Granted Patent B2

US 12,475,158 · App. 17/499,680 · Granted Nov 18, 2025

Inventors: Kaveh Anvaripour (Santa Monica, CA); Ebony James Charlton (Los Angeles, CA); Travis Chen (Los Angeles, CA); Celia Nicole Mourkogiannis (Los Angeles, CA); Kevin Dechau Tang (Los Angeles, CA)

Assignee: Snap Inc.

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Abstract

Claims (63)

1 . A method comprising:

causing display of an image that comprises a plurality of image features within a graphical user interface (GUI) at a client device, the GUI including a menu element that includes a graphical icon;

receiving, at the client device, an input that selects the graphical icon from within the menu element;

accessing user profile data associated with a user of the client device, the user profile data including user affinities;

determining an input context of the client device based on the user profile data responsive to the input that selects the graphical icon;

identifying a first object and a second object depicted by the image based on the plurality of image features of the image responsive to the input that selects the graphical icon from within the menu element, the first object corresponding with a first media tag, and the second object corresponding with a second media tag;

causing display of an indicator corresponding with one or more of the first object, the second object, or the input context;

generating a query to a media repository based on at least the input context that includes the user affinities from the user profile data, the first media tag and the second media tag;

accessing a set of media items from within the media repository based on the query, the set of media items comprising tags that correspond with object categories and input contexts;

determining a ranking the set of media items based on the tags, the query, and the input context; and

causing display of a presentation of the set of media items from the media repository at the client device based on the ranking, the presentation of the set of media items comprising a navigable arrangement of a set of icons displayed horizontally within the GUI of the client device.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the causing display of the presentation of the set of media items further comprises:

causing display of a notification in response to the accessing the set of media items from within the repository;

receiving a selection of the notification; and

causing display of the presentation of the set of media items in response to the selection of the notification.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the notification comprises a display of an indication of a number of media items among the set of media items.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the identifying the object depicted by the image based on the plurality of image features further comprises:

detecting the plurality of image features; and

presenting an indicator at a position within the image in response to the detecting the plurality of image features.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the indicator comprises a graphical property based on the category of the object.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the media overlay comprises AR content to be presented at the client device.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining an input context of the client device includes accessing a user profile data, the user profile data comprising one or more of a user device type, a user affinity, or a network connection of the client device.

8 . 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 an image that comprises a plurality of image features within a graphical user interface (GUI) at a client device, the GUI including a menu element that includes a graphical icon;

receiving, at the client device, an input that selects the graphical icon from within the menu element;

accessing user profile data associated with a user of the client device, the user profile data including user affinities;

determining an input context of the client device based on the user profile data responsive to the input that selects the graphical icon;

identifying a first object and a second object depicted by the image based on the plurality of image features of the image responsive to the input that selects the graphical icon from within the menu element, the first object corresponding with a first media tag, and the second object corresponding with a second media tag;

causing display of an indicator corresponding with one or more of the first object, the second object, or the input context;

generating a query to a media repository based on at least the input context that includes the user affinities from the user profile data, the first media tag and the second media tag;

accessing a set of media items from within the media repository based on the query, the set of media items comprising tags that correspond with object categories and input contexts;

determining a ranking the set of media items based on the tags, the query, and the input context; and

causing display of a presentation of the set of media items from the media repository at the client device based on the ranking, the presentation of the set of media items comprising a navigable arrangement of a set of icons displayed horizontally within the GUI of the client device.

9 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the causing display of the presentation of the set of media items further comprises:

causing display of a notification in response to the accessing the set of media items from within the repository;

receiving a selection of the notification; and

causing display of the presentation of the set of media items in response to the selection of the notification.

10 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the notification comprises a display of an indication of a number of media items among the set of media items.

11 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the identifying the object depicted by the image based on the plurality of image features further comprises:

detecting the plurality of image features; and

presenting an indicator at a position within the image in response to the detecting the plurality of image features.

12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the indicator comprises a graphical property based on the category of the object.

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 an image that comprises a plurality of image features within a graphical user interface (GUI) at a client device, the GUI including a menu element that includes a graphical icon;

receiving, at the client device, an input that selects the graphical icon from within the menu element;

accessing user profile data associated with a user of the client device, the user profile data including user affinities;

determining an input context of the client device based on the user profile data responsive to the input that selects the graphical icon;

identifying a first object and a second object depicted by the image based on the plurality of image features of the image responsive to the input that selects the graphical icon from within the menu element, the first object corresponding with a first media tag, and the second object corresponding with a second media tag;

causing display of an indicator corresponding with one or more of the first object, the second object, or the input context;

generating a query to a media repository based on at least the input context that includes the user affinities from the user profile data, the first media tag and the second media tag;

accessing a set of media items from within the media repository based on the query, the set of media items comprising tags that correspond with object categories and input contexts;

determining a ranking the set of media items based on the tags, the query, and the input context; and

causing display of a presentation of the set of media items from the media repository at the client device based on the ranking, the presentation of the set of media items comprising a navigable arrangement of a set of icons displayed horizontally within the GUI of the client device.

14 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the causing display of the presentation of the set of media items further comprises:

causing display of a notification in response to the accessing the set of media items from within the repository;

receiving a selection of the notification; and

causing display of the presentation of the set of media items in response to the selection of the notification.

15 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the notification comprises a display of an indication of a number of media items among the set of media items.

16 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the identifying the object depicted by the image based on the plurality of image features further comprises:

detecting the plurality of image features; and

presenting an indicator at a position within the image in response to the detecting the plurality of image features.

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