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US 12,335,214 · App. 18/054,789 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Media request system

Inventors: Christie Marie Heikkinen (Santa Monica, CA); Celia Nicole Mourkogiannis (Los Angeles, CA); David Phillip Taitz (Los Angeles, CA)
Assignee: Snap Inc.
H04L51/18G06F3/04817G06F3/04845G06F16/432G06F16/48H04L51/10H04L51/224H04L51/226H04L51/52
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,335,214
App. No.
18/054,789
Filed
Nov 11, 2022
Granted
Jun 17, 2025
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2161
USPC
707/736
Abstract

A media request system to perform operations that include: receiving, at a client device, a response to a request, the response comprising media content; adding the media content from the response to a collection of media content within a media folder associated with the request at the client device; causing display of a notification at the client device in response to the receiving the response to the request, the notification including an identification of the request; receiving an input that selects the notification; and causing display of a presentation of the collection of media content in response to the input that selects the notification, the presentation of the collection of media content including the media content from the response, according to certain example embodiments.

Claims (27)

1. A method comprising:

receiving a media request from a client device, the media request including an identification of one or more recipients that include a recipient, and a selection of a media overlay from among a plurality of media overlays, the identification of the recipient including a user identifier, and the media overlay comprising a set of media attributes;

provisioning a folder associated with the media request at the client device, responsive to receiving the media request;

receiving a response from the recipient of the media request, the response including media content generated based on the set of media attributes of the media overlay identified by the selection;

presenting a notification at the client device responsive to the response received from the recipient of the media request, the notification including an identification of the media request, and a display of the user identifier associated with the recipient; and

adding the media content to the folder associated with the media request at the client device, the folder comprising a plurality of media content included within responses to the media request.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user identifier includes a graphical avatar.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the folder associated with the media request comprises a collection of media content, and further comprising:

causing display of the collection of media content at the client device.

4. 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:

receiving a media request from a client device, the media request including an identification of one or more recipients that include a recipient, and a selection of a media overlay from among a plurality of media overlays, the identification of the recipient including a user identifier, and the media overlay comprising a set of media attributes;

provisioning a folder associated with the media request at the client device, responsive to receiving the media request;

receiving a response from the recipient of the media request, the response including media content generated based on the set of media attributes of the media overlay identified by the selection;

presenting a notification at the client device responsive to the response received from the recipient of the media request, the notification including an identification of the media request, and a display of the user identifier associated with the recipient; and

adding the media content to the folder associated with the media request at the client device, the folder comprising a plurality of media content included within responses to the media request.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the user identifier includes a graphical avatar.

6. The system of claim 4 , wherein the folder associated with the media request comprises a collection of media content, and further comprising:

causing display of the collection of media content at the client device.

7. 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:

receiving a media request from a client device, the media request including an identification of one or more recipients that include a recipient, and a selection of a media overlay from among a plurality of media overlays, the identification of the recipient including a user identifier, and the media overlay comprising a set of media attributes;

provisioning a folder associated with the media request at the client device, responsive to receiving the media request;

receiving a response from the recipient of the media request, the response including media content generated based on the set of media attributes of the media overlay identified by the selection;

presenting a notification at the client device responsive to the response received from the recipient of the media request, the notification including an identification of the media request, and a display of the user identifier associated with the recipient; and

adding the media content to the folder associated with the media request at the client device, the folder comprising a plurality of media content included within responses to the media request.

8. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the user identifier includes a graphical avatar.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 16, 2022
From: HEIKKINEN, CHRISTIE MARIE; MOURKOGIANNIS, CELIA NICOLE; TAITZ, DAVID PHILLIP
To: SNAP INC.
Reel/Frame 061796/0737 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16885007 · May 27, 2020
Related Publication 20240160655A1 · May 16, 2024
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