Interface to display animated icon

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12260065-B2
Application number	US-202318360023-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 27, 2023
Priority date	Nov 13, 2017
Publication date	Mar 25, 2025
Grant date	Mar 25, 2025

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to mobile computing technology and, more particularly, but not by way of limitation, to systems for generating and presenting a graphical user interface (GUI) that includes a presentation of an animated icon (e.g., a digital pet) on a display of a client device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving a message within a communication session between a first user account and a second user account at a client device associated with the first user account, the message originating from a second user account;
causing display of a presentation of an animated icon associated with the communication session between the first user account and the second user account at the client device responsive to the receiving the message from the second user account, the presentation of the animated icon comprising a first display state;
receiving, at the client device, a user input that comprises an input attribute;
determining a second display state associated with the animated icon based on at least the input attribute of the user input, including:
accessing a display state model that comprises a two-axis space;
adjusting a position of a point within the two-axis space based on the input attribute, a first set of coordinates of the position of the point corresponding with the first display state;
determining the second display state based on a second set of coordinates of the adjusted point within the two-axis space; and
updating the presentation of the animated icon based on the second display state.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user input includes a tactile input onto a graphical user interface.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving the user input further comprises:
causing display of a set of graphical elements that include a first graphical element, the first graphical element corresponding with the user input type; and
wherein the user input comprises a selection of the first graphical element.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the animated icon comprises icon properties, and wherein the determining the input attribute of the user input includes determining a value of the user input based on the input attributes and the icon properties of the animated icon.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the causing display of the presentation of the animated icon further comprises causing display of the presentation of the animated icon within a chat interface.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the causing display of the presentation of the animated icon includes:
detecting the first client device within the predefined range of the second client device;
determining a relationship between the first client device and the second client device; and
causing display of the presentation of the animated icon at the first client device based on the relationship.

7. A system comprising:
a memory; and
at least one hardware processor coupled to the memory and comprising instructions that causes the system to perform operations comprising:
receiving a message within a communication session between a first user account and a second user account at a client device associated with the first user account, the message originating from a second user account;
causing display of a presentation of an animated icon associated with the communication session between the first user account and the second user account at the client device responsive to the receiving the message from the second user account, the presentation of the animated icon comprising a first display state;
receiving, at the client device, a user input that comprises an input attribute;
determining a second display state associated with the animated icon based on at least the input attribute of the user input, including:
accessing a display state model that comprises a two-axis space;
adjusting a position of a point within the two-axis space based on the input attribute, a first set of coordinates of the position of the point corresponding with the first display state;
determining the second display state based on a second set of coordinates of the adjusted point within the two-axis space; and
updating the presentation of the animated icon based on the second display state.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the user input includes a tactile input onto a graphical user interface.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the receiving the user input further comprises:
causing display of a set of graphical elements that include a first graphical element, the first graphical element corresponding with the user input type; and
wherein the user input comprises a selection of the first graphical element.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein the animated icon comprises icon properties, and wherein the determining the input attribute of the user input includes determining a value of the user input based on the input attributes and the icon properties of the animated icon.

11. The system of claim 7 , wherein the causing display of the presentation of the animated icon further comprises causing display of the presentation of the animated icon within a chat interface.

12. The system of claim 7 , wherein the causing display of the presentation of the animated icon includes:
detecting the first client device within the predefined range of the second client device;
determining a relationship between the first client device and the second client device; and
causing display of the presentation of the animated icon at the first client device based on the relationship.

13. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
receiving a message within a communication session between a first user account and a second user account at a client device associated with the first user account, the message originating from a second user account;
causing display of a presentation of an animated icon associated with the communication session between the first user account and the second user account at the client device responsive to the receiving the message from the second user account, the presentation of the animated icon comprising a first display state;
receiving, at the client device, a user input that comprises an input attribute;
determining a second display state associated with the animated icon based on at least the input attribute of the user input, including: accessing a display state model that comprises a two-axis space;
adjusting a position of a point within the two-axis space based on the input attribute, a first set of coordinates of the position of the point corresponding with the first display state;
determining the second display state based on a second set of coordinates of the adjusted point within the two-axis space; and
updating the presentation of the animated icon based on the second display state.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the user input includes a tactile input onto a graphical user interface.

Assignees

• Snap Inc

Inventors

• Voss Jeremy
• Chand Jesse
• Eirinberg Dylan Shane
• Wu William
• Lin Chiayi
• Liberman Anna

Classifications

• G06T13/80 Primary

  Two-dimensional [2D] animation, e.g. using sprites · CPC title

• G06F3/0488

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

• G06F3/04817 Primary

  using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) · CPC title

• G06F3/04842

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

• G06F3/04886

  by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus · CPC title