Geo-location based event gallery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9532171-B2
Application number	US-201514738069-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 12, 2015
Priority date	Jun 13, 2014
Publication date	Dec 27, 2016
Grant date	Dec 27, 2016

Abstract

A computer implemented method may include receiving geo-location data from a device of a user; comparing the geo-location data with a geo-location fence associated with an event; determining that the geo-location data corresponds to the geo-location fence associated with the event; responsive to the determining that the geo-location data corresponds to the geo-location fence associated with the event, supplying user-selectable event gallery information, associated with an event gallery of the event, to the device for addition to a destination list on the device; detecting selection of the user-selectable event gallery information in the destination list by the user of the device; and/or responsive to the detecting of the selection of the user-selectable event gallery information by the user of the device, adding the user as a follower of the event, with access to the event gallery.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer implemented method, comprising:
receiving, at a server computer, geo-location data from a device of a user;
comparing, by the server computer, the geo-location data with a geo-location fence associated with an event;
determining, by the server computer, that the geo-location data corresponds to the geo-location fence associated with the event;
responsive to the determining that the geo-location data corresponds to the geo-location fence associated with the event, supplying, by the server computer, user-selectable event gallery information, associated with an event gallery of the event, to the device for addition to a destination list on the device, wherein the destination list comprises an entry for an individual in a social network;
detecting, by the server computer, selection of the user-selectable event gallery information in the destination list by the user of the device; and
responsive to the detecting of the selection of the user-selectable event gallery information by the user of the device, adding, by the server computer, the user as a follower of the event, with access to the event gallery.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising;
supplying the event gallery in response to a request from the user, the event gallery including a collection of content relating to the event.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 2 , wherein the collection of content comprises photographs or videos.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 3 , wherein the collection of content comprises a sequence of individual ephemeral messages, the individual ephemeral messages including the photographs or videos.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 1 further comprising, responsive to the detecting of the selection of the user-selectable event gallery information by the user, posting a message generated on the device to the event gallery.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 5 further comprising, responsive to the detecting of the selection of the user-selectable event gallery information by the user, providing a prompt to explain terms associated with the posting the message to the event gallery.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 5 , further comprising:
detecting selection of the entry for the individual in the social network of the user; and
responsive to the detecting of the selection of the entry for the individual by the user, sending the message to the individual in the social network of the user.

8. The computer implemented method of claim 5 , wherein the message includes a photograph or a video.

9. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
maintaining the user-selectable event gallery information in the destination list for a duration of the event.

10. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the event gallery is available for a specific specified transitory period.

11. The computer implemented method of claim 10 , wherein the specified transitory period corresponds to a duration of the event.

12. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the geo-location data is received as a registration request from the device of the user.

13. A server comprising:
a processor; and
a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the server to perform operations comprising:
receiving geo-location data from a device of a user;
comparing the geo-location data with a geo-location fence associated with an event;
determining that the geo-location data corresponds to the geo-location fence associated with the event;
responsive to the determination that the geo-location data corresponds to the geo-location fence associated with the event, supplying user-selectable event gallery information, associated with an event gallery of the event, to the device for addition to a destination list on the device, wherein the destination list comprises an entry for an individual in a social network;
detecting selection of the user-selectable event gallery information in the destination list by the user of the device; and
responsive to the detecting of the selection of the user-selectable event gallery information by the user of the device, adding the user as a follower of the event, with access to the event gallery.

14. The server of claim 13 , wherein the event gallery comprises a collection of content relating to the event.

15. The server of claim 14 , wherein the collection of content comprises photographs or videos.

16. The server of claim 15 , wherein the collection of content comprises a sequence of individual ephemeral messages, the individual ephemeral messages including the photographs or videos.

17. The server of claim 13 . the operation further comprising:
responsive to the detecting of the selection of the user-selectable event gallery information by the user, posting a message generated on the device to the event gallery.

18. The server of claim 17 , the operations further comprising:
detecting selection of the entry for the individual in the social network of the user; and
sending, responsive to the detecting of the selection of the entry for the individual by the user, the message to the individual in the social network of the user.

19. The server of claim 13 , the operations further comprising:
maintaining the user-selectable event gallery information in the destination list for a duration of the event.

20. The computer implemented method of claim 1 wherein the destination list on the device comprises indicia associated with the event.

Assignees

• Snap Inc

Inventors

• Allen Nicholas Richard
• Murphy Robert Cornelius
• Spiegel Evan

Classifications

• G06Q10/40

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• G06F40/279

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• G06Q30/0276 Primary

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• G06Q30/0275

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• H04W4/021 Primary

  Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences · CPC title