Patents by Inventor Evan Spiegel

Evan Spiegel 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).

  • Patent number: 9015285
    Abstract: A system and method for accessing a media item on a mobile device are described. The mobile device includes a media placement application and a media display application. The media placement application receives a selection of a media item generated by the mobile device. The media placement application generates access conditions for the media item based on geolocation and position information of the mobile device associated with the selected media item. The media display application monitors the geolocation and position of the mobile device and determines whether the geolocation and position of the mobile device meet the access conditions of the selected media item. The media display application generates a notification that the selected media item is available to view in a display of the mobile device in response to determining that the geolocation and position of the mobile device meet the access conditions of the selected media item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Snapchat, Inc.
    Inventors: Rylee Ebsen, Nathan Jurgenson, Ryan Marzolph, Evan Spiegel
  • Patent number: 8914752
    Abstract: An electronic device comprises a display and an ephemeral message controller to present on the display an ephemeral message for a transitory period of time. A touch controller identifies haptic contact on the display during the transitory period of time. The ephemeral message controller terminates the ephemeral message in response to the haptic contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Snapchat, Inc.
    Inventor: Evan Spiegel
  • Publication number: 20140359032
    Abstract: A server has a processor and a memory storing a message thread module with instructions executed by the processor to maintain a message thread between users of client devices. Message thread state changes are queued at the server. The message thread is revised based upon the message thread state changes to form shared message thread state. The shared message thread state is stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Snapchat, Inc.
    Inventors: Evan Spiegel, Timothy Sehn
  • Publication number: 20140359024
    Abstract: A server includes a message thread module with instructions executed by a processor to maintain a message thread between a first user and a second user. Each entry of the message thread is deleted after a display period unless an indication regarding the entry is received during the display period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: SNAPCHAT, INC.
    Inventor: Evan Spiegel