Granted Patent B2

US 12,438,837 · App. 18/439,127 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Inventors: Newar Husam Al Majid (New York, NY); Laurent Desserrey (Los Angeles, CA); Christie Marie Heikkinen (Sherman Oaks, CA); Nathaniel Parrott (Brooklyn, NY); Jeremy Voss (Los Angeles, CA)

Assignee: Snap Inc.

H04L51/18H04L51/043H04L51/224H04L51/42G06Q10/10

Abstract

Claims (47)

1. A method comprising:

causing display of a presentation of an avatar based on a first display state, the avatar associated with a user, and the first display state corresponding with a first set of graphical elements associated with the avatar;

receiving a message that includes a text string that comprises a number of characters;

detecting a trigger event based on the number of characters of the text string transgressing a threshold value;

determining a second display state that corresponds with the trigger event, the second display state corresponding with a second set of graphical elements associated with the avatar; and

causing display of the presentation of the avatar based on the second set of graphical elements that correspond with the second display state.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message comprises message attributes, and the detecting the trigger event includes:

detecting the trigger event based on the message attributes of the message.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the message attributes include a timestamp, and wherein the detecting the trigger event includes:

detecting an expiration of a period of time from the timestamp.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message comprises message content, the message content including a word count, and the detecting the trigger event includes:

determining the word count of the message transgresses a threshold value.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message includes an ephemeral message that comprises a display duration.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

causing display of the message within a message feed;

causing display of the presentation of the avatar at a position proximate to the message within the message feed.

7. A system comprising:

a memory; and

at least one hardware processor coupled to the memory and comprising instructions that causes the system to perform operations comprising:

causing display of a presentation of an avatar based on a first display state, the avatar associated with a user, and the first display state corresponding with a first set of graphical elements associated with the avatar;

receiving a message that includes a text string that comprises a number of characters;

detecting a trigger event based on the number of characters of the text string transgressing a threshold value;

determining a second display state that corresponds with the trigger event, the second display state corresponding with a second set of graphical elements associated with the avatar; and

causing display of the presentation of the avatar based on the second set of graphical elements that correspond with the second display state.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the message comprises message attributes, and the detecting the trigger event includes:

detecting the trigger event based on the message attributes of the message.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the message attributes include a timestamp, and wherein the detecting the trigger event includes:

detecting an expiration of a period of time from the timestamp.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein the message comprises message content, the message content including a word count, and the detecting the trigger event includes:

determining the word count of the message transgresses a threshold value.

11. The system of claim 7 , wherein the message includes an ephemeral message that comprises a display duration.

12. The system of claim 7 , further comprising:

causing display of the message within a message feed;

causing display of the presentation of the avatar at a position proximate to the message within the message feed.

13. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

causing display of a presentation of an avatar based on a first display state, the avatar associated with a user, and the first display state corresponding with a first set of graphical elements associated with the avatar;

receiving a message that includes a text string that comprises a number of characters;

detecting a trigger event based on the number of characters of the text string transgressing a threshold value;

determining a second display state that corresponds with the trigger event, the second display state corresponding with a second set of graphical elements associated with the avatar; and

causing display of the presentation of the avatar based on the second set of graphical elements that correspond with the second display state.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the message comprises message attributes, and the detecting the trigger event includes:

detecting the trigger event based on the message attributes of the message.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the message attributes include a timestamp, and wherein the detecting the trigger event includes:

detecting an expiration of a period of time from the timestamp.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the message comprises message content, the message content including a word count, and the detecting the trigger event includes:

determining the word count of the message transgresses a threshold value.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the message includes an ephemeral message that comprises a display duration.

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