Patents by Inventor Amanda Durham

Amanda Durham has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20260189418
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for performing operations for providing a shared augmented reality experience in a video chat. A video chat can be established between a plurality of client devices. During the video chat, videos of users associated with the client devices can be displayed. During the video chat, a request from a first client device to activate a first AR experience can be received, and in response, and body parts of users depicted in the videos are modified to include one or more AR elements associated with the first AR experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2026
    Publication date: July 2, 2026
    Inventors: Nathan Richard Banks, Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Amanda Durham, Alex Edelsburg, Maxim Maximov Lazarov, Ryan Thomas
  • Patent number: 12580784
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for performing operations for providing a shared augmented reality experience in a video chat. A video chat can be established between a plurality of client devices. During the video chat, videos of users associated with the client devices can be displayed. During the video chat, a request from a first client device to activate a first AR experience can be received, and in response, and body parts of users depicted in the videos are modified to include one or more AR elements associated with the first AR experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: SNAP INC.
    Inventors: Nathan Richard Banks, Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Amanda Durham, Alex Edelsburg, Maxim Maximov Lazarov, Ryan Thomas
  • Publication number: 20240205036
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for performing operations for providing a shared augmented reality experience in a video chat. A video chat can be established between a plurality of client devices. During the video chat, videos of users associated with the client devices can be displayed. During the video chat, a request from a first client device to activate a first AR experience can be received, and in response, and body parts of users depicted in the videos are modified to include one or more AR elements associated with the first AR experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2024
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Nathan Richard Banks, Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Amanda Durham, Alex Edelsburg, Maxim Maximov Lazarvo, Ryan Thomas
  • Patent number: 11949527
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for performing operations for providing a shared augmented reality experience in a video chat. A video chat can be established between a plurality of client devices. During the video chat, videos of users associated with the client devices can be displayed. During the video chat, a request from a first client device to activate a first AR experience can be received, and in response, and body parts of users depicted in the videos are modified to include one or more AR elements associated with the first AR experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SNAP INC.
    Inventors: Nathan Richard Banks, Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Amanda Durham, Alex Edelsburg, Maxim Maximov Lazarov, Ryan Thomas
  • Publication number: 20230344662
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for performing operations for providing a shared augmented reality experience in a video chat. A video chat can be established between a plurality of client devices. During the video chat, videos of users associated with the client devices can be displayed. During the video chat, a request from a first client device to activate a first AR experience can be received, and in response, and body parts of users depicted in the videos are modified to include one or more AR elements associated with the first AR experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Nathan Richard Banks, Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Amanda Durham, Alex Edelsburg, Maxim Maximov Lazarov, Ryan Thomas