Granted Patent B1

US 10,952,013 · App. 16/245,660 · Granted Mar 16, 2021

Inventors: Jonathan Brody (Marina Del Rey, CA); Walton Lin (New York, NY); Andrew Lin (Long Island City, NY); Evan Spiegel (Venice, CA)

Assignee: Snap Inc.

H04W4/02G06Q50/01H04W68/005

Abstract

Claims (66)

1. A method comprising:

identifying, by one or more processors, a current location of a mobile computing device;

detecting a selection of a user interface element associated with the current location of the mobile computing device;

causing presentation of a set of display elements corresponding to the current location, the set of display elements representing one or more display characteristics for the current location of the mobile computing device;

detecting selection of a display element of the set of display elements;

in response to detecting the selection of the display element, changing the first display characteristic to a second display characteristic by modifying the first display characteristic with an interstitial display element;

identifying a time period associated with the display element;

initiating at a first time, the time period associated with the display element;

detecting exhaustion of the time period at a second time subsequent to the first time; and

in response to detecting the exhaustion of the time period, automatically modifying the second display characteristic corresponding to the current location of the mobile computing device by changing it to a third display characteristic.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

prior to detecting exhaustion, causing presentation of a timer subtext indicating an amount of time remaining within the time period.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein modifying the second display characteristic to a third display characteristic comprises reverting the second display characteristic to the first display characteristic.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein modifying the second display characteristic to the third display characteristic comprises changing the second display characteristic to an intermediate characteristic, and the method further comprises:

detecting an interaction with a user interface at the mobile computing device; and

in response to detecting the interaction, modifying the intermediate characteristic for the current location to the first display characteristic.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first display characteristic is a first location on a map and the second display characteristic is a subsequent location on the map.

6. The method of claim, further comprising:

generating, by the one or more processors, a notification corresponding to the time period;

modifying, by the one or more processors, an original depiction of the display element to a second depiction of the display element with the notification; and

in response to detecting the exhaustion of the time period, automatically reverting the second depiction of the display element to the original depiction of the display element.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein modifying the display characteristic comprises locking the current location of the mobile computing device.

8. A system comprising:

a memory that stores instructions; and

one or more processors configured by the instructions to perform operations comprising:

identifying, by one or more processors, a current location of a mobile computing device;

detecting a selection of a user interface element associated with the current location of the mobile computing device;

causing presentation of a set of display elements corresponding to the current location, the set of display elements representing one or more display characteristics for the current location of the mobile computing device;

detecting selection of a display element of the set of display elements;

in response to detecting the selection of the display element, changing the first display characteristic to a second display characteristic by modifying the first display characteristic with an interstitial display element;

identifying a time period associated with the display element;

initiating at a first time, the time period associated with the display element;

detecting exhaustion of the time period at a second time subsequent to the first time; and

in response to detecting the exhaustion of the time period, automatically modifying the second display characteristic corresponding to the current location of the mobile computing device by changing it to a third display characteristic.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise: prior to detecting exhaustion, causing presentation of a timer subtext indicating an amount of time remaining within the time period.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein modifying the second display characteristic to a third display characteristic comprises reverting the second display characteristic to the first display characteristic.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein modifying the second display characteristic to the third display characteristic comprises changing the second display characteristic to an intermediate characteristic, and the method further comprises:

detecting an interaction with a user interface at the mobile computing device; and

in response to detecting the interaction, modifying the intermediate characteristic for the current location to the first display characteristic.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the first display characteristic is a first location on a map and the second display characteristic is a subsequent location on the map.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:

generating, by the one or more processors, a notification corresponding to the time period;

modifying, by the one or more processors, an original depiction of the display element to a second depiction of the display element with the notification; and

in response to detecting the exhaustion of the time period, automatically reverting the second depiction of the display element to the original depiction of the display element.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein modifying the display characteristic comprises locking the current location of the mobile computing device.

15. A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

identifying, by one or more processors, a current location of a mobile computing device;

detecting a selection of a user interface element associated with the current location of the mobile computing device;

causing presentation of a set of display elements corresponding to the current location, the set of display elements representing one or more display characteristics for the current location of the mobile computing device;

detecting selection of a display element of the set of display elements;

in response to detecting the selection of the display element, changing the first display characteristic to a second display characteristic by modifying the first display characteristic with an interstitial display element;

identifying a time period associated with the display element;

initiating at a first time, the time period associated with the display element;

detecting exhaustion of the time period at a second time subsequent to the first time; and

in response to detecting the exhaustion of the time period, automatically modifying the second display characteristic corresponding to the current location of the mobile computing device by changing it to a third display characteristic.

16. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:

prior to detecting exhaustion, causing presentation of a timer subtext indicating an amount of time remaining within the time period.

17. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein modifying the second display characteristic to a third display characteristic comprises reverting the second display characteristic to the first display characteristic.

18. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein modifying the second display characteristic to the third display characteristic comprises changing the second display characteristic to an intermediate characteristic, and the method further comprises:

detecting an interaction with a user interface at the mobile computing device; and

in response to detecting the interaction, modifying the intermediate characteristic for the current location to the first display characteristic.

19. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the first display characteristic is a first location on a map and the second display characteristic is a subsequent location on the map.

20. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:

generating, by the one or more processors, a notification corresponding to the time period;

modifying, by the one or more processors, an original depiction of the display element to a second depiction of the display element with the notification; and

in response to detecting the exhaustion of the time period, automatically reverting the second depiction of the display element to the original depiction of the display element.

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