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).

  • Publication number: 20230336514
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a messaging system configured to: receive a request to generate a message at a first client device; cause display of a message notification within an interface of a second client device, wherein the message was addressed to a recipient of the second client device; receive a request to un-send the message from the first client device; and remove the message notification from the interface at the second client device in response to the request to un-send the message, according to some example embodiments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventor: Jeremy Voss
  • Patent number: 11790051
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SNAP INC
    Inventors: Trevor Denton, Swetha Krishna Prabhakar, Jeremy Voss
  • Patent number: 11784957
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a messaging system configured to: receive a request to generate a message at a first client device; cause display of a message notification within an interface of a second client device, wherein the message was addressed to a recipient of the second client device; receive a request to un-send the message from the first client device; and remove the message notification from the interface at the second client device in response to the request to un-send the message, according to some example embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventor: Jeremy Voss
  • Patent number: 11776194
    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: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SNAP INC
    Inventors: Jeremy Voss, Christie Marie Heikkinen, Daniel Rakhamimov, Laurent Desserrey, Susan Marie Territo, Edward Koai, Joseph Timothy Fortier
  • Patent number: 11775134
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to mobile computing technology and, more particularly, but not by way of limitation, to systems for generating and presenting a graphical user interface (GUI) that includes a presentation of an animated icon (e.g., a digital pet) on a display of a client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SNAP INC.
    Inventors: Jeremy Voss, Jesse Chand, Dylan Shane Eirinberg, William Wu, Chiayi Lin, Anna Liberman
  • Publication number: 20230291697
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for performing operations including: retrieving, by one or more processors, a plurality of content items; identifying a list of friends of a user on a messaging application; obtaining reaction data for each friend in the list of friends, the reaction data identifying a set of content items to which respective ones of the friends in the list of friends reacted; selecting, based on the reaction data, a first content item in the plurality of content items that is included in the set of content items to which respective ones of the friends in the list of friends reacted; and presenting the first content item to the user in a presentation arrangement of a graphical user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Newar Husam Al Majid, Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Laurent Desserrey, Matthew Thompson, Jeremy Voss
  • Publication number: 20230282025
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a messaging system are provided. An example method includes receiving an authorization from a user to enable use of a self-image of a further user in a personalized video, sending, in response to the authorization, the personalized video including at least part of the self-image of the further user and at least part of a stock video to a further computing device associated with the further user, and receiving, from the further computing device, an indication of whether the further user has authorized using the self-image in the personalized video. The method includes receiving a text typed by the user, synthesizing a voice reading or singing the text, and adding the voice to the personalized video. The method includes, prior to sending the personalized video, modifying a voice present in the personalized video to match the voice of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Jeremy Voss, Dallin Dyer
  • Publication number: 20230269214
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a method for managing chat conversation retention models. The method may include causing display of an interface that enables a user to select one of multiple retention models for association with an electronic chat conversation, and receiving, via the selector interface, a selection of a particular retention model. The retention model specifies an amount of time that each individual message in the electronic chat conversation is accessible upon being read by a receiving user. The method further includes storing a newly received message as part of the chat conversation, where the storing includes configuring a retention duration attribute for the message in accordance with the amount of time specified by the retention model. The method further includes erasing the message in accordance with the retention duration attribute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Jeremy Voss, Jonathan Brody, Nathan Kenneth Boyd
  • Patent number: 11726642
    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: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Newar Husam Al Majid, Laurent Desserrey, Christie Marie Heikkinen, Nathaniel Parrott, Jeremy Voss
  • Patent number: 11729343
    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: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Voss, Christie Marie Heikkinen, Daniel Rakhamimov, Laurent Desserrey, Susan Marie Territo
  • Publication number: 20230251818
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for streaming audio between devices. The program and method provide for receiving, from a first device associated with a first user, an indication that audio output of the first device is via an external audio output device; providing the indication to a second device associated with a second user, the first user and the second user corresponding to contacts in a messaging application; receiving, from the second device and in response to the providing, audio input and a request to stream the audio input to the first device; and providing, to the first device, the audio input for streaming on the first device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Jeremy Voss, Christie Marie Heikkinen, Daniel Rakhamimov, Laurent Desserrey, Susan Marie Territo
  • Patent number: 11721046
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for customizing soundtracks and hairstyles in modifiable videos of multimedia messaging application. An example method includes determining, by a computing device, that a user has provided an instruction to select automatically, based on parameters of a modifiable video, a selfie image for insertion into the modifiable video, where the selfie image is selected from a set of pre-generated selfie images associated with hairstyles, in response to the determination, selecting, by the computing device and based on the parameters of the modifiable video, the selfie image from the set of pre-generated selfie images, and generating, by the computing device and based on the selfie image of the user and the modifiable video, a personalized video of the user, where the personalized video includes at least a part of the selfie image and at least a part of the modifiable video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Voss, Victor Shaburov, Ivan Semenov, Diana Maximova, Alina Berezhko
  • Patent number: 11722448
    Abstract: Systems and computer-implement methods of displaying archived data are provided for determining that it is an anniversary of the archived data, the archived data including a message transmitted from a first client device to a second client device; causing display, on the first client device, of a graphical indicium and an avatar of a user associated with the first client device, the graphical indicium indicating an anniversary associated with the message transmitted from the first client device to the second client device; causing, display on the first client device of a notification of the anniversary; and causing the display of the graphical indicium and notification of the anniversary to be removed after a predefined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: SNAP INC.
