Media collection generation and privacy mechanisms

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11671664-B2
Application number	US-202117532611-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 22, 2021
Priority date	Nov 28, 2017
Publication date	Jun 6, 2023
Grant date	Jun 6, 2023

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 item from a first user account;
assigning an access criteria to the media item, the access criteria including a temporal criteria that comprises a period of time;
allocating the media item to a first media collection and a second media collection associated with the first user account based on the access criteria;
receiving a request to access the first media collection and the second media collection from a second user account during the period of time associated with the temporal criteria;
generating a presentation of a story that comprises the first media collection and the second media collection in response to the request during the period of time associated with the temporal criteria;
determining that the presentation of the story that comprises first media collection and the second media collection comprises a duplicate display of the media item; and
filtering the duplicate display of the media item from the presentation of the story.

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

3. 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.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the first access criteria and the second access criteria comprise one or more of:
a geo-location criteria; and
user profile information.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the media item comprises an ephemeral media item.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first media collection corresponds with a first identifier, the second media collection corresponds with a second identifier, and the allocating the media item to the first media collection and the second media collection further comprises:
receiving an input that selects the first identifier and the second identifier; and
allocating the media item to the first media collection and the second media collection based on the input.

7. 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 item from a first user account;
assigning an access criteria to the media item, the access criteria including a temporal criteria that comprises a period of time;
allocating the media item to a first media collection and a second media collection associated with the first user account based on the access criteria;
receiving a request to access the first media collection and the second media collection from a second user account during the period of time associated with the temporal criteria;
generating a presentation of a story that comprises the first media collection and the second media collection in response to the request during the period of time associated with the temporal criteria;
determining that the presentation of the story that comprises first media collection and the second media collection comprises a duplicate display of the media item; and
filtering the duplicate display of the media item from the presentation of the story.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the media content item comprises one or more of the list comprising:
video data;
a media overlay;
audio data; and
image data.

9. The system 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.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the first access criteria and the second access criteria comprise one or more of:
a geo-location criteria; and
user profile information.

11. The system of claim 7 , wherein the media item comprises an ephemeral media item.

12. The system of claim 7 , wherein the first media collection corresponds with a first identifier, the second media collection corresponds with a second identifier, and the allocating the media item to the first media collection and the second media collection further comprises:
receiving an input that selects the first identifier and the second identifier; and
allocating the media item to the first media collection and the second media collection based on the input.

13. 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 item from a first user account;
assigning an access criteria to the media item, the access criteria including a temporal criteria that comprises a period of time;
allocating the media item to a first media collection and a second media collection associated with the first user account based on the access criteria;
receiving a request to access the first media collection and the second media collection from a second user account during the period of time associated with the temporal criteria;
generating a presentation of a story that comprises the first media collection and the second media collection in response to the request during the period of time associated with the temporal criteria;
determining that the presentation of the story that comprises first media collection and the second media collection comprises a duplicate display of the media item; and
filtering the duplicate display of the media item from the presentation of the story.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the media content item comprises one or more of the list comprising:
video data;
a media overlay;
audio data; and
image data.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the first media collection corresponds with a first access criteria and the second media collection corresponds with a second access criteria.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the first access criteria and the second access criteria comprise one or more of:
a geo-location criteria; and
user profile information.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the first media collection corresponds with a first identifier, the second media collection corresponds with a second identifier, and the allocating the media item to the first media collection and the second media collection further comprises:
receiving an input that selects the first identifier and the second identifier; and
allocating the media item to the first media collection and the second media collection based on the input.

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

• G06Q50/10 Primary

  Services · CPC title

• H04N21/2396

  characterized by admission policies (admission control, resource allocation in open networks H04L12/5692; arrangements for network security using user profiles for access control H04L63/102; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08) · 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

• H04N21/25841

  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