Granted Patent B2

US 12,282,646 · App. 18/178,724 · Granted Apr 22, 2025

Inventors: Imran Patel (Venice, CA); William Wu (Marina del Rey, CA)

Assignee: Snap Inc.

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Abstract

Claims (75)

1. A method, comprising:

accessing an image cache of a computing device;

causing presentation of an image of the image cache within a graphical user interface of a messaging application, the messaging application displaying a message thread on the computing device;

determining, at the computing device, a set of search terms from the image of the image cache;

based on a search using the set of search terms, attempting to identify a network location that contains the set of search terms;

receiving a set of network locations for the search, the set of network locations satisfying the set of search terms;

in response to failing to identify the network location based on the set of network locations lacking the image:

causing presentation of a failure notification within the graphical user interface of the computing device;

causing presentation of a linked field based on the presentation of the failure notification, the linked field comprising a set of selectable user interface elements for the set of network locations returned for the search; and

receiving a network location via the linked field;

linking the network location to the image to generate a linked image, the generating of the linked image causing modification of the image to include a representation of the network location; and

causing presentation of the linked image within a draft message within the graphical user interface.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the image is a screen capture of a second image presented within the graphical user interface of the computing device and the network location is a network address.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the image is captured via an image device coupled to the computing device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the image is presented as a user interface element, the method further comprising:

detecting a selection, of the user interface element; and

based on the selection of the user interface element, transmitting the image to an image identification system via a communication network.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting the image to an image identification system via a communication network based on the presentation of the image of the image cache.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

causing presentation of a linking indicator based on the presentation of the image of the image cache.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein linking the network location to the image further comprises:

generating an overlay element representing the network location, the overlay element comprising a selectable user interface element and an indication of the network location; and

associating the overlay element with the image.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein linking the network location to the image to generate the linked image further comprises:

storing the network location in metadata associated with the image.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a second network location for a network resource for a second image;

detecting a failure to link the second network location to the second image based on a monitored condition;

causing presentation of a second failure notification, the second failure notification indicating the failure to link the second network location to the second image;

based on presenting the second failure notification, causing presentation of a link field; and

receiving the second network location via the link field.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving input via the graphical user interface, the input comprising an annotation to be added to the image; and

modifying the image to include the annotation.

11. A system, comprising:

a memory that stores instructions; and

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

accessing an image cache of a computing device;

causing presentation of an image of the image cache within a graphical user interface of a messaging application, the messaging application displaying a message thread on the computing device;

determining, at the computing device, a set of search terms from the image of the image cache;

based on a search using the set of search terms, attempting to identify a network location that contains the set of search terms;

receiving a set of network locations for the search, the set of network locations satisfying the set of search terms;

in response to failing to identify the network location based on the set of network locations lacking the image:

causing presentation of a failure notification within the graphical user interface of the computing device;

causing presentation of a linked field based on the presentation of the failure notification, the linked field comprising a set of selectable user interface elements for the set of network locations returned for the search; and

receiving a network location via the linked field;

linking the network location to the image to generate a linked image, the generating of the linked image causing modification of the image to include a representation of the network location; and

causing presentation of the linked image within a draft message within the graphical user interface.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the image is a screen capture of a second image presented within the graphical user interface of the computing device and the network location is a network address.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the image is captured via an image device coupled to the computing device.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the image is presented as a user interface element, the operations further comprising:

detecting a user input, the user input selecting the user interface element; and

based on the selection of the user interface element, transmitting the image to an image identification system via a communication network.

15. The system of claim 11 , the operations further comprising:

transmitting the image to an image identification system via a communication network based on the presentation of the image of the image cache.

16. The system of claim 15 , the operations further comprising:

causing presentation of a linking indicator based on the presentation of the image of the image cache.

17. The system of claim 15 , the operations further comprising:

generating an overlay element representing the network location, the overlay element comprising a selectable user interface element and an indication of the network location; and

associating the overlay element with the image.

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

accessing an image cache of a computing device;

causing presentation of an image of the image cache within a graphical user interface of a messaging application, the messaging application displaying a message thread on the computing device;

determining, at the computing device, a set of search terms from the image of the image cache;

based on a search using the set of search terms, attempting to identify a network location that contains the set of search terms;

receiving a set of network locations for the search, the set of network locations satisfying the set of search terms;

in response to failing to identify the network location based on the set of network locations lacking the image:

causing presentation of a failure notification within the graphical user interface of the computing device;

causing presentation of a linked field based on the presentation of the failure notification, the linked field comprising a set of selectable user interface elements for the set of network locations returned for the search; and

receiving a network location via the linked field;

linking the network location to the image to generate a linked image, the generating of the linked image causing modification of the image to include a representation of the network location; and

causing presentation of the linked image within a draft message within the graphical user interface.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the image is a screen capture of a second image presented within the graphical user interface of the computing device and the network location is a network address.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the image is captured via an image device coupled to the computing device.

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