Patents by Inventor Jeremy Voss
Jeremy Voss 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: 11962547Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for performing operations including: retrieving a plurality of content items; determining a first category of a first content item in the plurality of content items; selecting a first presentation arrangement from a plurality of presentation arrangements based on the first category determined for the first content item; and presenting the first content item to a user according to the selected first presentation arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: SNAP INC.Inventors: Newar Husam Al Majid, Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Laurent Desserrey, Matthew Thompson, Jeremy Voss
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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: 11956192Abstract: A message reminder system, to perform operations that include: causing display of a presentation of a message addressed to a user, at a first position among a message feed of the user at a client device; receiving a request to open the message from the user of the client device, the request including a timestamp; detecting a trigger event based on at least the timestamp of the request to open the message, the trigger event comprising event attributes; generating a notification to be applied to the presentation of the message, the notification based on at least the event attributes of the trigger event; moving the presentation of the message from the first position among the message feed to a second position among the message feed; and applying the notification to the presentation of the message.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Newar Husam Al Majid, Laurent Desserrey, Christie Marie Heikkinen, Nathaniel Parrott, Jeremy Voss
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Patent number: 11934473Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for presenting past interactions. The program and method include generating a group profile for a plurality of users that includes a plurality of media items previously exchanged between the plurality of users and saved by at least one of the plurality of users; computing a prior time period as a function of a current date and a specified time interval; searching the plurality of media items to identify a collection of media items that were exchanged between the plurality of users during the prior time period; and generating for display in a graphical user interface a subset of the identified collection of media items.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: SNAP INC.Inventor: Jeremy Voss
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Patent number: 11934780Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to systems for presenting content suggestions within a messaging interface. A content suggestion system performs operations that include: receiving inputs that include a text string into a messaging interface; parsing a keyword from the text string of the input in response to receiving the inputs; retrieving message content that includes at least a media item based on the keyword; and presenting a chat suggestion that includes the message content within the messaging interface, according to certain example embodiments.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Mariya Apanovych, William Brendel, Oleksandr Grytsiuk, Yurii Husiev, Luis Carlos Dos Santos Marujo, Jeremy Voss
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Publication number: 20240089364Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for customizing modifiable videos. An example method includes analyzing recent messages associated with a user in a multimedia messaging application to determine a context of the recent messages, determining, based on the context, a property of a modifiable feature, selecting, based on the context, a list of relevant modifiable videos from a database configured to store modifiable videos associated with a preset modifiable feature, replacing a property of the preset modifiable feature in relevant modifiable videos of the list of relevant modifiable videos with the property of the modifiable feature, and rendering the list of relevant modifiable videos for viewing by the user, where the rendering includes displaying the modifiable feature in the relevant modifiable videos.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Jeremy Voss, Victor Shaburov, Ivan Babanin, Aleksandr Mashrabov, Roman Golobokov
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Patent number: 11930055Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for generating and causing display of a communication interface that facilitates the sharing of emotions through the creation of 3D avatars, and more particularly with the creation of such interfaces for displaying 3D avatars for use with mobile devices, cloud based systems and the like.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2023Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Jesse Chand, Jeremy Voss
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Publication number: 20240069707Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Newar Husam Al Majid, Laurent Desserrey, Christie Marie Heikkinen, Nathaniel Parrott, Jeremy Voss
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Publication number: 20240061559Abstract: A system to generate a graphical user interface to display a presentation of a set of shared user groups between users of a social networking service is described. Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to systems for: receiving an identification of a second user from a user account of a first user; identifying a user group that includes the first user and the second user in response to the identification of the second user from the user account of the first user; retrieving user identifiers of the first user and the second user, wherein the user identifiers may include graphical avatars; generating a group identifier based on the user identifiers; and causing display of a presentation of the user group at a client device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Matthew Colin Grantham, Jeremy Voss, David Whyte
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Publication number: 20240062254Abstract: Embodiments for communicating and displaying collections of image and video clip content with an opt-out interstitial are described. In one example embodiment, a device receives interface information about a group of content collections from a server computer system. When a user inputs a selection of a first content collection, the device displays images and video clips in a sequence defined by the content collection. Each piece of content is displayed for less than a threshold display time. When the device finishes playing the first content collection, the device presents an opt-out interstitial. Additional content collections generated from content submitted by other client devices can be received from the server computer system, and are presented based on a response input, or a lack of response input, to the opt-out interstitial. Some embodiments include content collections generated by the server computer system, as well as advertising elements presented between content collections.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Jeremy Voss, William Wu
