US 11,893,208 B2
Combined map icon with action indicator
Newar Husam Al Majid, New York, NY (US); Laurent Desserrey, Los Angeles, CA (US); Donald Giovannini, Venice, CA (US); and Daniel Rakhamimov, Brooklyn, NY (US)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/500,235.
Application 17/500,235 is a continuation of application No. 16/826,903, filed on Mar. 23, 2020, granted, now 11,169,658.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/955,754, filed on Dec. 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0283693 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06F 3/04815 (2022.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); G01C 21/32 (2006.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04M 1/72427 (2021.01); H04M 1/72457 (2021.01); H04M 1/72469 (2021.01)
CPC G06F 3/04817 (2013.01) [G01C 21/32 (2013.01); G06F 3/04815 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); H04M 1/72427 (2021.01); H04M 1/72457 (2021.01); H04M 1/72469 (2021.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
accessing, using one or more processors of a client device, location information and icon information associated with a user account of a social media platform;
accessing, map data associated with the location information;
receiving, action indicator information associated with the user account, wherein the action indicator information comprises a route from a current location of the client device to a desired destination;
based on the action indicator information, automatically determining a time duration associated with the action indicator information, the time duration being based on a travel time from the current location to the desired destination;
accessing expressive icon information associated with the user account, the expressive icon information representing a user of the user account;
causing generation on the client device, for a length of time equal to the time duration associated with the action indicator information, of a combined expressive icon, the combined expressive icon generated using the icon information, the action indicator information, and the expressive icon information;
causing display of a map interface on the client device and at least one other client device, the map interface comprising the map data and the combined expressive icon;
determining that the time duration has lapsed;
in response to determining that the time duration associated with the action indicator information has lapsed, generating a modified combined expressive icon, the modified combined expressive icon generated by removing the action indicator information; and
updating display of the map interface, the updated display of the map interface comprising the modified combined expressive icon positioned at the desired destination.