Patents by Inventor Kenneth Boyd
Kenneth Boyd 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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Publication number: 20230344662Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for performing operations for providing a shared augmented reality experience in a video chat. A video chat can be established between a plurality of client devices. During the video chat, videos of users associated with the client devices can be displayed. During the video chat, a request from a first client device to activate a first AR experience can be received, and in response, and body parts of users depicted in the videos are modified to include one or more AR elements associated with the first AR experience.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2022Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Nathan Richard Banks, Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Amanda Durham, Alex Edelsburg, Maxim Maximov Lazarov, Ryan Thomas
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Publication number: 20230336519Abstract: A messaging system for exchanging data over a network, configuring an intermediate connection tier system that provides a multi-tier connections messaging framework. The intermediate connection tier system generates, based on the contact data of a user, an intermediate tier of connected user accounts. Each account in the intermediate tier of connected user accounts is provided with messaging privileges with respect to the account of the user, without being associated with expanded access connection tier links, sometimes referred to as friendship links, between their respective accounts with respect to the account of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Benedict Copping, Benjamin Ralph Hollis, Susan Marie Territo, Jeremy Baker Voss, Yu Wang
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Publication number: 20230308411Abstract: In some examples, a method includes maintaining first electronic contact data for a plurality of users of an interaction system, and relationship data relating to relationships between the plurality of users. The method also includes, using the first electronic contact data and the relationship data, automatically generating composite electronic contact data. The composite electronic contact data includes a first electronic contact record for a first user with which a specific user has a relationship as reflected in the relationship data, and a second electronic contact record for a second user with which the specific user has no relationship as reflected in the relationship data. The composite electronic contact data is presented within the interaction system in a manner that visually distinguishes between the first electronic contact record and the second electronic contact record. The specific user is enabled to initiate an electronic interaction with the second user.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Inventors: Yuanchen Bai, Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Benjamin Ralph Hollis, Vinay Kola, Qi Li, Ketan Sethi, Wade Spires, Susan Marie Territo, Jeremy Baker Voss, Yu Wang, Aleksandr Zhang
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Publication number: 20230308515Abstract: A social network image pool system can capture one or more image data items (e.g., image, video) in a temporary persistent post pool. The post pool enables for efficient capture of multiple image data items for publishing in a manner that allows multiple images data items to be captured while preserving the editability of the multiple items before they are published to a social network site.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Inventors: Newar Husam Al Majid, Nathan Kenneth Boyd
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Publication number: 20230300286Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for presenting subtitles. The systems and methods include accessing, by a user device, a video discovery graphical user interface that includes a plurality of videos; receiving a user input that gradually reduces volume of the user device; determining that the volume of the user device has gradually been reduced by the user input until a mute state has been reached in which audio output of the user device is disabled; and in response to determining that the volume of the user device has gradually been reduced until the mute state has been reached, automatically causing subtitles of a first video of the plurality of videos to be displayed during playback of the first video.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Andrew Grosvenor Cooper, David Michael Hornsby, Georgiy Kassabli, Matthew Thompson
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Publication number: 20230300176Abstract: A web calling client that enhances video conferencing is described. The web calling client is provided by a messaging system that facilitates exchanging data over a network. The web calling client is launched in a web browser of a user device to display a user interface that includes an output of a digital image sensor of a camera. The web calling client is configured to provide augmented reality experiences provided by the messaging system.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2022Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Laurent Desserrey, Alex Edelsburg, Benjamin Ralph Hollis, David Paliwoda, Jerymy Baker Voss
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Patent number: 11765178Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide for control of an external display by a client device. In one aspect, a system includes at least one electronic hardware processor and an electronic hardware memory, operably connected to the at least one electronic hardware processor, and storing instructions that configure the at least one electronic hardware processor to transmit a barcode to a first client device, establish an authenticated session with a second client device, receive an indication of the barcode from the second client device via the authenticated session, receive input from the second client device indicating a selection of content, access the selected content via the authenticated session, and transmit the selected content to the first client device based on the barcode received from the second client device.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2022Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Djan Belli, Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Michael Joseph DiBenedetto, David Michael Hornsby, Peter Lapin, Richard Andrew Leatham, Daniel M. Silva, Kevin Joseph Thornberry
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Publication number: 20230291697Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventors: Newar Husam Al Majid, Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Laurent Desserrey, Matthew Thompson, Jeremy Voss
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Patent number: 11743222Abstract: A messaging system for exchanging data over a network, configuring an intermediate connection tier system that provides a multi-tier connections messaging framework. The intermediate connection tier system generates, based on the contact data of a user, an intermediate tier of connected user accounts. Each account in the intermediate tier of connected user accounts is provided with messaging privileges with respect to the account of the user, without being associated with expanded access connection tier links, sometimes referred to as friendship links, between their respective accounts with respect to the account of the user.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Benedict Copping, Benjamin Ralph Hollis, Susan Marie Territo, Jeremy Baker Voss, Yu Wang
