IP Library Granted Patent US 10,659,914
Granted Patent B1
US 10,659,914 · App. 16/219,577 · Granted May 19, 2020

Geo-location based event gallery

Inventors: Nicholas Richard Allen (Venice, CA); Robert Cornelius Murphy (Venice, CA); Evan Spiegel (Venice, CA)
Assignee: Snap Inc.
H04W4/021G06Q50/01H04W4/029
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Patent No.
US 10,659,914
App. No.
16/219,577
Granted
May 19, 2020
Kind
B1
Abstract

A computer implemented method may include receiving geo-location data from a device of a user; comparing the geo-location data with a geo-location fence associated with an event; determining that the geo-location data corresponds to the geo-location fence associated with the event; responsive to the determining that the geo-location data corresponds to the geo-location fence associated with the event, supplying user-selectable event gallery information, associated with an event gallery of the event, to the device for addition to a destination list on the device; detecting selection of the user-selectable event gallery information in the destination list by the user of the device; and/or responsive to the detecting of the selection of the user-selectable event gallery information by the user of the device, adding the user as a follower of the event, with access to the event gallery.

Claims (34)

1. A method comprising:

determining by a computing device, that a geolocation of the computing device corresponds to a geo-fence associated with a plurality of galleries;

providing by the computing device, user-selectable gallery information comprising indicia for each of the plurality of galleries corresponding to the geo-fence;

detecting by the computing device, a selection of indicia for a gallery in the plurality of galleries of the user-selectable gallery information;

displaying by the computing device, the gallery associated with the selection of the indicia for the gallery, the gallery comprising a plurality of messages appearing with photographs as the background for each message;

providing by the computing device, a user interface to generate a message with a photograph as the background in response to a message in the gallery;

receiving, by the computing device, a generated message comprising a photograph as the background of the generated message; and

causing by the computing device, the generated message generated to be added to the gallery associated with the selection of the indicia for the gallery in the plurality of galleries of the user-selectable gallery information and wherein the generated message is accessible by other computing devices accessing the gallery information.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user-selectable gallery information is added to a selectable list of galleries accessible by a user.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the user can send a message to another user.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein before the generated message is added to the gallery associated with the selection of the indicia for the gallery in the plurality of galleries of the user-selectable gallery information, the message is curated to delete inappropriate messages.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user-selectable gallery information is provided based on the geolocation associated with the computing device.

6. A computing device comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the computing device to perform operations comprising:

determining that a geolocation of the computing device corresponds to a geo-fence associated with a plurality of galleries;

providing user-selectable gallery information comprising indicia for each of the plurality of galleries corresponding to the geo-fence;

detecting a selection of indicia for a gallery in the plurality of galleries of the user-selectable gallery information;

displaying the gallery associated with the selection of the indicia for the gallery, the gallery comprising a plurality of messages appearing with photographs as the background for each message;

providing a user interface to generate a message with a photograph as the background in response to a message in the gallery;

receiving a generated message comprising a photograph as the background of the generated message; and

causing the generated message generated to be added to the gallery associated with the selection of the indicia for the gallery in the plurality of galleries of the user-selectable gallery information and wherein the generated message is accessible by other computing devices accessing the gallery information.

7. The computing device of claim 6 , wherein the user-selectable gallery information is added to a selectable list of galleries accessible by a user.

8. The computing device of claim 6 , wherein the user can send a message to another user.

9. The computing device of claim 6 wherein before the generated message is added to the gallery associated with the selection of the indicia for the gallery in the plurality of galleries of the user-selectable gallery information, the message is curated to delete inappropriate messages.

10. The computing device of claim 6 , wherein the user-selectable gallery information is provided based on the geolocation associated with the computing device.

11. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions for causing a computing device to perform operations comprising:

determining that a geolocation of the computing device corresponds to a geo-fence associated with a plurality of galleries;

providing user-selectable gallery information comprising indicia for each of the plurality of galleries corresponding to the geo-fence;

detecting a selection of indicia for a gallery in the plurality of galleries of the user-selectable gallery information;

displaying the gallery associated with the selection of the indicia for the gallery, the gallery comprising a plurality of messages appearing with photographs as the background for each message;

providing a user interface to generate a message with a photograph as the background in response to a message in the gallery;

receiving a generated message comprising a photograph as the background of the generated message; and

causing the generated message generated to be added to the gallery associated with the selection of the indicia for the gallery in the plurality of galleries of the user-selectable gallery information and wherein the generated message is accessible by other computing devices accessing the gallery information.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 15, 2020
From: ALLEN, NICHOLAS RICHARD; MURPHY, ROBERT CORNELIUS; SPIEGEL, EVAN
To: SNAPCHAT, INC.
Reel/Frame 052401/0506 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 15, 2020
From: SNAPCHAT, INC.
To: SNAP INC.
Reel/Frame 052401/0699 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 15946990 · Apr 6, 2018
Continuation 15298806 · Oct 20, 2016
Continuation 14738069 · Jun 12, 2015
Continuation 14304855 · Jun 13, 2014
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