Granted Patent B2

US 12,455,917 · App. 18/311,679 · Granted Oct 28, 2025

Inventors: Alexander Collins (Santa Monica, CA); Alexander Vodovoz (Inglewood, CA)

Assignee: Snap Inc.

G06F16/447G06F16/487G06F16/489H04L51/10H04W4/029

Abstract

Claims (52)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, using at least one processor of a computing device, a plurality of content items associated with a user account, each content item comprising a geohash, the geohash defining a captured location indicating a longitude value and a latitude value that together define a geographic location associated with the content item, the geohash further defining a captured time comprising a time period representing when the content item was captured;

automatically determining, using one or more machine learning (ML) models and the at least one processor, that a first subset of the plurality of content items is associated with a first travel location different from a domicile location associated with the user account, the first subset of the plurality of content items comprising a further plurality of content items, the determining comprising:

comparing the captured location defined by the geohash of each content item with a determined geographic range;

comparing the captured time defined by the geohash of each content item with a determined time range; and

identifying the first subset of the plurality of content items based on the respective captured locations falling outside the determined geographic range and the respective captured times falling outside the determined time range;

generating a content item collection comprising the first subset of the plurality of content items;

causing display, at the computing device, of a first view of a content collection interface comprising the content item collection presented in an interactive arrangement; and

causing display, at the computing device, of a second view of the content collection interface comprising an interactive thumbnail element corresponding to the first subset of the plurality of content items, the thumbnail element comprising an indication of the first travel location, wherein the thumbnail element updates the indication upon receiving a first user input, and wherein the content collection interface displays the first subset of the plurality of content items upon receiving a second user input associated with the thumbnail element.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of content items comprises at least one video, at least one image, at least one digital photograph, at least one augmented reality image transformation, at least one augmented reality content item, at least one audio file, or at least one three-dimensional object.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determined geographic range comprises a region of interest, a point of interest, a waypoint, or distance range.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the time period includes at least one of month information, date information, year information or time information representing when the content item was captured; and

the time range comprises a day range, a month range, or a year range.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising determining that a second subset of the plurality of content items was captured at the domicile location by determining that the captured location for each content item of the second subset falls within the determined geographic range and that the captured time for each content item of the second subset falls within the determined time range.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

generating a second content item collection comprising the second subset of content items; and

causing display, at the computing device, of the content collection interface further comprising the second content item collection.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

each content item is further associated with a frequency of the captured location; and

the method further determines a frequency threshold corresponding to a frequency of capturing a location that falls within the determined geographic range.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining that a third subset of the plurality of content items for which the captured location falls outside the determined geographic range was captured at a second travel location.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the content item collection is displayed in a circular array.

10. A device comprising:

one or more computer processors; and

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

receiving, using at least one processor of a computing device, a plurality of content items associated with a user account, each content item comprising a geohash defining a captured location indicating a longitude value and a latitude value that together define a geographic location associated with the content item, the geohash further defining a captured time comprising a time period representing when the content item was captured;

automatically determining, using one or more machine learning (ML) models and the at least one processor, that a first subset of the plurality of content items is associated with a first travel location different from a domicile location associated with the user account, the first subset of the plurality of content items comprising a further plurality of content items, the determining comprising:

comparing the captured location defined by the geohash of each content item with a determined geographic range;

comparing the captured time defined by the geohash of each content item with a determined time range; and

identifying the first subset of the plurality of content items based on the respective captured locations falling outside the determined geographic range and the respective captured times falling outside the determined time range;

generating a content item collection comprising the first subset of the plurality of content items;

causing display, at the computing device, of a first view of a content collection interface comprising the content item collection presented in an interactive arrangement; and

causing display, at the computing device, of a second view of the content collection interface comprising an interactive thumbnail element corresponding to the first subset of the plurality of content items, the thumbnail element comprising an indication of the first travel location, wherein the thumbnail element updates the indication upon receiving a first user input, and wherein the content collection interface displays the first subset of the plurality of content items upon receiving a second user input associated with the thumbnail element.

11. The device of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of content items comprises at least one video, at least one image, at least one digital photograph, at least one augmented reality image transformation, at least one augmented reality content item, at least one audio file, or at least one three-dimensional object.

12. The device of claim 10 , wherein the determined geographic range comprises a region of interest, a point of interest, a waypoint, or distance range.

13. The device of claim 10 , wherein:

the time period includes at least one of month information, date information, year information or time information representing when the content item was captured; and

the time range comprises a day range, a month range, or a year range.

14. The device of claim 13 , the operations further comprising determining that a second subset of the plurality of content items was captured at the domicile location by determining that the captured location for each content item of the second subset falls within the determined geographic range and that the captured time for each content item of the second subset falls within the determined time range.

15. The device of claim 10 , wherein:

each content item is further associated with a frequency of the captured location; and

the operations further comprise determining a frequency threshold corresponding to a frequency of capturing a location that falls within the determined geographic range.

16. 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:

receiving, using at least one processor, a plurality of content items associated with a user account, each content item comprising a geohash defining a captured location indicating a longitude value and a latitude value that together define a geographic location associated with the content item, the geohash further defining a captured time comprising a time period representing when the content item was captured;

automatically determining, using one or more machine learning (ML) models and the at least one processor, that a first subset of the plurality of content items is associated with a first travel location different from a domicile location associated with the user account, the first subset of the plurality of content items comprising a further plurality of content items, the determining comprising:

comparing the captured location defined by the geohash of each content item with a determined geographic range;

comparing the captured time defined by the geohash of each content item with a determined time range; and

identifying the first subset of the plurality of content items based on the respective captured locations falling outside the determined geographic range and the respective captured times falling outside the determined time range;

generating a content item collection comprising the first subset of the plurality of content items;

causing display, at the computing device, of a first view of a content collection interface comprising the content item collection presented in an interactive arrangement; and

causing display, at the computing device, of a second view of the content collection interface comprising an interactive thumbnail element corresponding to the first subset of the plurality of content items, the thumbnail element comprising an indication of the first travel location, wherein the thumbnail element updates the indication upon receiving a first user input, and wherein the content collection interface displays the first subset of the plurality of content items upon receiving a second user input associated with the thumbnail element.

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