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Publication number: 20230269214Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Inventors: Jeremy Voss, Jonathan Brody, Nathan Kenneth Boyd
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Publication number: 20230269345Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system and a method for performing operations comprising: displaying, by a messaging application, a sound capture screen that enables a user to record the sound; after the sound is recorded using the sound capture screen, generating, by the messaging application, a visual element associated with the sound; receiving, by the messaging application, selection of the visual element from a displayed list of visual elements representing different sounds; in response to receiving the selection of the visual element, conditionally adding one or more graphics representing the sound to one or more images at a user selected position based on a privacy status of the sound; and playing, by the messaging application, the sound associated with the visual element together with displaying the one or more images.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Inventors: NATHAN KENNETH BOYD, JONATHAN DALE BRODY, ANDREW GROSVENOR COOPER, JOSEPH TIMOTHY FORTIER, BRANDON FRANCIS, CHRISTIE MARIE HEIKKINEN, RANIDU LANKAGE
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Patent number: 11736572Abstract: A social network image pool system can capture one or more image data items (e.g., image, video) in a temporary persistent post pool. The post pool enables for efficient capture of multiple image data items for publishing in a manner that allows multiple images data items to be captured while preserving the editability of the multiple items before they are published to a social network site.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Newar Husam Al Majid, Nathan Kenneth Boyd
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Patent number: 11722452Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 9, 2022Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Jeremy Voss, Jonathan Brody, Nathan Kenneth Boyd
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Patent number: 11716243Abstract: A classification based notification system is disclosed which performs operations that include: accessing user profile data associated with a user account associated with a client device, the user profile data including a list of user connections; designating a notification type to a portion of the list of user connections, the notification type corresponding to an alert attribute; receiving a notification from a user connection from among the portion of the list of user connections at the client device; and presenting an alert based on the alert attribute that corresponds with the notification type associated with the portion of the list of user connections at the client device.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2020Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Siqi Chen, Edward Koai, Yansong Liu, Celia Nicole Mourkogiannis, Khoi Tran
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Publication number: 20230239197Abstract: A classification based notification system is disclosed which performs operations that include: accessing user profile data associated with a user account associated with a client device, the user profile data including a list of user connections; designating a notification type to a portion of the list of user connections, the notification type corresponding to an alert attribute; receiving a notification from a user connection from among the portion of the list of user connections at the client device; and presenting an alert based on the alert attribute that corresponds with the notification type associated with the portion of the list of user connections at the client device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2023Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventors: Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Siqi Chen, Edward Koai, Yansong Liu, Celia Nicole Mourkogiannis, Khoi Tran
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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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Patent number: 11706166Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 17, 2022Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Newar Husam Al Majid, Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Laurent Desserrey, Matthew Thompson, Jeremy Voss
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Patent number: 11700225Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 23, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Benedict Copping, Christie Marie Heikkinen, Celia Nicole Mourkogiannis, David Taitz, Mai Chi Tran
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Patent number: 11700220Abstract: A system includes a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for generating collections of media content. The program and method provide for selecting a plurality of narrative group criteria for a media content collection, the plurality of narrative group criteria being stored in a database; for each narrative group criterion in the plurality, selecting a respective media content item associated with the narrative group criterion and with a user, based on a time the respective media content item was generated and a keyword, image, video or audio in the respective media content item, determining a title that corresponds to the narrative group criterion, and updating the media content collection to include the title and the respective media content item; and causing the media content collection to be displayed on a computing device of the user.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Jonathan Brody, Ken W. Chung, Justin Huang, Teresa Lieh
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Publication number: 20230216817Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for providing permissions for accessing shared content collections. The program and method provide for receiving, from a first device associated with a first user, an indication of first user input to share a content collection between the first user and a second user selected by the first user, the content collection comprising at least one media content item, the second user corresponding to a contact of the first user within a messaging application; storing the content collection in association with the first user and the second user; providing the first user with a first set of permissions for accessing the content collection; and providing the second user with a second set of permissions for accessing the content collection, the second set of permissions being more restrictive than the first set of permissions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2022Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Siqi Chen, Matthew Lee Cook, Andreq Grosvenor Cooper, Benedict Copping, Edward Koai, Tao Marvin Liu, Yiwen Zhan, Mian Zhang