US 11,956,190 B2
Messaging system with a carousel of related entities
Benjamin Lo, Los Angeles, CA (US); Celia Nicole Mourkogiannis, Los Angeles, CA (US); Ibrahem Shekoni, Santa Monica, CA (US); and Yamill Vallecillo, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 11, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/018,670.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/022,204, filed on May 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0352029 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. H04L 51/046 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0485 (2022.01); G06F 16/248 (2019.01)
CPC H04L 51/046 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0485 (2013.01); G06F 16/248 (2019.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
a carousel component, using at least one processor, accessing a list of related entities associated with a user running an application, the list of related entities indicating related entities of the user within a messaging system, wherein the related entities list is ordered based on a number of interactions of the related entities of the list of related entities with the user within the messaging system, wherein the application and the carousel component are executed by an interpreter running on a computing device;
filtering the list of related entities to include related entities of the list of related entities that are running the application to generate a filtered list of related entities;
causing a scrollable carousel comprising the filtered list of related entities to be displayed on the computing-device over a displayed screen of the application;
causing to be displayed a geographic area of the application on the computing device;
accessing location information for the filtered list of related entities;
causing indications of the locations of related entities of the filtered list of related entities that are within the geographic area to be displayed; and
in response to a selection of an entity of the filtered list of related entities, causing a message to be sent to the messaging system across a wireless link, the message causing the messaging system to send to the entity an invitation comprising a hotlink for the entity to perform an action within the application, wherein the messaging system resides on a server computer.