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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2024
Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Michael James Connolly, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Daniel Vincent Grippi, New York, NY (US);
Christie Marie Heikkinen, Sherman Oaks, CA (US);
David Phillip Taitz, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Abstract
In one aspect, a method, includes identifying members of a group in a messaging application, detecting an active sharing of content collection from a member of the group, and generating a visual indicator corresponding to the group in a user interface of the messaging application. The method may also include further includes receiving user input from the member of the group to share the content collection with one or more members of the group, and in response to receiving the user input, enabling an ephemeral display of the content collection only from devices associated with the one or more members of the group, where detecting the active sharing of content collection from the member of the group is based on receiving the user input from the member of the group.