Event planning in a content sharing platform

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12278791-B2
Application number	US-202418590706-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 28, 2024
Priority date	Jul 5, 2019
Publication date	Apr 15, 2025
Grant date	Apr 15, 2025

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for receiving a selection to add an event invite media overlay to a media content item, receiving content to be added to the event invite media overlay, the content corresponding to an event, and adding to the event invite media overlay, the content corresponding to the event to generate a custom event invite media overlay. The systems and methods further comprise causing display of the custom event invite media overlay on the media content item, receiving at least one user to which to send an invite to the event, and sending, to a second computing device associated with the at least one user, an invite to the event, the invite comprising the custom event invite media overlay and the media content item.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
detecting, by a first computing device, a selection of an interface element displayed on a media content item to add a custom event invite media overlay to the media content item;
automatically resizing the custom event invite media overlay from an original size to a resized custom event invite media overlay based on content added to the custom event invite media overlay;
sending, to a second computing device, an invitation to attend an event comprising the resized custom event invite media overlay overlaid on the media content item;
associating a media collection with the event;
automatically generating a graphic comprising an avatar of a new user that has joined the event; and
adding the generated graphic to the media collection.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
automatically generating a message indicating that the new user has joined the event.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein generating the graphic further comprises including the message indicating that the new user has joined the event.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein a user joining an event can only view messages in a chat session corresponding to the event that occurred after the user joined the event.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein a user joining an event can view all messages that occurred in a chat session corresponding to the event before the user joined the event.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the media content item comprises an image or video.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the custom event invite media overlay is in a form of a sticker.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the content added to the custom event invite media overlay comprises at least one of a title, a location, a date, or a time of day.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first computing device is associated with a first user and the method further comprises:
displaying a list of users that have joined the event, a list of users that were invited but have not joined the event, and a list of users invited by a second user that has joined the event.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying an indication of the event on a map in a user interface on the first computing device, the indication of the event appearing on the map at a location corresponding to the event and within a specified time period corresponding to a time of day of the event.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
displaying an avatar corresponding to each user that is currently attending the event, with the indication of the event on the map.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
capturing a second media content item via a camera device of the first computing device;
determining that the second media content item is captured at a location and time of day corresponding to the event;
ranking options to which to send the second media content item in a destination list wherein the media collection corresponding to the event is ranked higher in the destination list based on determining that the second media content item is captured at the location and time of day corresponding to the event; and
displaying the destination list with the ranked options.

13. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving notification that a user associated with the second computing device sent the invitation to the event comprising the custom event invite media overlay to a third computing device associated with a third user; and
displaying the notification on a display of the first computing device.

14. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
generating a token comprising a unique identifier for the invitation; and
sending the token to a server system wherein the token is correlated with the content corresponding to the event.

15. A computing device comprising:
a memory that stores instructions; and
one or more processors configured by the instructions to perform operations comprising:
detecting a selection of an interface element displayed on a media content item to add a custom event invite media overlay to the media content item;
automatically resizing the custom event invite media overlay from an original size to a resized custom event invite media overlay based on content added to the custom event invite media overlay;
sending, to a second computing device, an invitation to attend an event comprising the resized custom event invite media overlay overlaid on the media content item;
associating a media collection with the event;
automatically generating a graphic comprising an avatar of a new user that has joined the event; and
adding the generated graphic to the media collection.

16. The computing device of claim 15 , the operations further comprising:
automatically generating a message indicating that the new user has joined the event.

17. The computing device of claim 16 , wherein generating the graphic further comprises including the message indicating that the new user has joined the event.

18. The computing device of claim 15 , wherein a user joining an event can only view messages in a chat session corresponding to the event that occurred after the user joined the event.

19. The computing device of claim 15 , wherein a user joining an event can view all messages that occurred in a chat session corresponding to the event before the user joined the event.

20. 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:
detecting a selection of an interface element displayed on a media content item to add a custom event invite media overlay to the media content item;
automatically resizing the custom event invite media overlay from an original size to a resized custom event invite media overlay based on content added to the custom event invite media overlay;
sending, to a second computing device, an invitation to attend an event comprising the resized custom event invite media overlay overlaid on the media content item;
associating a media collection with the event;
automatically generating a graphic comprising an avatar of a new user that has joined the event; and
adding the generated graphic to the media collection.

Assignees

• Snap Inc

Inventors

• Taitz David
• Mourkogiannis Celia Nicole
• Lipowicz David Zak
• Parrott Nathaniel
• Samaranayake Nayana
• Giacalone Ty

Classifications

• H04L51/52

  for supporting social networking services · CPC title

• G06T11/60

  Creating or editing images; Combining images with text · CPC title

• G06F3/1454

  involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay · CPC title

• G06T2200/24

  involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs] · CPC title

• H04L65/4015

  where at least one of the additional parallel sessions is real time or time sensitive, e.g. white board sharing, collaboration or spawning of a subconference · CPC title