IP Library Granted Patent US 11,216,169
Granted Patent B2
US 11,216,169 · App. 16/733,163 · Granted Jan 4, 2022

Social network interactions

Inventors: Ryan Michael O'Rourke (San Francisco, CA); Brendan Benjamin Aronoff (San Francisco, CA); Rishi Pankaj Mody (Laguna Niguel, CA)
Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
G06F3/04847G06F3/0488G06Q50/01
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,216,169
App. No.
16/733,163
Filed
Jan 2, 2020
Granted
Jan 4, 2022
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2145
USPC
715/863
Abstract

Systems and techniques are described that enable users to capture and share content through a social network application and/or service with other users. A device associated with a first account may display a camera capture interface including a control associated with a second account and may receive a selection of the control associated with the second account. The device may capture content responsive to the selection and present a preview screen of captured content. The device may receive an indication (e.g., a swipe gesture, selection of a send control, etc.) to perform an action with respect to the captured content, such as sending the captured content to the second account.

Claims (52)

1. A method comprising:

displaying, on a screen of a device associated with a first account, a camera capture interface including a live field of view of a camera and multiple contact capture controls associated with sending content to different accounts, the multiple content capture controls including a first contact capture control associated with sending content to a second account and a second contact capture control associated with sending content to a third account;

receiving a selection of the first contact capture control associated with the second account;

capturing content responsive to the selection;

presenting a preview screen of captured content;

receiving an indication to send to the captured content; and

sending the captured content to the second account without input specifying a recipient of the captured content.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the action includes sending the captured content to the second account; and the indication comprises one of a swipe gesture or selection of a send control.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the swipe gesture includes a movement across the screen in a direction substantially toward a top of the preview screen.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the action includes deleting the captured content; and

the indication comprises one of a swipe gesture or selection of a delete control.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the swipe gesture includes a movement across the screen in a direction substantially toward a bottom of the preview screen.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second account comprises a contact associated with the first account.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first contact capture control associated with a second account comprises a group control and is further associated with a fourth account, and the group control is displayed as a plurality of overlapping circles.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

responsive to the selection of the first contact capture control associated with the second account, presenting a capture progress indicator while the first contact capture control is selected, the capture progress indicator changing to show an indication of a duration of the captured content.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

responsive to the indication to perform an action, presenting an action selection progress indicator while the indication is received, the action selection progress indicator changing to show an indication of a selected action prior to completion of the selected action.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the indication comprises one or more of a gesture or selection of a control, the gesture including one or more of a swipe and hold, a swipe and release, or a swipe past a threshold distance across the screen.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

receiving the selection of the first contact capture control is performed while in the camera capture interface, and

receiving the indication to perform the action with respect to the captured content is performed while in the camera capture interface.

12. A method comprising:

displaying, on a screen of a device associated with a first account, a camera capture interface including a live field of view of a camera and a contact capture control associated with a second account;

detecting a touch at a location on the screen associated with an area other than the contact capture control;

determining a duration of the touch exceeds a threshold;

capturing, based at least in part on the determination, content responsive to the touch;

presenting a preview screen of captured content;

receiving an indication to perform an action with respect to the captured content; and

sending the captured content to the second account without input specifying a recipient of the captured content.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

detecting a release of the touch; and

completing the capturing, based at least in part on the detected release.

14. The method of claim 12 , further comprising: responsive to the touch, presenting a capture progress indicator while the touch is detected, the capture progress indicator changing to show an indication of the duration of the captured content.

15. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

detecting a new location on the screen of the touch, presenting a capture progress indicator while the touch is detected at the new location.

16. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

responsive to the indication to perform an action, presenting an action selection progress indicator while the indication is received, the action selection progress indicator changing to show an indication of a selected action prior to completion of the selected action.

17. The method of claim 12 , wherein:

detecting the touch at the location on the screen associated with the area other than the first contact capture control is performed while in the camera capture interface, and

receiving the indication to perform the action with respect to the captured content is performed while in the camera capture interface.

18. One or more computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, configure a device to perform operations comprising:

displaying, on a screen of the device associated with a first account, a camera capture interface including a live field of view of a camera and multiple contact capture controls associated with sending content to different accounts, the multiple content capture controls including a first contact capture control associated with sending content to a second account and a second contact capture control associated with sending content to a third account;

receiving a selection of the first contact capture control associated with sending content to the second account;

capturing content responsive to the selection;

presenting a preview screen of captured content;

receiving an indication to send the captured content; and

sending the captured content to the second account without input specifying a recipient of the captured content.

19. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 18 , wherein the action includes sending the captured content to the second account; and the indication comprises one of a swipe gesture or selection of a send control.

20. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 18 , wherein:

receiving the selection of the first contact capture control is performed while in the camera capture interface, and

receiving the indication to perform the action with respect to the captured content is performed while in the camera capture interface.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 5, 2022
From: FACEBOOK, INC.
To: META PLATFORMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 059855/0899 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE PANKAY TO PANKAJ PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 051788 FRAME: 0207. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Oct 12, 2021
From: O'ROURKE, RYAN MICHAEL; ARONOFF, BRENDAN BENJAMIN; MODY, RISHI PANKAJ
To: FACEBOOK, INC.
Reel/Frame 057778/0457 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2020
From: O'ROURKE, RYAN MICHAEL; ARONOFF, BRENDAN BENJAMIN; MODY, RISHI PANKAY
To: FACEBOOK, INC
Reel/Frame 051788/0207 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62909743 · Oct 2, 2019
Related Publication 20210103383A1 · Apr 8, 2021