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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2023
Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Kaveh Anvaripour, Culver City, CA (US);
Ranidu Lankage, Belmont, CA (US);
Christie Marie Heikkinen, Sherman Oaks, CA (US);
Jane Meng, Los Angeles, CA (US);
SNAP INC., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system and a method for navigating images and AR experiences. The system and method perform operations comprising displaying, by a messaging application in a viewfinder, a live video feed received from a camera of a client device. The operations comprise presenting, by the messaging application, in a scrollable region on top of the live video feed being displayed in the viewfinder, a first plurality of options associated with previously captured content items and a second plurality of options associated with augmented reality (AR) experiences. The operations comprise receiving input associated with scrolling the scrollable region and, in response to receiving the input, scrolling the first plurality of options together with the second plurality of options.