Granted Patent B2

US 12,298,987 · App. 18/582,831 · Granted May 13, 2025

Inventors: Jennica Pounds (Cape Coral, FL); Qi Pan (London, GB); Brent Michael Barkman (Los Angeles, CA); Ozi Egri (Yassur, IL)

Assignee: Snap Inc.

G06F16/24578G06F16/2477G06F16/248G06F16/29G06T19/006

Abstract

Claims (53)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, from a first client device, a request to register a given ranker on a ranker registry in association with a specified set of coordinates corresponding to a first position on a geospatial map of Earth;

determining, based on zone data associated with the specified set of coordinates, whether a first user has permission to register the given ranker on the ranker registry, the zone data identifying one or more permissions for one or more geo-partitions of a real-world environment;

based on the determining whether the first user has permission, registering the given ranker on the ranker registry;

receiving, from a second client device associated with a second user, a query for one or more augmented reality objects, the second client device being a mobile device, the query comprising a current set of coordinates that corresponds to a second position of the second client device on the geospatial map; and

in response to the query:

determining an intermediate set of augmented reality objects on an augmented reality object registry based on the query, each augmented reality object of the intermediate set of augmented reality objects comprising model data for one or more three-dimensional models for rendering and displaying the augmented reality object on the second client device, the augmented object registry being configured to associate map data of Earth with augmented reality object data;

determining a set of rankers from a plurality of rankers registered on the ranker registry based on at least one of the current set of coordinates, a set of dates, or a set of times, at least one ranker in the set of rankers being configured to filter the intermediate set of augmented reality objects;

applying the set of rankers to the intermediate set of augmented reality objects to generate a final set of augmented reality objects that determines which augmented reality objects are displayed by the second client device at and around the current set of coordinates of the second client device; and

sending a query result to the second client device, the query result comprising result data for the final set of augmented reality objects, the second client device being configured to determine positioning of a virtual camera with respect to a display of the second client device and display, as an overlay over a client device-generated view of a real-world environment, at least one rendered model of one or more augmented reality objects from the final set of augmented reality objects based on the result data and the positioning of the virtual camera.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least another ranker in the set of rankers is configured to apply a sort order to the intermediate set of augmented reality objects.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least another ranker in the set of rankers is determined for the query based on the second user associated with the second client device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least another ranker in the set of rankers is determined for the query based on a selection of a ranker by the second user.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one ranker is configured to further filter the intermediate set of augmented reality objects based on a set of priorities for the intermediate set of augmented reality objects.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein a priority of at least one augmented reality object, in the intermediate set of augmented reality objects, is determined based on bidding data associated with the at least one augmented reality object.

7. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

requesting, from a bidding system, priority information for the intermediate set of augmented reality objects, the bidding system facilitating user bidding on priorities of augmented reality objects; and

receiving, from the bidding system, priority data that describes at least a subset of priorities in the set of priorities for the intermediate set of augmented reality objects.

8. A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more computer processors, cause the one or more computer processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a first client device, a request to register a given ranker on a ranker registry in association with a specified set of coordinates corresponding to a first position on a geospatial map of Earth;

determining, based on zone data associated with the specified set of coordinates, whether a first user has permission to register the given ranker on the ranker registry, the zone data identifying one or more permissions for one or more geo-partitions of a real-world environment;

based on the determining whether the first user has permission, registering the given ranker on the ranker registry;

receiving, from a second client device associated with a second user, a query for one or more augmented reality objects, the second client device being a mobile device, the query comprising a current set of coordinates that corresponds to a second position of the second client device on the geospatial map; and

in response to the query:

determining an intermediate set of augmented reality objects on an augmented reality object registry based on the query, each augmented reality object of the intermediate set of augmented reality objects comprising model data for one or more three-dimensional models for rendering and displaying the augmented reality object on the second client device, the augmented object registry being configured to associate map data of Earth with augmented reality object data;

