Granted Patent B2

US 11,418,906 · App. 17/248,841 · Granted Aug 16, 2022

Inventors: Jonathan Brody (Marina Del Rey, CA); Walton Lin (Chatham, NY); Andrew Lin (Long Island City, NY); Evan Spiegel (Los Angeles, CA)

Assignee: Snap Inc.

H04W4/02G06Q50/01H04W68/005

Abstract

Claims (58)

1. A method comprising:

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

determining, based on historical location data, that the current location of the mobile computing device is within a predetermined distance from a historical location associated with one or more specified time periods;

in response to the determination, automatically changing a first display characteristic representing the current location to a second display characteristic by modifying the first display characteristic with a second display characteristic;

detecting a subsequent location of the mobile computing device, the subsequent location of the mobile computing device being at least the predetermined distance away from the historical location; and

in response to detecting the subsequent location, automatically modifying the second display characteristic corresponding to the current location of the mobile computing device by reverting the second display characteristic to the first display characteristic.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second display characteristic obfuscates at least a portion of the first display characteristic.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the historical location is a home location associated with a user.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein modifying the first display characteristic further comprises:

identifying a time period associated with the mobile computing device; and

initiating at a first time, the time period associated with the mobile computing device.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

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

in response to detecting exhaustion of the time period, reverting the second display characteristic to the first display characteristic.

6. The method of claim 5 , 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 a 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 first 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;

determining, based on historical location data, that the current location of the mobile computing device is within a predetermined distance from a historical location associated with one or more specified time periods;

in response to the determination, automatically changing a first display characteristic representing the current location to a second display characteristic by modifying the first display characteristic with a second display characteristic;

detecting a subsequent location of the mobile computing device, the subsequent location of the mobile computing device being at least the predetermined distance away from the historical location; and

in response to detecting the subsequent location, automatically modifying the second display characteristic corresponding to the current location of the mobile computing device by reverting the second display characteristic to the first display characteristic.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the second display characteristic obfuscates at least a portion of the first display characteristic.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the historical location is a home location associated with a user.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein modifying the first display characteristic further comprises:

identifying a time period associated with the mobile computing device; and

initiating at a first time the time period associated with the mobile computing device.

12. The system of claim 11 , further comprising:

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

in response to detecting exhaustion of the time period, reverting the second display characteristic to the first display characteristic.

13. The system of claim 12 , 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 a 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 first 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;

determining, based on historical location data, that the current location of the mobile computing device is within a predetermined distance from a historical location associated with one or more specified time periods;

in response to the determination, automatically changing a first display characteristic representing the current location to a second display characteristic by modifying the first display characteristic with a second display characteristic;

detecting a subsequent location of the mobile computing device, the subsequent location of the mobile computing device being at least the predetermined distance away from the historical location; and

in response to detecting the subsequent location, automatically modifying the second display characteristic corresponding to the current location of the mobile computing device by reverting the second display characteristic to the first display characteristic.

16. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the second display characteristic obfuscates at least a portion of the first display characteristic.

17. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the historical location is a home location associated with a user.

18. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein modifying the first display characteristic further comprises:

identifying a time period associated with the mobile computing device; and

initiating at a first time, the time period associated with the mobile computing device.

19. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 15 , further comprising:

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

in response to detecting exhaustion of the time period, reverting the second display characteristic to the first display characteristic.

20. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 19 , 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 a 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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