US 11,782,574 B2
Map-based graphical user interface indicating geospatial activity metrics
Daniel Amitay, New York, NY (US); Jonathan Brody, Marina Del Rey, CA (US); Maxwell Gale, New York, NY (US); Timothy Jordan Garcia, Toronto (CA); Daniel Vincent Grippi, New York, NY (US); Jeffrey Arthur Johnson, Brooklyn, NY (US); Sheridan Kates, New York, NY (US); Andrew Lin, Long Island City, NY (US); Walton Lin, Chatham, NJ (US); Gaurav Misra, New York, NY (US); Suraj Vindana Samaranayake, New York, NY (US); Amer Shahnawaz, Venice, CA (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 Aug. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/879,607.
Application 17/879,607 is a continuation of application No. 15/965,811, filed on Apr. 27, 2018, granted, now 11,409,407.
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 2023/0021727 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06T 11/20 (2006.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/21 (2018.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/9537 (2019.01); H04L 67/306 (2022.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); H04L 41/22 (2022.01); H04L 41/28 (2022.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); G06F 16/248 (2019.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G06F 16/487 (2019.01); H04W 4/18 (2009.01); H04L 51/52 (2022.01); H04L 67/52 (2022.01); H04L 67/50 (2022.01); H04W 12/02 (2009.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/04817 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (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
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
at a server system for a social media platform, defining multiple geographical areas;
associating a respective catchment interval with each of the multiple geographical areas, such that at least two different geographical areas have different respective catchment intervals; and
making available for user access via the social media platform a set of ephemeral social media items, each of which has:
respective geo-tag information indicating a corresponding geographic location; and
a respective timestamp, an age value of the ephemeral social media item being indicated by a time elapsed since the corresponding timestamp;
wherein the set of ephemeral social media items is limited to items for which the respective age value is smaller than the applicable catchment interval, the applicable catchment interval being, for each item, the catchment interval of that one of the multiple geographical areas which corresponds to the respective geographic location of the item.