US 12,086,381 B2
Map-based graphical user interface for multi-type social media galleries
Daniel Amitay, New York, NY (US); Jonathan Brody, Marina del Rey, CA (US); Jeffrey Arthur Johnson, Brooklyn, NY (US); Andrew Lin, Long Island City, NY (US); Walton Lin, Chatham, NJ (US); John Rauser, Seattle, WA (US); and Evan Spiegel, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/805,127.
Application 17/805,127 is a continuation of application No. 15/965,749, filed on Apr. 27, 2018, granted, now 11,392,264.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/556,134, filed on Sep. 8, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/552,958, filed on Aug. 31, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/491,115, filed on Apr. 27, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0051468 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G06F 16/248 (2019.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G06F 16/487 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/9537 (2019.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); G06T 11/20 (2006.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 41/22 (2022.01); H04L 41/28 (2022.01); H04L 51/52 (2022.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); H04L 67/306 (2022.01); H04L 67/50 (2022.01); H04L 67/52 (2022.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/18 (2009.01); H04W 4/21 (2018.01); H04W 12/02 (2009.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/04817 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 16/248 (2019.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G06F 16/487 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/9537 (2019.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); G06T 11/206 (2013.01); G06T 11/60 (2013.01); H04L 41/22 (2013.01); H04L 41/28 (2013.01); H04L 51/52 (2022.05); H04L 63/101 (2013.01); H04L 63/107 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); H04L 67/52 (2022.05); H04L 67/535 (2022.05); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/185 (2013.01); H04W 4/21 (2018.02); H04W 12/02 (2013.01); G06F 9/547 (2013.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
causing generation on a user device of a map-based graphical user interface (GUI) for a social media application, the map-based GUI including a map representing a geographical area;
causing display of a plurality of story icons at different respective locations on the map to represent a corresponding plurality of location-based stories, each of which stories comprises a respective set of publicly viewable image-based posts, the plurality of location-based stories including two types of stories represented on the map by different respective types of story icons comprising:
labeled icons, each comprising:
a respective thumbnail image based on a selected post forming part of a particular story of the plurality of location-based stories indicated by the respective labeled icon; and
a story-specific text label displayed in visual association with the respective thumbnail image; and
unlabeled icons, each provided by a respective thumbnail image based on a selected post forming part of a particular story of the plurality of location-based stories indicated by the respective unlabeled icon; and
responsive to receiving user input selecting one of the plurality of story icons via the map-based GUI, causing automated sequential reproduction on the user device of the respective set of posts of a particular story indicated by the selected story icon.