Granted Patent B2

US 12,520,101 · App. 18/671,603 · Granted Jan 6, 2026

Inventors: Jonathan Brody (Marina Del Rey, CA); Walton Lin (Chatham, NJ); Andrew Lin (Long Island City, NY); Evan Spiegel (Los Angeles, CA)

Assignee: Snap Inc.

H04W4/02G06Q50/01H04W68/005

Abstract

Claims (49)

1 . A method comprising:

identifying a time period associated with a user device;

initiating at a first time, the time period associated with the user device;

determining, based on location data of the user device, that a current location of the user device is outside of a historical location after the first time; and

in response to the determination:

modifying an original depiction of a display element to a second depiction of the display element that includes an amount of time remaining prior to an exhaustion of the time period; and

subsequent to the modifying of the original depiction of the display element to the depiction of the display element:

monitoring the time period to determine whether the time period has been exhausted;

determining that the time period has been exhausted at a second time; and

in response to determining that the time period has been exhausted at the second time subsequent to the first time, automatically reverting the second depiction of the display element to the original depiction of the display element.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the user device is a mobile computing device.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the location data of the user device is historical location data.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining that the current location of the user is within a predetermined distance from the historical location.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein modifying the original depiction comprises automatically changing a first display characteristic representing the current location to a second display characteristic, the method further comprising in response to determining that the user device is not within the predetermined distance from the historical location, reverting the second display characteristic to the first display characteristic.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein modifying the original depiction comprises automatically changing a first display characteristic representing the current location to a second display characteristic.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the second display characteristic obfuscates at least a portion of the first display characteristic.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein modifying of the original depiction comprises locking the current location of the user device.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the historical location is associated with one or more specified time periods.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the historical location is a home location associated with a user.

11 . A system comprising:

a memory that stores instructions; and

one or more processors configured by the instructions to perform operations comprising:

identifying a time period associated with a user device;

initiating at a first time, the time period associated with the user device;

determining, based on location data of the user device, that a current location of the user device is outside of a historical location after the first time; and

in response to the determination:

modifying an original depiction of a display element to a second depiction of the display element that includes an amount of time remaining prior to an exhaustion of the time period; and

subsequent to the modifying of the original depiction of the display element to the depiction of the display element:

monitoring the time period to determine whether the time period has been exhausted;

determining that the time period has been exhausted at a second time; and

in response to determining that the time period has been exhausted at the second time subsequent to the first time, automatically reverting the second depiction of the display element to the original depiction of the display element.

12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the user device is a mobile computing device.

13 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the location data of the user device is historical location data.

14 . The system of claim 11 , further comprising determining that the current location of the user is within a predetermined distance from the historical location.

15 . The system of claim 14 , wherein modifying the original depiction comprises automatically changing a first display characteristic representing the current location to a second display characteristic, the operations further comprising in response to determining that the user device is not within the predetermined distance from the historical location, reverting the second display characteristic to the first display characteristic.

16 . The system of claim 11 , wherein modifying the original depiction comprises automatically changing a first display characteristic representing the current location to a second display characteristic.

17 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the second display characteristic obfuscates at least a portion of the first display characteristic.

18 . The system of claim 11 , wherein modifying of the original depiction comprises locking the current location of the user device.

19 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the historical location is associated with one or more specified time periods.

20 . A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

identifying a time period associated with a user device;

initiating at a first time, the time period associated with the user device;

determining, based on location data of the user device, that a current location of the user device is outside of a historical location after the first time; and

in response to the determination:

modifying an original depiction of a display element to a second depiction of the display element that includes an amount of time remaining prior to an exhaustion of the time period; and

subsequent to the modifying of the original depiction of the display element to the depiction of the display element:

monitoring the time period to determine whether the time period has been exhausted;

determining that the time period has been exhausted at a second time; and

in response to determining that the time period has been exhausted at the second time subsequent to the first time, automatically reverting the second depiction of the display element to the original depiction of the display element.

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