Granted Patent B2

US 12,493,705 · App. 17/900,802 · Granted Dec 9, 2025

Inventors: Youjean Cho (New York, NY); Chen Ji (New York, NY); Fannie Liu (New York, NY); Andrés Monroy-Hernández (Seattle, WA); Tsung-Yu Tsai (Issaquah, WA); Rajan Vaish (Beverly Hills, CA)

Assignee: Snap Inc.

G06F21/6209G06T19/20G06F2221/2113G06F2221/2137G06T2219/024

Abstract

Claims (56)

1 . A server having a processor configured to perform an interactive augmented reality method, the processor configured to:

identify a collaborative duration period for a session associated with a plurality of users;

receive a request from a user of the plurality of users to join the session;

associate a timestamp with the user corresponding to receipt of the request;

provide the user with editing access to a virtual three-dimensional (3D) collaborative object displayed on a display if the timestamp is within the collaborative duration period and viewing access if the timestamp is after the collaborative duration period;

receive virtual content from the user during the collaborative duration period;

associate the virtual content received from the user with the collaborative object on the display during the collaboration duration period;

allow users access to the collaborative object using respective physically remote devices, wherein the processor is configured to serve a time indicator for display on the physically remote devices, the time indicator representing when the collaboration duration period ends;

maintain a timer including a countdown indicative of when the collaborative duration period ends for associating virtual content with the collaborative object, wherein the time indicator is a countdown;

receive a theme for the session; and

identify properties for at least one of the collaborative object or the session responsive to the theme.

2 . The server of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

present the user with the collaborative object, wherein the user is not able to edit the collaborative object after the collaboration duration period.

3 . The server of claim 1 , wherein to identify the collaborative duration period the processor is configured to:

receive a time period from one of the plurality of users; and

assign the time period as the collaborative duration period.

4 . The server of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to allow users access to the collaborative object based on the timestamp when the user joins the session.

5 . The server of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to allow users access to the collaborative object using respective physically remote devices.

6 . The server of claim 5 , wherein the processor is configured to serve the collaborative object to the physically remote device.

7 . An interactive augmented reality method using a processor, comprising:

identifying a collaborative duration period for a session associated with a plurality of users;

receiving a request from a user of the plurality of users to join the session;

associating a timestamp with the user corresponding to receipt of the request;

providing the user with editing access to a virtual three-dimensional (3D) collaborative object displayed on a display if the timestamp is within the collaborative duration period and viewing access if the timestamp is after the collaborative duration period;

receiving virtual content from the user during the collaborative duration period;

associating the virtual content received from the user with the collaborative object on the display during the collaboration duration period;

allowing users access to the collaborative object using respective physically remote devices;

serving a time indicator for display on the physically remote devices, the time indicator representing when the collaboration duration period ends;

maintaining a timer including a countdown indicative of when the collaborative duration period ends for associating virtual content with the collaborative object, wherein the time indicator is a countdown;

receiving a theme for the session; and

identifying properties for at least one of the collaborative object or the session responsive to the theme.

8 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

presenting the user with the collaborative object, wherein the user is not able to edit the collaborative object after the collaboration duration period.

9 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the step of identifying the collaborative duration period further comprises:

receiving a time period from one of the plurality of users; and

assigning the time period as the collaborative duration period.

10 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

allowing users access to the collaborative object based on the timestamp when the user joins the session.

11 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

allowing users access to the collaborative object using respective physically remote devices.

12 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

serving the collaborative object to the physically remote devices.

13 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing program code that, when executed by an electronic processor of an electronic device having a display, configures the electronic device to:

identify a collaborative duration period for a session associated with a plurality of users;

receive a request from a user of the plurality of users to join the session;

associate a timestamp with the user corresponding to receipt of the request;

provide the user with editing access to a virtual three-dimensional (3D) collaborative object displayed on a display if the timestamp is within the collaborative duration period and viewing access if the timestamp is after the collaborative duration period;

receive virtual content from the user during the collaborative duration period;

associate the virtual content received from the user with the collaborative object on the display during the collaboration duration period;

allow users access to the collaborative object using respective physically remote devices;

serve a time indicator for display on the physically remote devices, the time indicator representing when the collaboration duration period ends;

maintaining a timer including a countdown indicative of when the collaborative duration period ends for associating virtual content with the collaborative object, wherein the time indicator is a countdown;

receive a theme for the session; and

identify properties for at least one of the collaborative object or the session responsive to the theme.

14 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 storing program code that, when executed by the electronic processor, further configures the electronic device to:

present the user with the collaborative object, wherein the user is not able to edit the collaborative object after the collaboration duration period.

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