US 11,688,119 B2
Animated expressive icon
Newar Husam Al Majid, New York, NY (US); Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Los Angeles, CA (US); Sheldon Chang, Venice, CA (US); Chamal Samaranayake, Venice, CA (US); and Jeremy Voss, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/864,152.
Application 17/864,152 is a continuation of application No. 17/376,457, filed on Jul. 15, 2021, granted, now 11,468,618.
Application 17/376,457 is a continuation of application No. 16/946,463, filed on Jun. 23, 2020, granted, now 11,120,601.
Application 16/946,463 is a continuation of application No. 15/908,422, filed on Feb. 28, 2018, granted, now 10,726,603.
Prior Publication US 2022/0351453 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06T 13/40 (2011.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); H04L 67/306 (2022.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01)
CPC G06T 13/40 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06V 40/168 (2022.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, from a client device, a request to initiate a communication session with a user associated with a user account;
initiating the communication session with the user associated with the user account at the client device;
associating, at the client device, a graphical icon with the user account;
causing display of a presentation of the graphical icon at the client device responsive to the initiating the communication session with the user associated with the user account;
receiving facial tracking data associated with the user of the user account; and
animating the presentation of the graphical icon at the client device based on the facial tracking data.