US 12,265,691 B2
Map-based graphical user interface for ephemeral social media content
Daniel Amitay, New York City, NY (US); Jonathan Brody, Marina del Rey, CA (US); Jeffrey Arthur Johnson, Brooklyn, NY (US); Andrew Lin, Long Island City, NY (US); Walton Lin, New York, NY (US); John Rauser, Seattle, WA (US); and Evan Spiegel, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/131,598.
Application 17/131,598 is a continuation of application No. 15/965,361, filed on Apr. 27, 2018, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/556,134, filed on Sep. 8, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/552,958, filed on Aug. 31, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/491,115, filed on Apr. 27, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0286840 A1, Sep. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G06F 16/248 (2019.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G06F 16/487 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/9537 (2019.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); G06T 11/20 (2006.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 41/22 (2022.01); H04L 41/28 (2022.01); H04L 51/52 (2022.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); H04L 67/306 (2022.01); H04L 67/50 (2022.01); H04L 67/52 (2022.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/18 (2009.01); H04W 4/21 (2018.01); H04W 12/02 (2009.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/04817 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 16/248 (2019.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G06F 16/487 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/9537 (2019.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); G06T 11/206 (2013.01); G06T 11/60 (2013.01); H04L 41/22 (2013.01); H04L 41/28 (2013.01); H04L 51/52 (2022.05); H04L 63/101 (2013.01); H04L 63/107 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); H04L 67/52 (2022.05); H04L 67/535 (2022.05); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/185 (2013.01); H04W 4/21 (2018.02); H04W 12/02 (2013.01); G06F 9/547 (2013.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
at a server system for a social media application, managing multiple location-based social media galleries, each location-based social media gallery being a predefined collective entity that has an associated anchor location and that comprises a respective set of social media items that were submitted for display via the social media application by multiple different users, each social media item in the respective social media item having respective geo-tag data indicating a geographic location associated with the anchor location of the respective location-based social media gallery;
causing display on a user device of a map-based graphical user interface (GUI) for a social media application, the map-based GUI including a map representing a geographical area;
for a plurality of galleries comprising a subset of the multiple location-based social media galleries whose respective anchor locations fall within the geographical area of the displayed map, causing display of a corresponding plurality of gallery icons at the respective anchor locations on the map, each gallery icon being an interactive user-selectable GUI element representing a respective one of the plurality of location-based social media galleries; and
responsive to receiving user input selecting one of the plurality of gallery icons via a direct selection input comprising one of a touchscreen tap and a cursor click coincident in on-screen location with the selected gallery in the map-based GUI, causing automated sequential replay on the user device of the set of social media items of the social media gallery corresponding to the selected gallery icon.