Patents by Inventor Chamal Samaranayake
Chamal Samaranayake 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).
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Patent number: 12177746Abstract: Systems and methods for simplified message grouping and display are provided. In example embodiments, a plurality of messages are received within a conversation which is accessible by a plurality of client devices. Messages are grouped into different cards based on criteria associated with the cards. During a transition between displaying a first of the cards to a second of the cards, an animation may be displayed.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2022Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: William Wu, Michael Brian Murray, Chamal Samaranayake, Erik Wagner
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Publication number: 20240396861Abstract: Methods, devices, systems, and computer readable media with instructions for group text communications between multiple devices, along with communication of associated data and automatic deletion of communications, are described. One embodiment involves generating a first ephemeral group chat, receiving a first ephemeral chat message, associated with one or more deletion triggers, and transmitting the first ephemeral message; and receiving, from at least the second client device, chat monitoring information comprising first deletion trigger information. In various embodiments, coordinated presentation and deletion of ephemeral chat messages are managed in a variety of ways.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2024Publication date: November 28, 2024Inventors: Nicholas Richard Allen, Jonathan Dale Brody, Chamal Samaranayake, William Wu
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Patent number: 12095720Abstract: Methods, devices, systems, and computer readable media with instructions for group text communications between multiple devices, along with communication of associated data and automatic deletion of communications, are described. One embodiment involves generating a first ephemeral group chat, receiving a first ephemeral chat message, associated with one or more deletion triggers, and transmitting the first ephemeral message and receiving, from at least the second client device, chat monitoring information comprising first deletion trigger information. In various embodiments, coordinated presentation and deletion of ephemeral chat messages are managed in a variety of ways.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2021Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Nicholas Richard Allen, Jonathan Dale Brody, Chamal Samaranayake, William Wu
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Patent number: 12069017Abstract: Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure improve the functionality of electronic messaging software and systems by allowing senders to transmit messages and content using a messaging system, and recipients to access such messages and content, even if the recipients do not have access to the messaging system.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2023Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Jacob Andreou, Yang Dai, Sebastian Gil, Tengfei Li, Yansong Liu, Andy Ly, Chamal Samaranayake, Jianwei Tu
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Patent number: 12056182Abstract: Systems and methods for distributing photo filters based on the location of the object in the image are described. A photo filter publication system detects that a client device in communication with the system has captured an image, identifies an object in the image, identifies a location of the object in the image, identifies an image overlay associated with the identified location and having object criteria satisfied by the identified object, and provides the identified image overlay to the client device.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2023Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Sheldon Chang, Chamal Samaranayake, Timothy Michael Sehn, Rong Yan
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Publication number: 20240248598Abstract: A system and method for receiving a user interaction with a user interface of a client device, determining a current communication mode and a desired communication mode, where the desired communication mode is determined based on the user interaction received by the sensor module. The system further sets the desired communication mode as the current communication mode, and causes presentation of a user interface of the client device based on the desired communication mode being set as the current communication mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventors: Jonathan Brody, Matthew Hanover, Chamal Samaranayake, William Wu
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Patent number: 11977732Abstract: A system and method for receiving a user interaction with a user interface of a client device, determining a current communication mode and a desired communication mode, where the desired communication mode is determined based on the user interaction received by the sensor module. The system further sets the desired communication mode as the current communication mode, and causes presentation of a user interface of the client device based on the desired communication mode being set as the current communication mode.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: SNAP INC.Inventors: Jonathan Brody, Matthew Hanover, Chamal Samaranayake, William Wu
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Publication number: 20240119652Abstract: Embodiments described herein include an expressive icon system to present an animated graphical icon, wherein the animated graphical icon is generated by capture facial tracking data at a client device. In some embodiments, the system may track and capture facial tracking data of a user via a camera associated with a client device (e.g., a front facing camera, or a paired camera), and process the facial tracking data to animate a graphical icon.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Newar Husam Al Majid, Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Sheldon Chang, Chamal Samaranayake, Jeremy Voss
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Patent number: 11943183Abstract: Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure improve the functionality of electronic messaging software and systems by allowing senders to transmit messages and content using a messaging system, and recipients to access such messages and content, even if the recipients do not have access to the messaging system.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2023Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Jacob Andreou, Yang Dai, Sebastian Gil, Tengfei Li, Yansong Liu, Andy Ly, Chamal Samaranayake, Jianwei Tu
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Patent number: 11880923Abstract: Embodiments described herein include an expressive icon system to present an animated graphical icon, wherein the animated graphical icon is generated by capture facial tracking data at a client device. In some embodiments, the system may track and capture facial tracking data of a user via a camera associated with a client device (e.g., a front facing camera, or a paired camera), and process the facial tracking data to animate a graphical icon.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2023Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Newar Husam Al Majid, Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Sheldon Chang, Chamal Samaranayake, Jeremy Voss
