US 12,074,835 B2
Generating media content items for sharing to external applications
Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Los Angeles, CA (US); and Benedict Copping, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/491,060.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/086,009, filed on Sep. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0103495 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 51/10 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04L 51/52 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 51/10 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04L 51/52 (2022.05)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a processor, a media content item from a client device;
causing a sharing interface of a messaging system to be displayed on the client device, the sharing interface comprising a plurality of selectable items associated with a plurality of external applications, wherein the plurality of external applications are different from the messaging system;
receiving from the client device a selection of a first selectable item of the plurality of selectable items, the first selectable item being associated with a first external application of the plurality of external applications;
determining an attribute associated with the media content item;
determining a product capability associated with the first external application;
generating, from the media content item, a modified media content item based on the product capability associated with the first external application and the attribute associated with the media content item; and
causing the modified media content item to be displayed in the first external application activated on the client device, wherein the first external application activated on the client device is different from the messaging system.