US 12,314,472 B2
Real-time communication interface with haptic and audio feedback response
Alexander P. Powell, Oakland, CA (US); and Mark Thomas, Playa Vista, CA (US)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/646,414.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/200,876, filed on Mar. 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0317774 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/04883 (2022.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04N 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/016 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 3/16 (2013.01); H04N 7/141 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory having instructions thereon, when executed by the processor, causes the system to perform operations comprising:
causing a communication interface for a communication session to be displayed on a first user interface of a first client device and on a second user interface of a second client device, wherein the communication session is between a plurality of client devices including the first client device and the second client device, wherein
the communication interface is divided into a plurality of non-overlapping similarly shaped geometric areas including a first area and a second area, wherein the first area and the second area on the first user interface corresponds to the first area and the second area on the second user interface,
wherein the first area is associated with a first audio feedback response and a first haptic feedback response and the second area is associated with a second audio feedback response and a second haptic feedback response;
detecting a first touch input on the first user interface and a second touch input on the second user interface;
in response to determining that a location of the first touch input is included in the first area and that a location of the second touch input on the second user interface is included in the second area,
causing each of the first user interface and the second user interface to generate the first audio feedback response, the first haptic feedback response, the second audio feedback response, and the second haptic feedback response; and
in response to determining that the location of the first touch input is updated to be included in the second area while the location of the second touch input on the second user interface remains included in the second area,
causing each of the first user interface and the second user interface to generate an enhanced audio feedback response and an enhanced haptic feedback response, wherein the enhanced audio feedback response is different from the first audio feedback response and the second audio feedback response and the enhanced haptic feedback response is different from the first haptic feedback response and the second haptic feedback response.