Media collection generation and privacy mechanisms

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11202124-B2
Application number	US-201816146336-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 28, 2018
Priority date	Nov 28, 2017
Publication date	Dec 14, 2021
Grant date	Dec 14, 2021

Abstract

Systems and methods described herein relate to generation of media collections in a messaging system. The media collection may be created by the user, other users, or an entity. Example embodiments further allow users to set access criteria through privacy settings assigned to one or more media content items themselves, as well as to a media collection, such that some or all of the media collection may only be viewed by users authorized by the user sharing the media content item or media collection (e.g., only to one or more users designated by the user as a “friend”).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving a media content item that comprises media data from a first client device;
causing display of a set of media collection identifiers associated with a first user associated with the first client device in response to the receiving the media content items, the set of media collections including at least a first media collection that corresponds with a first identifier and a second media collection that corresponds with a second identifier;
receiving a selection of the first identifier that corresponds with the first media collection and the second identifier that corresponds with the second media collection, the first media collection associated with a first privacy option, and the second media collection associated with a second privacy option;
assigning the media content item to the first media collection and the second media collection based on the selection of the first identifier that corresponds with the first media collection and the second identifier that corresponds with the second media collection;
receiving a request to access the media collection from a second client device associated with a second user;
causing display of the first media collection at the second client device, the media collection including a display of the media content item; and
filtering the media content item from a presentation of the second media collection to be displayed at the second client device in response to the causing display of the first media collection that includes the display of the media content item at the second client device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first media collection corresponds with a first access criteria and the second media collection corresponds with a second access criteria.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the media content item includes one or more of the list comprising:
video data;
audio data; and
image data.

4. A system comprising:
one or more hardware processors; and
a computer-readable medium coupled with the one or more hardware processors, the computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon that are executable by the one or more hardware processors to cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:
receiving a media content item that comprises media data from a first client device;
causing display of a set of media collection identifiers associated with a first user associated with the first client device in response to the receiving the media content items, the set of media collections including at least a first media collection that corresponds with a first identifier and a second media collection that corresponds with a second identifier;
receiving a selection of the first identifier that corresponds with the first media collection and the second identifier that corresponds with the second media collection, the first media collection associated with a first privacy option, and the second media collection associated with a second privacy option;
assigning the media content item to the first media collection and the second media collection based on the selection of the first identifier that corresponds with the first media collection and the second identifier that corresponds with the second media collection;
receiving a request to access the media collection from a second client device associated with a second user;
causing display of the first media collection at the second client device, the media collection including a display of the media content item; and
filtering the media content item from a presentation of the second media collection to be displayed at the second client device in response to the causing display of the first media collection that includes the display of the media content item at the second client device.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the first media collection corresponds with a first access criteria and the second media collection corresponds with a second access criteria.

6. The system of claim 4 , wherein the media content item includes one or more of the list comprising:
video data;
audio data; and
image data.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon that are executable by at least one processor to cause a computing device to perform operations comprising:
receiving a media content item that comprises media data from a first client device;
causing display of a set of media collection identifiers associated with a first user associated with the first client device in response to the receiving the media content items, the set of media collections including at least a first media collection that corresponds with a first identifier and a second media collection that corresponds with a second identifier;
receiving a selection of the first identifier that corresponds with the first media collection and the second identifier that corresponds with the second media collection, the first media collection associated with a first privacy option, and the second media collection associated with a second privacy option;
assigning the media content item to the first media collection and the second media collection based on the selection of the first identifier that corresponds with the first media collection and the second identifier that corresponds with the second media collection;
receiving a request to access the media collection from a second client device associated with a second user;
causing display of the first media collection at the second client device, the media collection including a display of the media content item; and
filtering the media content item from a presentation of the second media collection to be displayed at the second client device in response to the causing display of the first media collection that includes the display of the media content item at the second client device.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the first media collection corresponds with a first access criteria and the second media collection corresponds with a second access criteria.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the media content item includes one or more of the list comprising:
video data;
audio data; and
image data.

Assignees

• Snap Inc

Inventors

• Andreou Jacob
• Chang Sheldon
• Giovannini Donald

Classifications

• G06Q10/40 Primary

  Business processes related to social networking or social networking services · CPC title

• H04N21/25841

  involving the geographical location of the client (retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; arrangements for identifying locations of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/51; location of the user terminal in data switching networks H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00) · CPC title

• H04N21/4532

  involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences (monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18) · CPC title

• H04N21/4545 Primary

  Input to filtering algorithms, e.g. filtering a region of the image · CPC title

• H04N21/25883

  being end-user demographical data, e.g. age, family status or address (arrangements for identifying locations of users in broadcast systems H04H60/52) · CPC title