US 11,998,833 B2
Generating collectible items based on location information
Jonathan Brody, Marina Del Rey, CA (US); Jill H. Cohen, New York, NY (US); Bryant Detwiller, Hopkinton, NH (US); Alexander Fung, New York, NY (US); Evan H K Lin, New York, NY (US); Walton Lin, Chatham, NJ (US); Kimberly A. Phifer, Brooklyn, NY (US); and Alexandre Valdetaro Porto, New York, NY (US)
Assigned to SNAP INC., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/936,293.
Application 17/936,293 is a continuation of application No. 17/248,362, filed on Jan. 21, 2021, granted, now 11,491,393.
Application 17/248,362 is a continuation of application No. 16/353,517, filed on Mar. 14, 2019, granted, now 10,933,311.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/642,945, filed on Mar. 14, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0076281 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63F 13/216 (2014.01); A63F 13/5375 (2014.01); H04N 5/272 (2006.01)
CPC A63F 13/216 (2014.09) [A63F 13/5375 (2014.09); H04N 5/272 (2013.01); A63F 2300/305 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
causing, by a processor, a map interface to be displayed by a display of a client computing device associated with a first user, the map interface including an avatar of the first user at a location on the map interface based on a location information associated with the client computing device and a plurality of collectible items associated with geographical coordinates;
in response to receiving an input from the client computing device selecting one of the collectible items displayed on the display,
causing an image corresponding to the selected collectible item to be applied to a first camera view of the client computing device, wherein the image corresponding to the selected collectible item includes an image of the selected collectible item that is overlaid on the first camera view, the first camera view corresponding to a first camera of the client computing device; and
in response to receiving a input from the client computing device selecting the image of the selected collectible item on the first camera view, performing operations comprising:
determining a type of collectible item associated with the selected collectible item,
determining a filter associated with the type of collectible item, and
providing, to the client computing device, access to the filter, the filter being an overlay on a second camera view of the client computing device.