Patents by Inventor Christie Marie Heikkinen

Christie Marie Heikkinen 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: 20210336916
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for receiving an ephemeral message, generating an event overlay interface, causing the event overlay interface to be overlaid on top of the ephemeral message, and receiving a selection of an event overlay component via the event overlay interface. The systems and method are also provided for generating a modified event overlay component based on the added plurality of event overlay content, causing the modified event overlay component to be overlaid on top of the ephemeral message, and transmitting the ephemeral message comprising the overlaid modified event overlay component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Benedict Copping, Christie Marie Heikkinen, Celia Nicole Mourkogiannis, David Taitz, Mai Chi Tran
  • Patent number: 11140257
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for setting a shared ringtone for calls between users. The program and method provide for receiving, from a first device associated with a first user, selection of a ringtone for use with the first device and a second device associated with a second user, the first user and the second user corresponding to contacts in a messaging application; and saving, in response to the receiving, a ringtone setting that is shared by the first user and the second user, the ringtone setting indicating to use the ringtone for a call between the first device and the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Voss, Christie Marie Heikkinen, Daniel Rakhamimov, Laurent Desserrey, Susan Marie Territo
  • Patent number: 11140515
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for providing a user interface for relative device positioning. The program and method provide for receiving a first location of a first device associated with a first user, and a second location of a second device associated with a second user, the first and second users corresponding to contacts in a messaging application; providing an indication of the second location to the first device, and an indication of the first location to the second device; determining that a direction in which the first device is pointing corresponds to the second location, and that a direction in which the second device is pointing corresponds to the first location; providing, in response to the determining, a notification to at least one of the first device or the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Voss, Christie Marie Heikkinen, Daniel Rakhamimov, Laurent Desserrey, Susan Marie Territo, Edward Koai
  • Publication number: 20210306451
    Abstract: A method starts with a processor receiving a content collection from a second computing device associated with a second user. A processor detects input of text data from a text interface overlaid on top of a display of the content collection and analyzes the text data to identify a first characteristic within the text data. The processor also accessing a plurality of personalized avatars associated with a respective avatar characteristic and determines a selection of personalized avatars that match the first characteristic by comparing the first characteristic against the respective avatar characteristic associated with each of the plurality of personalize avatars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Christie Marie Heikkinen, David Phillip Taitz, Jeremy Baker Voss, David Whyte, Yiwen Zhan
  • Publication number: 20210303139
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for prioritizing display of an icon representing a user with available content. The program and method provide for determining a display order for multiple icons, each icon corresponding to a user of a messaging application having a content collection available for display; receiving, from a device, an indication to prioritize display of a selected icon of the multiple icons relative to other icons of the multiple icons; updating, in response to receiving the indication, the display order to prioritize display of the selected icon relative to the other icons; and providing, to the device, an indication of the updated display order to cause the multiple icons to be displayed according to the updated display order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Jeremy Voss, Christie Marie Heikkinen, Daniel Rakhamimov, Laurent Desserrey, Susan Marie Territo
  • Publication number: 20210303112
    Abstract: An interactive sticker system to perform operations that include: causing display of a presentation of media at a client device, the presentation of the media including a display of an icon within the presentation of the media; receiving an input that selects the icon from the client device, the input comprising an input attribute; generating a menu element based on the icon and the input attribute in response to the input that selects the icon; and presenting the menu element at a position within the presentation of the media at the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Shaun Harrison, Christie Marie Heikkinen, David Phillip Taitz
  • Publication number: 20210306288
    Abstract: A method, to manage an event invitation in a computer network environment, comprises presenting, using one or more processors, an event invitation creation indicium to a first user on a user interface of a computing device. Responsive to user selection of the event invitation creation indicium, an event creation interface is presented to receive event details. Responsive to receipt of the event details, an event invitation message is generated for communication, via a messaging system, by the first user to a second user of the messaging system, the event invitation message including a join indicium that is user-selectable to join a group chat related to the event. Responsive to a message send input from the first user, the event invitation message is sent, via the messaging system, from the first user to the second user. A request is received, from the second user, a request to join the group chat related to the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Benedict Copping, Christie Marie Heikkinen, Celia Nicole Mourkogiannis, David Taitz, Mai Chi Tran
  • Publication number: 20210304469
    Abstract: A method starts with a processor receiving, at a computing system from a client device, descriptive text data from a descriptive text interface displayed on the client device, the descriptive text data associated with a media content item displayed on the client device, analyzing the descriptive text data to identify at least one data characteristic within the descriptive text data, and accessing a plurality of personalized media overlay icons each comprising at least one media overlay icon characteristic. The processor determines whether the identified data characteristic is associated with any of the at least one media overlay icon characteristics of each of the plurality of personalized media overlay icons, generates a personalized overlay icon interface which includes a selection of the plurality of personalized media overlay icons that include at least one media content icon characteristic associated with the data characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Christie Marie Heikkinen, David Phillip Taitz
  • Patent number: 11128586
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for performing operations including: receiving, by a messaging application, input that selects an option to generate a message using an avatar with a caption; presenting, by the messaging application, the avatar and a caption entry region proximate to the avatar; populating, by the messaging application, the caption entry region with a text string comprising one or more words; determining, by the messaging application, context based on the one or more words in the text string; and modifying, by the messaging application, an expression of the avatar based on the determined context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Newar Husam Al Majid, Timothy Jordan Garcia, Matthew Colin Grantham, Christie Marie Heikkinen, Denise Marcela Martinez, David Whyte
  • Patent number: 11106863
