US 11,729,343 B2
Including video feed in message thread
Jeremy Voss, Los Angeles, CA (US); Christie Marie Heikkinen, Santa Monica, CA (US); Daniel Rakhamimov, Brooklyn, NY (US); Laurent Desserrey, Los Angeles, CA (US); and Susan Marie Territo, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/833,213.
Application 17/833,213 is a continuation of application No. 17/247,172, filed on Dec. 2, 2020, granted, now 11,356,620.
Application 17/247,172 is a continuation of application No. 16/730,340, filed on Dec. 30, 2019, granted, now 10,880,496.
Prior Publication US 2022/0377258 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 5/272 (2006.01); H04N 7/14 (2006.01); H04L 51/10 (2022.01); H04L 51/046 (2022.01); H04L 51/216 (2022.01)
CPC H04N 5/272 (2013.01) [H04L 51/046 (2013.01); H04L 51/10 (2013.01); H04L 51/216 (2022.05); H04N 7/141 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
determining that first and second users are currently viewing a message thread between the first user and the second user on respective first and second devices;
in response to determining that the first and second users are currently viewing the message thread, displaying a first live video option on the first device and a second live video option on the second device;
triggering capture of a live video feed for display as a background with respect to the message thread in response to receiving selection of the second live video option from the second device;
routing the live video feed captured by the second device to the first device; and
causing the first device to display the live video feed received from the second device as the background with respect to the message thread being displayed on the first device.