US 12,395,456 B2
Generating media content items during user interaction
Sergey Smetanin, London (GB); Roman Golobokov, London (GB); Emily Ann Claudet, Brooklyn, NY (US); Dor Ayalon, Glasgow (GB); Vladimir Gordienko, London (GB); Erin Houston, Saratoga Springs, UT (US); Ivan Babanin, London (GB); Timur Zakirov, London (GB); Nikita Demidov, London (GB); Aleksandr Larionov, London (GB); Anna Kovalenko, London (GB); and Nikita Belosludtcev, London (GB)
Assigned to SNAP INC., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 13, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/742,913.
Application 18/742,913 is a continuation of application No. 18/346,667, filed on Jul. 3, 2023, granted, now 12,047,337.
Prior Publication US 2025/0016127 A1, Jan. 9, 2025
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06T 13/40 (2011.01); H04L 51/046 (2022.01); H04L 51/10 (2022.01); H04L 51/52 (2022.01); H04N 5/265 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 51/10 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06T 13/40 (2013.01); H04L 51/046 (2013.01); H04L 51/52 (2022.05); H04N 5/265 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
memory; and
one or more processors coupled to the memory and configured to perform operations comprising:
determining participation in an interaction function by a first user of an interaction system with a second user of the interaction system;
accessing profile data of the first user;
determining, based on the profile data of the first user, that the first user has not captured or designated a first-user self-image for use in the interaction function;
determining, from profile data of the second user, that the second user has not enabled other users to use a second-user self-image in response to determining that the first user has not captured or designated the first-user self-image;
in response to determining, from the profile data of the second user, that the second user has not enabled other users to use the second-user self-image: replacing a portion of a character within a media content item with a placeholder space; and
displaying the media content item with the placeholder space in a user interface corresponding to the interaction function.