US 11,863,513 B2
Media content playback and comments management
Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Los Angeles, CA (US); and Jeremy Baker Voss, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/008,376.
Prior Publication US 2022/0070129 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 51/56 (2022.01); H04L 51/52 (2022.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); H04L 67/306 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 51/52 (2022.05) [G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving a request from a client device to view a media content item, the media content item having a duration of time for playback;
determining that the media content item is associated with a plurality of comments, each comment from the plurality of comments being created during the duration of time;
determining that a subset of the plurality of comments was created at a timestamp by a plurality of users associated with a plurality of user profiles;
generating a single condensed summary comments selectable user interface (UI) item representing the plurality of user profiles, the single condensed summary comments selectable UI item, upon being displayed, including a display of a plurality of profile avatars, a display of a plurality of names associated with the plurality of profile avatars, and a display of a value representing a number of users who created comments at the timestamp but not represented by the plurality of profile avatars;
in response to the request to view the media content item, causing display of a playback of the media content item in a user interface of the client device, the user interface including a progress bar that includes a plurality of time markers associated with the plurality of comments; and
during the playback of the media content item, causing display of the single condensed summary comments selectable user interface (UI) item above the progress bar at a time marker associated with the timestamp at which the subset of the plurality of comments was created.