Selective location-based identity communication

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12520101-B2
Application number	US-202418671603-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 22, 2024
Priority date	Apr 27, 2017
Publication date	Jan 6, 2026
Grant date	Jan 6, 2026

Abstract

Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for selective location-based identity communication. The systems and methods identify a current location of a mobile computing device and detect a selection of a user interface element associated with the current location. The systems and methods cause presentation of a set of display elements corresponding to the current location and detect selection of a display element of the set of display elements. The systems and methods modify a display characteristic for the current location of the mobile computing device within a set of mobile computing devices based on the selection of the display element.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method comprising:
identifying a time period associated with a user device; initiating at a first time, the time period associated with the user device; determining, based on location data of the user device, that a current location of the user device is outside of a historical location after the first time; and in response to the determination: modifying an original depiction of a display element to a second depiction of the display element that includes an amount of time remaining prior to an exhaustion of the time period; and subsequent to the modifying of the original depiction of the display element to the depiction of the display element: monitoring the time period to determine whether the time period has been exhausted; determining that the time period has been exhausted at a second time; and in response to determining that the time period has been exhausted at the second time subsequent to the first time, automatically reverting the second depiction of the display element to the original depiction of the display element.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the user device is a mobile computing device.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the location data of the user device is historical location data.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining that the current location of the user is within a predetermined distance from the historical location.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein modifying the original depiction comprises automatically changing a first display characteristic representing the current location to a second display characteristic, the method further comprising in response to determining that the user device is not within the predetermined distance from the historical location, reverting the second display characteristic to the first display characteristic.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein modifying the original depiction comprises automatically changing a first display characteristic representing the current location to a second display characteristic.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the second display characteristic obfuscates at least a portion of the first display characteristic.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein modifying of the original depiction comprises locking the current location of the user device.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the historical location is associated with one or more specified time periods.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the historical location is a home location associated with a user.

11 . A system comprising:
a memory that stores instructions; and one or more processors configured by the instructions to perform operations comprising: identifying a time period associated with a user device; initiating at a first time, the time period associated with the user device; determining, based on location data of the user device, that a current location of the user device is outside of a historical location after the first time; and in response to the determination: modifying an original depiction of a display element to a second depiction of the display element that includes an amount of time remaining prior to an exhaustion of the time period; and subsequent to the modifying of the original depiction of the display element to the depiction of the display element: monitoring the time period to determine whether the time period has been exhausted; determining that the time period has been exhausted at a second time; and in response to determining that the time period has been exhausted at the second time subsequent to the first time, automatically reverting the second depiction of the display element to the original depiction of the display element.

12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the user device is a mobile computing device.

13 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the location data of the user device is historical location data.

14 . The system of claim 11 , further comprising determining that the current location of the user is within a predetermined distance from the historical location.

15 . The system of claim 14 , wherein modifying the original depiction comprises automatically changing a first display characteristic representing the current location to a second display characteristic, the operations further comprising in response to determining that the user device is not within the predetermined distance from the historical location, reverting the second display characteristic to the first display characteristic.

16 . The system of claim 11 , wherein modifying the original depiction comprises automatically changing a first display characteristic representing the current location to a second display characteristic.

17 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the second display characteristic obfuscates at least a portion of the first display characteristic.

18 . The system of claim 11 , wherein modifying of the original depiction comprises locking the current location of the user device.

19 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the historical location is associated with one or more specified time periods.

20 . A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
identifying a time period associated with a user device; initiating at a first time, the time period associated with the user device; determining, based on location data of the user device, that a current location of the user device is outside of a historical location after the first time; and in response to the determination: modifying an original depiction of a display element to a second depiction of the display element that includes an amount of time remaining prior to an exhaustion of the time period; and subsequent to the modifying of the original depiction of the display element to the depiction of the display element: monitoring the time period to determine whether the time period has been exhausted; determining that the time period has been exhausted at a second time; and in response to determining that the time period has been exhausted at the second time subsequent to the first time, automatically reverting the second depiction of the display element to the original depiction of the display element.

Assignees

• Snap Inc

Inventors

• Brody Jonathan
• Lin Walton
• Lin Andrew
• Spiegel Evan

Classifications

• G06Q10/40

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

• H04W68/005

  Transmission of information for alerting of incoming communication · CPC title

• H04W4/02 Primary

  Services making use of location information · CPC title

• G06Q50/01

  Physics · mapped topic