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Patent number: 11838252Abstract: Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure improve the functionality of electronic messaging software and systems by allowing senders to transmit messages and content using a messaging system, and recipients to access such messages and content, even if the recipients do not have access to the messaging system.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Jacob Andreou, Yang Dai, Sebastian Gil, Tengfei Li, Yansong Liu, Andy Ly, Chamal Samaranayake, Jianwei Tu
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Publication number: 20230328014Abstract: Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure improve the functionality of electronic messaging software and systems by allowing senders to transmit messages and content using a messaging system, and recipients to access such messages and content, even if the recipients do not have access to the messaging system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Inventors: Jacob Andreou, Yang Dai, Sebastian Gil, Tengfei Li, Yansong Liu, Andy Ly, Chamal Samaranayake, Jianwei Tu
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Patent number: 11743219Abstract: A server with a tile construction module has instructions executed by a processor to collect communication threads associated with a user. Tiles representative of the communication threads are dynamically configured in accordance with specified policies to form a tile configuration. The tile configuration is supplied to the user.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventor: Chamal Samaranayake
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Patent number: 11736425Abstract: Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure improve the functionality of electronic messaging software and systems by allowing senders to transmit messages and content using a messaging system, and recipients to access such messages and content, even if the recipients do not have access to the messaging system.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Jacob Andreou, Yang Dai, Sebastian Gil, Tengfei Li, Yansong Liu, Andy Ly, Chamal Samaranayake, Jianwei Tu
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Patent number: 11734342Abstract: Systems and methods for distributing photo filters based on the location of the object in the image are described. A photo filter publication system detects that a client device in communication with the system has captured an image, identifies an object in the image, identifies a location of the object in the image, identifies an image overlay associated with the identified location and having object criteria satisfied by the identified object, and provides the identified image overlay to the client device.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Sheldon Chang, Chamal Samaranayake, Timothy Michael Sehn, Rong Yan
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Publication number: 20230234521Abstract: Systems and methods for causing display of a messaging achievement pictograph based on messaging activity are provided. In some example embodiments, a message activity communication is received by a messaging activity service from a client device, the messaging active communication causing and adjustment to a message activity score and the message activity score transgressing a first threshold activity score. Responsive to the message activity transgressing the first threshold activity score, an achievement pictograph is displayed on the client device. In some example embodiments, the pictograph may be ephemeral and removal of the pictograph may be triggered by a designated time or by the message activity score transgressing a second threshold activity score. In some example embodiments, a notification is generated that notifies a user of the display or removal from display of the achievement pictograph.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2023Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventors: Chamal Samaranayake, Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Jonathan Dale Brody, Nicholas Richard Allen, Evan Spiegel
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Publication number: 20230229688Abstract: Systems and methods are provided receiving, from a computing device associated with a first user of a content sharing platform, a request to access a second user profile associated with a second user in the content sharing platform, accessing activity data related to both the first user and the second user in the content sharing platform, determining common activity data to both the first user and the second user, wherein the common activity data comprises at least one media content item generated by the second user that was viewed or saved by the first user, or one or more datum saved by the first user from a communication received from the second user, and generating second user profile data comprising the common activity data related to both the first user and the second user in the content sharing platform as part of the second user profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Trevor Denton, Kirk Ouimet, Chamal Samaranayake, Jeremy Voss, Haibo Zhao, Zhuangtian Zhao
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Publication number: 20230229693Abstract: Systems and methods for distributing photo filters based on the location of the object in the image are described. A photo filter publication system detects that a client device in communication with the system has captured an image, identifies an object in the image, identifies a location of the object in the image, identifies an image overlay associated with the identified location and having object criteria satisfied by the identified object, and provides the identified image overlay to the client device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Sheldon Chang, Chamal Samaranayake, Timothy Michael Sehn, Rong Yan
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Publication number: 20230215072Abstract: Embodiments described herein include an expressive icon system to present an animated graphical icon, wherein the animated graphical icon is generated by capture facial tracking data at a client device. In some embodiments, the system may track and capture facial tracking data of a user via a camera associated with a client device (e.g., a front facing camera, or a paired camera), and process the facial tracking data to animate a graphical icon.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2023Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Newar Husam Al Majid, Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Sheldon Chang, Chamal Samaranayake, Jeremy Voss
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Patent number: 11688119Abstract: Embodiments described herein include an expressive icon system to present an animated graphical icon, wherein the animated graphical icon is generated by capture facial tracking data at a client device. In some embodiments, the system may track and capture facial tracking data of a user via a camera associated with a client device (e.g., a front facing camera, or a paired camera), and process the facial tracking data to animate a graphical icon.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2022Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Newar Husam Al Majid, Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Sheldon Chang, Chamal Samaranayake, Jeremy Voss