    Inventor: Jeremy Voss
  • Patent number: 11722452
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a method for managing chat conversation retention models. The method may include causing display of an interface that enables a user to select one of multiple retention models for association with an electronic chat conversation, and receiving, via the selector interface, a selection of a particular retention model. The retention model specifies an amount of time that each individual message in the electronic chat conversation is accessible upon being read by a receiving user. The method further includes storing a newly received message as part of the chat conversation, where the storing includes configuring a retention duration attribute for the message in accordance with the amount of time specified by the retention model. The method further includes erasing the message in accordance with the retention duration attribute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Voss, Jonathan Brody, Nathan Kenneth Boyd
  • Publication number: 20230229688
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Trevor Denton, Kirk Ouimet, Chamal Samaranayake, Jeremy Voss, Haibo Zhao, Zhuangtian Zhao
  • Patent number: 11706166
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for performing operations including: retrieving, by one or more processors, a plurality of content items; identifying a list of friends of a user on a messaging application; obtaining reaction data for each friend in the list of friends, the reaction data identifying a set of content items to which respective ones of the friends in the list of friends reacted; selecting, based on the reaction data, a first content item in the plurality of content items that is included in the set of content items to which respective ones of the friends in the list of friends reacted; and presenting the first content item to the user in a presentation arrangement of a graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Newar Husam Al Majid, Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Laurent Desserrey, Matthew Thompson, Jeremy Voss
  • Patent number: 11704005
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to a collaborative achievement system for: detecting, at a client device associated with a first user, a collaborative achievement between at least the first user and a second user; selecting an achievement designator based on attributes of the collaborative achievement, wherein the achievement designator comprises personalization instructions for the achievement designator; retrieving, at the client device, user profile information from a first user account and a second user account associated with the first user and the second user; personalizing the achievement designator based on the user profile information and the personalization instructions; and causing display of a presentation of the personalized achievement designator at the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Colin Grantham, Jeremy Voss, David Whyte, Haibo Zhao
  • Patent number: 11704851
    Abstract: A method is provided that includes displaying, by a computing device, representations of a plurality of stock videos to a user. The representations are at a still image, a partial clip, and/or a full play of the stock video. Each of the representations include a face outline for insertion of a facial image of a user. When the user has provided a self-image to the computing device, the facial image of the user is inserted in the face outline of the representations. The facial image is extracted from the self-image. The method may include receiving a selection of one of the representations of the plurality of stock videos, and displaying a personalized video including a selected stock video with the facial image positioned within a further face outline corresponding to the face outline of the selected representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Voss, Dallin Dyer
  • Patent number: 11706267
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse Chand, Jeremy Voss
  • Publication number: 20230221839
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to a collaborative achievement system for: detecting, at a client device associated with a first user, a collaborative achievement between at least the first user and a second user; selecting an achievement designator based on attributes of the collaborative achievement, wherein the achievement designator comprises personalization instructions for the achievement designator; retrieving, at the client device, user profile information from a first user account and a second user account associated with the first user and the second user; personalizing the achievement designator based on the user profile information and the personalization instructions; and causing display of a presentation of the personalized achievement designator at the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew Colin Grantham, Jeremy Voss, David Whyte, Haibo Zhao