US 11,671,664 B2
Media collection generation and privacy mechanisms
Jacob Andreou, Santa Monica, CA (US); Sheldon Chang, Venice, CA (US); and Donald Giovannini, Venice, CA (US)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/532,611.
Application 17/532,611 is a continuation of application No. 16/146,336, filed on Sep. 28, 2018, granted, now 11,202,124.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/591,441, filed on Nov. 28, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0086526 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 21/4545 (2011.01); H04N 21/435 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/239 (2011.01); H04N 21/2743 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/4545 (2013.01) [G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); H04N 21/2396 (2013.01); H04N 21/25841 (2013.01); H04N 21/25883 (2013.01); H04N 21/2743 (2013.01); H04N 21/435 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving a media item from a first user account;
assigning an access criteria to the media item, the access criteria including a temporal criteria that comprises a period of time;
allocating the media item to a first media collection and a second media collection associated with the first user account based on the access criteria;
receiving a request to access the first media collection and the second media collection from a second user account during the period of time associated with the temporal criteria;
generating a presentation of a story that comprises the first media collection and the second media collection in response to the request during the period of time associated with the temporal criteria;
determining that the presentation of the story that comprises first media collection and the second media collection comprises a duplicate display of the media item; and
filtering the duplicate display of the media item from the presentation of the story.