Granted Patent B1

US 12,469,182 · App. 17/646,671 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Inventors: Virginia Drummond (Venice, CA); Celia Nicole Mourkogiannis (Los Angeles, CA); Ibrahem Shekoni (Santa Monica, CA)

Assignee: Snap Inc.

G06T11/00G01C21/3647G06F3/04842H04L67/52H04N23/63G06T2200/24

Abstract

Claims (71)

1 . A method comprising:

determining, by one or more computing devices having one or more processors and memory that input has been received to execute an augmented reality content item to identify contacts of a user of a client application within a geographic region;

determining, by at least one computing device of the one or more computing devices, a location of the user of the client application;

determining, by the at least one computing device of the one or more computing devices, respective locations of a plurality of contacts of the user of the client application;

determining, by the at least one computing device of the one or more computing devices, one or more contacts of the plurality of contacts that are within the geographic region that includes the location of the user;

determining, by the at least one computing device of the one or more computing devices, one or more avatars that correspond to these one or more contacts;

obtaining, by the at least one computing device of the one or more computing devices, location data and avatar data that corresponds to the one or more contacts;

determining, by the at least one computing device of the one or more computing devices, an orientation of a client device that is displaying a camera user interface based on a direction that a camera of the client device is facing; and

causing, by the at least one computing device of the one or more computing devices, the augmented reality content item to be executed to indicate respective locations of the one or more contacts within a camera user interface of the client application based on the location data and the avatar data, wherein the respective locations of the one or more contacts is based on the orientation of the client device.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

causing, by the at least one computing device of the one or more computing devices, display of a camera user interface within a client application, the camera user interface including a plurality of user interface elements that are individually selectable to launch a respective augmented reality content item, the plurality of user interface elements being included in a carousel user interface element that causes one or more user interface elements displayed in the carousel user interface element to change in response to user input to the carousel user interface element.

3 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

determining, by the at least one computing device of the one or more computing devices, that the orientation of the client device has changed from a first orientation to a second orientation; and

determining, by the at least one computing device of the one or more computing devices, one or more additional contacts of the user that are within the geographic region of the user based on the second orientation of the client device, the one or more additional contacts being different from the one or more contacts.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining, by the at least one computing device of the one or more computing devices, directions to direct the user of the client application to a location of a contact of the one or more on contacts;

wherein the directions are displayed within the camera user interface.

5 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

determining, by the at least one computing device of the one or more computing devices, that at least one of an orientation of a client device that is displaying the camera user interface or the location of the user has been changed; and

determining, by the at least one computing device of the one or more computing devices, modified directions to direct the user of the client device to the contact.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the augmented reality content item is executable to display one or more navigational tools within the camera user interface to indicate a location of a contact of the user relative to the location of the user.

7 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:

determining, by the at least one computing device of the one or more computing devices, that the user has requested directions to locate a contact of the one or more contacts within the geographic region that includes the location of the user; and

causing, by the at least one computing device of the one or more computing devices, directions to direct the user of the client application to a location of the contact of the one or more contacts to be displayed in the camera user interface.

8 . A system comprising:

one or more hardware processors; and

one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media including computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, cause the one or more hardware processors to perform operations comprising:

determining that input has been received to execute an augmented reality content item to identify contacts of a user of a client application within a geographic region;

determining a location of the user of the client application;

determining respective locations of a plurality of contacts of the user of the client application;

determining one or more contacts of the plurality of contacts that are within the geographic region that includes the location of the user;

determining one or more avatars that correspond to the one or more contacts;

obtaining location data and avatar data that corresponds to the one or more contacts;

determining an orientation of a client device that is displaying a camera user interface based on a direction that a camera of the client device is facing; and

causing the augmented reality content item to be executed to indicate respective locations of the one or more contacts within the camera user interface of the client application based on the location data and the avatar data, wherein the respective locations of the one or more contacts is based on the orientation of the client device.

9 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media include additional computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, cause the one or more hardware processors to perform additional operations comprising:

obtaining a request for directions to locate a contact of the one or more contacts; and

causing an enlarged avatar of the one or more avatars to be displayed in the camera user interface, the enlarged avatar corresponding to the contact.

10 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media include additional computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, cause the one or more hardware processors to perform additional operations comprising:

determining that the orientation of the client device has changed from a first orientation to a second orientation; and

determining one or more additional contacts of the user that are within the geographic region of the user based on the second orientation of the client device, the one or more additional contacts being different from the one or more contacts.

11 . The system of claim 8 , wherein:

the one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media include additional computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, cause the one or more hardware processors to perform additional operations comprising determining directions to direct the user of the client application to a location of a contact of the one or more contacts; and

the directions are displayed within the camera user interface.

12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media include additional computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, cause the one or more hardware processors to perform additional operations comprising:

determining that at least one of an orientation of a client device that is displaying the camera user interface or the location of the user has been changed; and

determining modified directions to direct the user of the client device to the contact.

13 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the augmented reality content item is executable to display one or more navigational tools within the camera user interface to indicate a location of a contact of the user relative to the location of the user.

14 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media include additional computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, cause the one or more hardware processors to perform additional operations comprising:

analyzing content captured by the camera user interface to determine the location of the user.

15 . One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media including instructions that when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

determining that input has been received to execute an augmented reality content item to identify contacts of a user of a client application within a geographic region;

determining a location of the user of the client application;

determining respective locations of a plurality of contacts of the user of the client application;

determining one or more contacts of the plurality of contacts that are within the geographic region that includes the location of the user;

determining one or more avatars that correspond to the one or more contacts;

obtaining location data and avatar data that corresponds to the one or more contacts;

determining an orientation of a client device that is displaying a camera user interface based on a direction that a camera of the client device is facing; and

causing the augmented reality content item to be executed to indicate respective locations of the one or more contacts within the camera user interface of the client application based on the location data and the avatar data, wherein the respective locations of the one or more contacts is based on the orientation of the client device.

16 . The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 15 , including additional instructions that when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform additional operations comprising:

obtaining a request for directions to locate a contact of the one or more contacts; and

causing an enlarged avatar of the one or more avatars to be displayed in the camera user interface, the enlarged avatar corresponding to the contact.

17 . The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 15 , including additional instructions that when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform additional operations comprising:

determining that the orientation of the client device has changed from a first orientation to a second orientation; and

determining one or more additional contacts of the user that are within the geographic region of the user based on the second orientation of the client device, the one or more additional contacts being different from the one or more contacts.

18 . The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 15 , including additional instructions that when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform additional operations comprising:

determining directions to direct the user of the client application to a location of a contact of the one or more contacts and wherein the directions are displayed within the camera user interface.

19 . The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 18 , including additional instructions that when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform additional operations comprising:

determining that at least one of an orientation of a client device that is displaying the camera user interface or the location of the user has been changed; and

determining modified directions to direct the user of the client device to the contact.

20 . The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 15 , wherein the augmented reality content item is executable to display one or more navigational tools within the camera user interface to indicate a location of a contact of the user relative to the location of the user.

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