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for replacing text in a message thread. The program and method provide for receiving an indication of user input provided by a first user, the user input comprising a text-based term for updating a message thread between the first user and a second user; determining that the text-based term is included within a set of predefined terms, each predefined term within the set of predefined terms having corresponding replacement content for including in the message thread, the replacement content having been specified by the first or second user with respect to messages exchanged between the first and second user; and providing, in response to the determining and based on the set of predefined terms, the replacement content corresponding to the text-based term within the message thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Voss, Christie Marie Heikkinen, Daniel Rakhamimov, Laurent Desserrey, Susan Marie Territo, Edward Koai
  • Patent number: 11106342
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, method, and user interfaces to facilitate electronic chat conversations between users via multiple modes of electronic communication. A conversation view is displayed on a touch screen display of a client device. The conversation view presents messages exchanged between a first user and at least one other user in an electronic chat conversation. A user input comprising a touch gesture corresponding to an interaction with the display of the conversation view is received. Based on the user input, a camera feed view is displayed on the touch screen display. The camera feed view comprises a display of image data and enables a user to create a message comprising one or more images. A message is generated, and an indication of the message is displayed in the conversation view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Newar Husam Al Majid, Laurent Desserrey, Christie Marie Heikkinen, Nathaniel Parrott, Jeremy Voss
  • Publication number: 20210255750
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of data transmission comprises: displaying a preview of a message; receiving a send gesture; displaying a send to window listing potential recipients once the send gesture reaches a threshold; receiving a recipient selection; and transmitting the previewed message to the selected recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Newar Husam Al Majid, Laurent Desserrey, Christie Marie Heikkinen, Nathaniel Parrott, Jeremy Voss
  • Publication number: 20210235225
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for displaying widgets. In some aspects, criteria for ranking widgets may be dynamically evaluated based on conditions associated with each widget. In some aspects, the conditions may consider a time or location of an event a social network user is scheduled to attend, and a relation to that time and location to a current time and/or current user location. Evaluation of the conditions may contribute to the determination of weights for each of the respective widgets, with the ranking based on the weights. Widgets with the highest rank may be invoked, and selectively displayed on an electronic display. Multiple possible parameter values for the displayed widgets may also be dynamically ranked and selected values applied when invoking the widget.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: William Alexander Strand, Travis M. Grigsby, Benjamin Ralph Hollis, Bobby Lo, Christie Marie Heikkinen
  • Publication number: 20210226908
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for detecting a gesture made via a display of a first computing device during display of a message comprising first media content, determining that the gesture triggers a second graphical user interface to respond to the message by opening a camera view to capture a second media content, and based on determining that the gesture triggers the second graphical user interface, causing the second graphical user interface to display on the display of the first computing device comprising the camera view. The systems and methods further provide for detecting capture of the second media content via the second graphical user interface comprising the camera view and sending a reply message comprising the second media content in response to the first message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Newar Husam Al Majid, Laurent Desserrey, Christie Marie Heikkinen, Nathaniel Parrott, Jeremy Voss, David Taitz, Chang Li
  • Publication number: 20210226907
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of displaying a user interface comprises: displaying a preview of a message on a screen; receiving a discard motion; displaying a discard instruction with varying opacity during the receiving, the opacity increasing in proportion to a range of the discard motion; reaching a minimum motion threshold; and discarding the message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Newar Husam Al Majid, Laurent Desserrey, Christie Marie Heikkinen, Nathaniel Parrott, Jeremy Voss
  • Patent number: 11062498
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for animating a pull-to-refresh gesture. The program and method provide for receiving a pull gesture in a messaging application; selecting, in response to receiving the pull gesture, a set of users corresponding to contacts in the messaging application; and displaying a set of images for each user in the set of users, in association with refreshing screen content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Voss, Christie Marie Heikkinen, Daniel Rakhamimov, Laurent Desserrey, Susan Marie Territo, Edward Koai, Joseph Timothy Fortier
  • Publication number: 20210203860
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for including a video feed in a message thread. The program and method provide for determining that a message thread is being concurrently displayed on a first device associated with a first user and on a second device associated with a second user, the first user and the second user corresponding to contacts within a messaging application; and transmitting, in response to the determining, image data captured on the first device to the second device, for display within the message thread on the second device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Jeremy Voss, Christie Marie Heikkinen, Daniel Rakhamimov, Laurent Desserrey, Susan Marie Territo
  • Patent number: 11036368
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of data transmission comprises: displaying a preview of a message; receiving a send gesture; displaying a send to window listing potential recipients once the send gesture reaches a threshold; receiving a recipient selection; and transmitting the previewed message to the selected recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Newar Husam Al Majid, Laurent Desserrey, Christie Marie Heikkinen, Nathaniel Parrott, Jeremy Voss
  • Publication number: 20210176197
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for performing operations including: receiving, by a messaging application, input that selects an option to generate a message using an avatar with a caption; presenting, by the messaging application, the avatar and a caption entry region proximate to the avatar; populating, by the messaging application, the caption entry region with a text string comprising one or more words; determining, by the messaging application, context based on the one or more words in the text string; and modifying, by the messaging application, an expression of the avatar based on the determined context.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Newar Husam Al Majid, Timothy Jordan Garcia, Matthew Colin Grantham, Christie Marie Heikkinen, Denise Marcela Martinez, David Whyte
  • Patent number: 11019011
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of displaying a user interface comprises: displaying a preview of a message on a screen; receiving a discard motion; displaying a discard instruction with varying opacity during the receiving, the opacity increasing in proportion to a range of the discard motion; reaching a minimum motion threshold; and discarding the message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Newar Husam Al Majid, Laurent Desserrey, Christie Marie Heikkinen, Nathaniel Parrott, Jeremy Voss