IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,435,882
Granted Patent B2
US 11,435,882 · App. 17/308,427 · Granted Sep 6, 2022

Messaging system with message transmission user interface

Inventors: Newar Husam Al Majid (New York, NY); Laurent Desserrey (Los Angeles, CA); Christie Marie Heikkinen (Santa Monica, CA); Nathaniel Parrott (Brooklyn, NY); Jeremy Voss (Los Angeles, CA)
Assignee: Snap Inc.
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Patent No.
US 11,435,882
App. No.
17/308,427
Granted
Sep 6, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A computer-implemented method of data transmission comprises: displaying a preview of a message; receiving a send gesture; displaying a send to window listing potential recipients once the send gesture reaches a threshold; receiving a recipient selection; and transmitting the previewed message to the selected recipient.

Claims (37)

1. A computer-implemented method of data transmission, comprising:

displaying a preview of a message;

detecting a send gesture comprising a motion of a user;

increasing an opacity of the previewed message in proportion to the motion until reaching a minimum motion threshold at a first opacity;

increasing the first opacity to a second opacity once the minimum motion threshold is surpassed; and

transmitting the previewed message.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the previewed message is a reply message and a sender of an original message is pre-selected in a send to window as a recipient of the previewed message.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the gesture comprises a finger swiping upwards along a screen.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the minimum motion threshold comprises a height of about one third of the screen.

5. The method of claim 1 , where the previewed message is an ephemeral message.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the previewed message is a video message.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising providing haptic feedback once the threshold is reached.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a further gesture in an opposite direction to the send gesture and closing a send to window in response to the further gesture.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first opacity is 50% opacity.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more computer processors of a client device, cause the client device to perform operations comprising:

displaying a preview of a message;

detecting a send gesture comprising a motion of a user;

increasing an opacity of the previewed message in proportion to the motion until reaching a minimum motion threshold at a first opacity;

increasing the first opacity to a second opacity once the minimum motion threshold is surpassed; and

transmitting the previewed message.

11. A computing apparatus, comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more computer-readable mediums storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more computer processors, cause the computing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

displaying a preview of a message;

detecting a send gesture comprising a motion of a user;

increasing an opacity of the previewed message in proportion to the motion until reaching a minimum motion threshold at a first opacity;

increasing the first opacity to a second opacity once the minimum motion threshold is surpassed; and

transmitting the previewed message.

12. The computing apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the previewed message is a reply message and a sender of an original message is pre-selected in a send to window as a recipient of the previewed message.

13. The computing apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the gesture comprises a finger swipe upwards along a screen.

14. The computing apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the minimum motion threshold comprises a height of about one third of a screen.

15. The computing apparatus of claim 11 , where the previewed message is an ephemeral message.

16. The computing apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the previewed message is a video message.

17. The computing apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise providing haptic feedback once the threshold is reached.

18. The computing apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving a gesture in an opposite direction to the send gesture and closing a send to window in response to the further gesture.

19. The computing apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the first opacity is 50% opacity.

20. The computing apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the second opacity is 100% opacity.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2022
From: AL MAJID, NEWAR HUSAM; DESSERREY, LAURENT; HEIKKINEN, CHRISTIE MARIE; PARROTT, NATHANIEL; VOSS, JEREMY
To: SNAP INC.
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Continuity (2)
Continuation 16369422 · Mar 29, 2019
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