determining a set of rankers for the query from a plurality of rankers registered on the ranker registry based on at least one of the current set of coordinates, a set of dates, or a set of times, at least one ranker in the set of rankers being configured to filter the intermediate set of augmented reality objects;

applying the set of rankers to the intermediate set of augmented reality objects to generate a final set of augmented reality objects that determines which augmented reality objects are displayed by the second client device at and around the current set of coordinates of the second client device;

sending a query result to the second client device, the query result comprising result data for the final set of augmented reality objects, the second client device being configured to determine positioning of a virtual camera with respect to a display of the second client device and display, as an overlay over a client device-generated view of a real-world environment, at least one rendered model of one or more augmented reality objects from the final set of augmented reality objects based on the result data and the positioning of the virtual camera.

9. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein at least another ranker in the set of rankers is configured to apply a sort order to the intermediate set of augmented reality objects.

10. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein at least another ranker in the set of rankers is determined for the query based on the second user associated with the second client device.

11. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein at least another ranker in the set of rankers is determined for the query based on a selection of a ranker by the second user.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the at least one ranker is configured to filter the intermediate set of augmented reality objects based on a priority associated with an augmented reality object.

13. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

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

receiving, from a first client device, a request to register a given ranker on a ranker registry in association with a specified set of coordinates corresponding to a first position on a geospatial map of Earth;

determining, based on zone data associated with the specified set of coordinates, whether a first user has permission to register the given ranker on the ranker registry, the zone data identifying one or more permissions for one or more geo-partitions of a real-world environment;

based on the determining whether the first user has permission, registering the given ranker on the ranker registry;

receiving, from a second client device associated with a second user, a query for one or more augmented reality objects, the second client device being a mobile device, the query comprising a current set of coordinates that corresponds to a second position of the second client device on the geospatial map; and

in response to the query:

determining an intermediate set of augmented reality objects on an augmented reality object registry based on the query, each augmented reality object of the intermediate set of augmented reality objects comprising model data for one or more three-dimensional models for rendering and displaying the augmented reality object on the second client device, the augmented object registry being configured to associate map data of Earth with augmented reality object data;

determining a set of rankers from a plurality of rankers registered on the ranker registry based on at least one of the current set of coordinates, a set of dates, or a set of times, at least one ranker in the set of rankers being configured to filter the intermediate set of augmented reality objects;

applying the set of rankers to the intermediate set of augmented reality objects to generate a final set of augmented reality objects that determines which augmented reality objects are displayed by the second client device at and around the current set of coordinates of the second client device; and

sending a query result to the second client device, the query result comprising result data for the final set of augmented reality objects, the second client device being configured to determine positioning of a virtual camera with respect to a display of the second client device and display, as an overlay over a client device-generated view of a real-world environment, at least one rendered model of one or more augmented reality objects from the final set of augmented reality objects based on the result data and the positioning of the virtual camera.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the at least one ranker is configured to further filter the intermediate set of augmented reality objects based on a set of priorities for the intermediate set of augmented reality objects.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the operations further comprise:

requesting, from a bidding system, priority information for the intermediate set of augmented reality objects, the bidding system facilitating user bidding on priorities of augmented reality objects; and

receiving, from the bidding system, priority data that describes at least a subset of priorities in the set of priorities for the intermediate set of augmented reality objects.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the at least one ranker is configured to further filter the intermediate set of augmented reality objects based on a set of priorities for the intermediate set of augmented reality objects.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein a priority of at least one augmented reality object, in the intermediate set of augmented reality objects, is determined based on bidding data associated with the at least one augmented reality object.

18. The system of claim 13 , wherein at least another ranker in the set of rankers is configured to apply a sort order to the intermediate set of augmented reality objects.

19. The system of claim 13 , wherein at least another ranker in the set of rankers is determined for the query based on the second user associated with the second client device.

20. The system of claim 13 , wherein at least another ranker in the set of rankers is determined for the query based on a selection of a ranker by the second user.

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