Systems and methods for providing communications with obscured media content backgrounds

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10341276-B2
Application number	US-201414567707-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 11, 2014
Priority date	Dec 11, 2014
Publication date	Jul 2, 2019
Grant date	Jul 2, 2019

Abstract

Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can transmit at least a media content item to a recipient device. A response can be received from the recipient device. At least the media content item can be obscured to produce an obscured media content item. The response and the obscured media content item can be presented. The response can overlay the obscured media content item.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, by a computing system, a communication thread comprising a plurality of responses wherein at least one of the plurality of responses comprises a media content item;
obscuring, by the computing system, the media content item to produce an obscured media content item;
presenting, by the computing system, the communication thread wherein the plurality of responses and the obscured media content item are overlaid in an order based on time data associated with each response and the obscured media content item;
removing, by the computing system, while a first touch gesture is detected, each response and the obscured media content item from presentation of the communication thread in reverse of the order based on time data, wherein removing the obscured media content item comprises:
presenting the media content item while the first touch gesture is detected, wherein the presenting the media content item comprises presenting an unobscure animation to show the media content item; and

ending, by the computing system, the communication thread when a second touch gesture is detected.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
detecting an absence of the first touch gesture; and
presenting the communication thread, while the absence of the first touch gesture is detected, in the order based on time data.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein the presenting of the communication thread while the absence of the first touch gesture is detected includes presenting an obscure animation to show the obscured media content item.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting at least a textual message in conjunction with the media content item; and
presenting the textual message and the media content item while the first touch gesture is detected, the textual message overlaying the media content item.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , further comprising:
detecting an absence of the first touch gesture; and
removing the textual message from presentation while the absence of the first touch gesture is detected; and
presenting the communication thread, while the absence of the first touch gesture is detected, in an order based on time data associated with each response and the obscured media content item.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of responses includes at least one of a textual message or a second media content item.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein an amount of obscurity associated with the obscured media content item increases over time.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein a first copy of the media content item is stored at the computing system, and wherein a second copy of the media content item is stored at a recipient device.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 , wherein the communication thread is presented within an interface layer included in a stack structure, wherein the interface layer is positioned in the stack structure based on time data associated with the interface layer, and wherein a flicking touch gesture performed with respect to the interface layer causes the communication thread to cease and causes the first copy of the media content item to be removed from the computing system and the second copy of the media content item to be removed from the recipient device.

10. A system comprising:
at least one processor; and
a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to perform:
receiving a communication thread comprising a plurality of responses wherein at least one of the plurality of responses comprises a media content item;
obscuring the media content item to produce an obscured media content item;
presenting the communication thread wherein the plurality of responses and the obscured media content item are overlaid in an order based on time data associated with each response and the obscured media content item;
removing, while a first touch gesture is detected, each response and the obscured media content item from presentation of the communication thread in reverse of the order associated with each response and the obscured media content item, wherein removing the obscured media content item comprises:
presenting the media content item while the touch gesture is detected, wherein the presenting the media content item comprises presenting an unobscure animation to show the media content item; and

ending the communication thread when a second touch gesture is detected.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the instructions cause the system to further perform:
detecting an absence of the first touch gesture; and
presenting the communication thread, while the absence of the first touch gesture is detected, in the order based on time data.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the presenting of the communication thread while the absence of the first touch gesture is detected includes presenting an obscure animation to show the obscured media content item.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the instructions cause the system to further perform:
transmitting at least a textual message in conjunction with the media content item; and
presenting the textual message and the media content item while the first touch gesture is detected, the textual message overlaying the media content item.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing system, cause the computing system to perform:
receiving a communication thread comprising a plurality of response wherein at least one of the plurality of responses comprises a media content item;
obscuring the media content item to produce an obscured media content item;
presenting the communication thread wherein the plurality of responses and the obscured media content item are overlaid in an order based on time data associated with each response and the obscured media content item;
removing, while a first touch gesture is detected, each response and the obscured media content item from presentation of the communication thread in reverse of the order based on time data, wherein removing the obscured media content item comprises:
presenting the media content item while the first touch gesture is detected, wherein the presenting the media content item comprises presenting an unobscure animation to show the media content item; and

ending the communication thread when a second touch gesture is detected.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the instructions cause the system to further perform:
detecting an absence of the first touch gesture; and
presenting the communication thread, while the absence of the first touch gesture is detected, in the order based on time data.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the presenting of the communication thread while the absence of the first touch gesture is detected includes presenting an obscure animation to show the obscured media content item.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the instructions cause the system to further perform:
transmitting at least a textual message in conjunction with the media content item; and
presenting the textual message and the media content item while the first touch gesture is detected, the textual message overlaying th

Assignees

• Facebook Inc

Inventors

• Krug Samantha P
• Silber Ian Mc Intyre
• Cunningham Christopher
• Gomba Ryan Jacob

Classifications

• G06F3/0488

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · CPC title

• H04L51/10 Primary

  Multimedia information · CPC title

• G06F3/04842

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04L51/046

  Interoperability with other network applications or services · CPC title

• H04L51/52

  for supporting social networking services · CPC title