA;
Assignee:
Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/08 (2022.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); G06T 13/80 (2011.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); G06V 20/40 (2022.01); H04L 67/52 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/08 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06T 13/80 (2013.01); G06V 20/47 (2022.01); H04L 67/52 (2022.05); H04W 4/80 (2018.02);
Abstract
Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure improve the functionality of electronic messaging and imaging software and systems by generating and displaying media overlays with avatars of different users. For example, media overlays can be generated by the system and displayed in conjunction with media content (e.g., images and/or video) generated by an image-capturing device (e.g., a digital camera).