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Publication number: 20240062448Abstract: A system to dynamically generate and cause display of composite user identifiers is described. Embodiments of the present disclosure related to systems for: receiving an identification of a user profile from a client device; retrieving user identifiers associated with the user profile and a user profile associated with the client device; selecting an animation script from among a plurality of animation scripts, the animation script including a set of graphical elements; generating a composite user identifier based on the user identifiers associated with the user profile and the user profile associated with the client device; and causing display of a presentation of the composite user identifier at the client device, wherein the presentation is based on the animation script.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Celia Nicole Mourkogiannis, Jeremy Voss
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Publication number: 20240054283Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Inventors: Jeremy Voss, Christie Marie Heikkinen, Daniel Rakhamimov, Laurent Desserrey, Susan Marie Territo, Edward Koai
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Patent number: 11895260Abstract: A system for customizing modifiable videos of a multimedia messaging application (MMA) is provided. In one example embodiment, the system includes at least one processor and a memory storing processor-executable codes, wherein the at least one processor is configured to analyze recent messages of a user to determine a context of the recent messages; determine, based on the context, a customized feature; select, based on the context, a list of relevant modifiable videos from a database configured to store modifiable videos, the modifiable videos being associated with a preset modifiable feature; replace the preset modifiable feature in the relevant modifiable videos with the customized feature; and render a modifiable video from the list of relevant modifiable videos for viewing by the user, the rendering including displaying the customized feature in the relevant modifiable videos.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Jeremy Voss, Victor Shaburov, Ivan Babanin, Aleksandr Mashrabov, Roman Golobokov
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Publication number: 20240040082Abstract: 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 communication between users via multiple modes of electronic communication. The system displays a conversation view that presents messages exchanged between a first user and at least one other user in an electronic chat conversation. The conversation view includes an interactive element to enable the first user to initiate a video call with the at least one other user. Based on receiving user input corresponding to an interaction with the interactive element, the system initiates the video call with the at least one other user. The system displays an active call view to facilitate the video call with the at least one other user. The system toggles from displaying the active call view to displaying the conversation view in response to further user input.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Dylan Shane Eirinberg, Jeremy Voss, William Wu
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Patent number: 11887237Abstract: A system to dynamically generate and cause display of composite user identifiers is described. Embodiments of the present disclosure related to systems for: receiving an identification of a user profile from a client device; retrieving user identifiers associated with the user profile and a user profile associated with the client device; selecting an animation script from among a plurality of animation scripts, the animation script including a set of graphical elements; generating a composite user identifier based on the user identifiers associated with the user profile and the user profile associated with the client device; and causing display of a presentation of the composite user identifier at the client device, wherein the presentation is based on the animation script.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Celia Nicole Mourkogiannis, Jeremy Voss
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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: 11877093Abstract: 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 communication between users via multiple modes of electronic communication. The system displays a conversation view that presents messages exchanged between a first user and at least one other user in an electronic chat conversation. The conversation view includes an interactive element to enable the first user to initiate a video call with the at least one other user. Based on receiving user input corresponding to an interaction with the interactive element, the system initiates the video call with the at least one other user. The system displays an active call view to facilitate the video call with the at least one other user. The system toggles from displaying the active call view to displaying the conversation view in response to further user input.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2022Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Dylan Shane Eirinberg, Jeremy Voss, William Wu
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Patent number: 11868590Abstract: A system to generate a graphical user interface to display a presentation of a set of shared user groups between users of a social networking service is described. Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to systems for: receiving an identification of a second user from a user account of a first user; identifying a user group that includes the first user and the second user in response to the identification of the second user from the user account of the first user; retrieving user identifiers of the first user and the second user, wherein the user identifiers may include graphical avatars; generating a group identifier based on the user identifiers; and causing display of a presentation of the user group at a client device.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Matthew Colin Grantham, Jeremy Voss, David Whyte
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Patent number: 11860959Abstract: Systems and methods for ranking a feed in a social network. The systems and methods include operations for displaying a feed includes identifying a group of users associated with a first user, identifying a plurality of content generated by one or more of the group of users, determining one or more actions that may result when each of the plurality of content is presented to the first user, ranking the content based on the one or more determined actions, and displaying the content to the first user according to the ranking.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Sheldon Chang, Yaming Lin, Andre Madeira, Jeremy Voss
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Patent number: 11860935Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for performing operations including: retrieving, by one or more processors, a plurality of content items; identifying a first content item from the plurality of content items to which a user has previously reacted; determining a category of the first content item; selecting a second content item in the plurality of content items that is associated with the determined category of the first content item to which the user has previously reacted; and presenting the second content item to the user in a presentation arrangement of a graphical user interface.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Newar Husam Al Majid, Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Laurent Desserrey, Matthew Thompson, Jeremy Voss