Granted Patent B2

US 12,450,580 · App. 18/344,727 · Granted Oct 21, 2025

Inventor: Krish Jayaram (Santa Monica, CA)

Assignee: Snap Inc.

G06Q20/123G06Q20/24G06Q20/3276G06Q30/0207G06Q30/0234G06Q50/01H04L51/52

Abstract

Claims (52)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, from a device associated with a user, an offer code that is associated, in a database, with an offer from a merchant, the offer code being obtained via an optical code that comprises markings encoding the offer code and that further comprises a custom graphic providing a finder pattern or an alignment pattern, wherein the custom graphic is associated with a messaging system used by the device;

identifying the offer based on the offer code;

storing an association between the offer and the user;

after receiving the offer code, receiving, from the device, a purchase code;

determining that the purchase code is associated with the offer from the merchant;

detecting completion of a redemption of the offer by the user, the redemption of the offer by the user having been completed based on the association between the offer and the purchase code;

in response to the detecting the completion of the redemption of the offer by the user, accessing feature-enabling data stored in the database, the feature-enabling data being associated with the offer code and usable to identify an additional image filter of the messaging system, the additional image filter to be enabled on the device using the messaging system when the offer is redeemed; and

causing the device to include the additional image filter in a list of available image filters based on the feature-enabling data, the additional image filter enabling the device to add a visual indicator associated with the merchant to a media content item comprising image data captured on the device.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

causing generation of the media content item comprising the image data captured on the device and the visual indicator associated with the merchant.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the additional image filter displays the visual indicator as an overlay on the image data captured on the device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the visual indicator comprises at least one of: a logo associated with the merchant; a visual indicator of an event associated with the merchant; or the offer code associated with the offer from the merchant.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein each available image filter is represented by a respective icon that is user-selectable to activate the available image filter.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the offer from the merchant is represented in an advertisement, and the custom graphic is displayed in association with the advertisement to indicate that the offer is redeemable to enable the additional image filter.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the custom graphic comprises a shape that identifies the messaging system.

8. The method of claim 2 , wherein the device is a first device, the user is a first user, and the visual indicator comprises the offer code, method further comprising:

causing the media content item to be displayed on a second device to enable a second user associated with the second device to obtain the offer code.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a purchase amount from the merchant.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

generating an authorized amount based on at least one of the purchase amount or the redemption of the offer; and

transmitting an authorization for the merchant to charge the user for the authorized amount.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the authorization for the merchant to charge the user comprises a second authorization to charge a credit card based on an association between the credit card and the offer.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving of the offer code associated with the offer comprises receiving, from the device associated with the user, a first image comprising the optical code.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the identifying the offer comprises decoding the optical code.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving of the purchase code comprises receiving, from the device associated with the user, a second image comprising the purchase code.

15. A system comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, configure the system to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a device associated with a user, an offer code that is associated, in a database, with an offer from a merchant, the offer code being obtained via an optical code that comprises markings encoding the offer code and that further comprises a custom graphic providing a finder pattern or an alignment pattern, wherein the custom graphic is associated with a messaging system used by the device;

identifying the offer based on the offer code;

storing an association between the offer and the user;

after receiving the offer code, receiving, from the device, a purchase code;

determining that the purchase code is associated with the offer from the merchant;

detecting completion of a redemption of the offer by the user, the redemption of the offer by the user having been completed based on the association between the offer and the purchase code;

in response to the detecting the completion of the redemption of the offer by the user, accessing feature-enabling data stored in the database, the feature-enabling data being associated with the offer code and usable to identify an additional image filter of the messaging system, the additional image filter to be enabled on the device using the messaging system when the offer is redeemed; and

causing the device to include the additional image filter in a list of available image filters based on the feature-enabling data, the additional image filter enabling the device to add a visual indicator associated with the merchant to a media content item comprising image data captured on the device.

16. The system of claim 15 , the operations further comprising:

causing generation of the media content item comprising the image data captured on the device and the visual indicator associated with the merchant.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the additional image filter displays the visual indicator as an overlay on the image data captured on the device.

18. The system of claim 15 , wherein the visual indicator comprises at least one of: a logo associated with the merchant; a visual indicator of an event associated with the merchant; or the offer code associated with the offer from the merchant.

19. The system of claim 15 , wherein the offer from the merchant is represented in an advertisement, and the custom graphic is displayed in association with the advertisement to indicate that the offer is redeemable to enable the additional image filter.

20. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed configure hardware processing circuitry to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a device associated with a user, an offer code that is associated, in a database, with an offer from a merchant, the offer code being obtained via an optical code that comprises markings encoding the offer code and that further comprises a custom graphic providing a finder pattern or an alignment pattern, wherein the custom graphic is associated with a messaging system used by the device;

identifying the offer based on the offer code;

storing an association between the offer and the user;

after receiving the offer code, receiving, from the device, a purchase code;

determining that the purchase code is associated with the offer from the merchant;

detecting completion of a redemption of the offer by the user, the redemption of the offer by the user having been completed based on the association between the offer and the purchase code;

in response to the detecting the completion of the redemption of the offer by the user, accessing feature-enabling data stored in the database, the feature-enabling data being associated with the offer code and usable to identify an additional image filter of the messaging system, the additional image filter to be enabled on the device using the messaging system when the offer is redeemed; and

causing the device to include the additional image filter in a list of available image filters based on the feature-enabling data, the additional image filter enabling the device to add a visual indicator associated with the merchant to a media content item comprising image data captured on the device.

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