US 12,135,866 B1
Selectable element to retrieve media content items
Shree K. Nayar, New York, NY (US); Gurunandan Krishnan Gorumkonda, Seattle, WA (US); and Marian Pho, North Plainfield, NJ (US)
Assigned to SNAP INC., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/138,601.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/954,943, filed on Dec. 30, 2019.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06F 3/04886 (2022.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01)
CPC G06F 3/04842 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); H04N 23/631 (2023.01); H04N 23/633 (2023.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a selectable element that is a physical or virtual button configured to be activated by a user, wherein the apparatus is a protective case that is removable from a first client device and separate from the first client device;
a power source; and
a processor to perform operations comprising:
detecting an activation of the selectable element that causes recording of a plurality of parameters when the activation is detected, wherein recording of the plurality of parameters comprises:
determining the plurality of parameters associated with the activation, the parameters including a date and a time that the activation is detected and a location of the selectable element when the activation is detected, and
storing in a memory a first record including the plurality of parameters;
transmitting a request to a server for a plurality of media content items associated with at least one of the parameters of the first record, the plurality of media content items being uploaded to the server from a plurality of client devices not including the first client device;
causing the first client device to display the plurality of media content items;
causing a location of a user of the first client device to be transmitted to and displayed by a plurality of devices of users connected to the user of the first client device on a social media platform, wherein the location of the user corresponds to the location of the selectable element when the activation is detected from the first record; and
causing a modified media content item to be transmitted to and displayed by the plurality of devices of users connected to the user of the first client device on the social media platform, wherein the modified media content item includes and at least one of the plurality of media content items from the plurality of client devices.