US 11,700,225 B2
Event overlay invite messaging system
Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Los Angeles, CA (US); Benedict Copping, Los Angeles, CA (US); Christie Marie Heikkinen, Santa Monica, CA (US); Celia Nicole Mourkogiannis, Los Angeles, CA (US); David Taitz, Santa Monica, CA (US); and Mai Chi Tran, Garden Grove, CA (US)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 23, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/856,811.
Prior Publication US 2021/0336916 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. H04L 51/52 (2022.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04L 51/10 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 51/52 (2022.05) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); H04L 51/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
accessing, by a first computing device associated with a first user, a media content item;
generating, by the first computing device, an event overlay interface for creating an event invite for sending to a second computing device associated with a second user;
displaying, on a user interface of the first computing device, the event overlay interface as an overlay on top of the media content item;
receiving, by the first computing device, user selection of an event overlay component via the event overlay interface;
receiving, in response to receiving the user selection of the event overlay component, event information provided by the first user;
automatically determining a venue suggestion based on a location of the first computing device and the event information;
updating the event overlay component based on the event information and the venue suggestion;
causing the updated event overlay component to be overlaid on top of the media content item;
displaying the updated event overlay component and the media content item on the user interface of the first computing device; and
transmitting, to the second computing device, the media content item overlaid with the updated event overlay component, for display on the second computing device.