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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2021
Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Jeremy Voss, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Christie Marie Heikkinen, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Daniel Rakhamimov, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Laurent Desserrey, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Susan Marie Territo, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Edward Koai, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for providing a user interface for relative device positioning. The program and method provide for receiving a first location of a first device associated with a first user, and a second location of a second device associated with a second user, the first and second users corresponding to contacts in a messaging application; providing an indication of the second location to the first device, and an indication of the first location to the second device; determining that a direction in which the first device is pointing corresponds to the second location, and that a direction in which the second device is pointing corresponds to the first location; providing, in response to the determining, a notification to at least one of the first device or the second device.