Patents by Inventor Kirk Ouimet
Kirk Ouimet 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: 11388226Abstract: Systems and methods for guided personal identity based actions are provided. In example embodiments, a user-specified action from a first user device of a first user is received. The user-specified action pertains to the first user and uses data of the first user when performed. The user-specified action is linked to an identifier. An indication of the identifier is received from a second user device of a second user. In response to receiving the indication of the identifier, the user-specified action linked to the identifier is identified, the data of the first user is accessed, a user interface that includes an option to perform the user-specified action using the data of the first user is generated, and the generated user interface is presented on the second user device.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2018Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Landon Anderton, Garrett Gee, Ryan Hornberger, Kirk Ouimet, Kameron Sheffield, Benjamin Turley
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Publication number: 20220215193Abstract: Systems and methods for custom functional patterns for optical barcodes are provided. In example embodiments, image data of an image is received from a user device. A candidate shape feature of the image is extracted from the image data. A determination is made that the shape feature satisfies a shape feature rule. In response to the candidate shape feature satisfying the shape feature rule, a custom graphic in the image is identified by comparing the candidate shape feature with a reference shape feature of the custom graphic. In response to identifying the custom graphic, data encoded in a portion of the image is decoded.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2022Publication date: July 7, 2022Inventors: Landon Anderton, Garrett Gee, Ryan Hornberger, Kirk Ouimet, Kameron Sheffield, Benjamin Turley
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Patent number: 11334614Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 1, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Trevor Denton, Kirk Ouimet, Chamal Samaranayake, Jeremy Voss, Haibo Zhao, Zhuangtian Zhao
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Patent number: 11321597Abstract: Systems and methods for using facial patterns for information access via optical barcodes are provided. In example embodiments, a computer accesses an image. The computer determines, using facial recognition, that the accessed image includes a face. The computer determines, using the face, an orientation of the image. The computer decodes, based on the determined orientation of the image, data encoded within the geometric shape. The computer may then access a resource based on the decoded data. In some aspects, a graphical output may be presented on a display device indicating the accessed resource.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Evan Spiegel, Kirk Ouimet
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Patent number: 11308302Abstract: Systems and methods for custom functional patterns for optical barcodes are provided. In example embodiments, image data of an image is received from a user device. A candidate shape feature of the image is extracted from the image data. A determination is made that the shape feature satisfies a shape feature rule. In response to the candidate shape feature satisfying the shape feature rule, a custom graphic in the image is identified by comparing the candidate shape feature with a reference shape feature of the custom graphic. In response to identifying the custom graphic, data encoded in a portion of the image is decoded.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2019Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Landon Anderton, Garrett Gee, Ryan Hornberger, Kirk Ouimet, Kameron Sheffield, Benjamin Turley
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Publication number: 20220076457Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media to modify image content. One aspect includes identifying, by one or more electronic hardware processors, an image and content within the image, determining, by the one or more electronic hardware processors, a sky region of the image, determining, by the one or more electronic hardware processors, whether the content within the image is located within the sky region of the image, and in response to the content being within the sky region of the image, modifying, by the one or more electronic hardware processors, the content based on fractal Brownian motion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventors: Chongyang Ma, Xing Mei, Nan Hu, Kirk Ouimet
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Publication number: 20210350131Abstract: A computing system receives, from a client device, image data describing an image captured by an optical sensor of the client device. The computing system compares the image to a set of reference images that include associated metadata describing a real-world feature depicted by the respective reference image. The computing system determines, based on the comparison, a subset of reference images that are similar to the image, and then determines, based on associated metadata of the subset of reference images, that the image captured by the optical sensor of the client device depicts a first real-world feature. The computing system selects a subset of media overlays related to the first real-world feature based on metadata associated with each media overlay that describes the respective media overlay. The computing system transmits the subset of media overlays to the client device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2021Publication date: November 11, 2021Inventors: Kirk Ouimet, Yunchao Gong
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Patent number: 11169675Abstract: A system to generate a graphical user interface to display a presentation of lenses (e.g. overlays or transforms for images and video clips) as part of a creator profile within a messaging system are presented. In one embodiment, a device is configured to display a plurality of lens tiles within such a profile interface, with a lens summary interface for each lens that can be reached directly from the plurality of lens tiles. In such a system, each lens tile includes a content image modified by a corresponding lens, and the lens summary interface for each lens includes a set of lens detail information, such as views, shares, availability settings, and such. Lens data and various other information may be communicated efficiently within a messaging system while maintaining close connection with the creator of the lens data using various additional aspects of the interface.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Kaveh Anvaripour, Gabriel Lupin, Celia Nicole Mourkogiannis, Kirk Ouimet, Swetha Krishna Prabhakar, Jeremy Voss, Haibo Zhao
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Publication number: 20210344623Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to systems for enhancing a first media item through the addition of a supplemental second media item. A user may provide a request to enhance a selected media item, and in response, an enhancement system retrieves and presents a curated collection of supplemental content to be added to the media, to the user. The user may review the curated collection of supplemental content, for example by providing a tactile input to scroll through the curated collection of content.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2021Publication date: November 4, 2021Inventors: Manny Jerrold Adler, Jonathan Brody, Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Glenne Christiaansen, Kirk Ouimet, Kameron Sheffield, Haibo Zhao, Zhuangtian Zhao
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Patent number: 11151756Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media to modify image content. One aspect includes identifying, by one or more electronic hardware processors, an image and content within the image, determining, by the one or more electronic hardware processors, a sky region of the image, determining, by the one or more electronic hardware processors, whether the content within the image is located within the sky region of the image, and in response to the content being within the sky region of the image, modifying, by the one or more electronic hardware processors, the content based on fractal Brownian motion.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2020Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Chongyang Ma, Xing Mei, Nan Hu, Kirk Ouimet
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Patent number: 11153239Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to systems for enhancing a first media item through the addition of a supplemental second media item. A user may provide a request to enhance a selected media item, and in response, an enhancement system retrieves and presents a curated collection of supplemental content to be added to the media, to the user. The user may review the curated collection of supplemental content, for example by providing a tactile input to scroll through the curated collection of content.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2020Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Manny Jerrold Adler, Jonathan Brody, Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Glenne Christiaansen, Kirk Ouimet, Kameron Sheffield, Haibo Zhao, Zhuangtian Zhao
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Publication number: 20210306289Abstract: Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure improve the functionality of electronic messaging and imaging software and systems by determining topics of electronic communications between users and generating customized media content items based on such topics. The media content can be generated for a variety of topics and shared with other users. For example, media content (e.g., images or video) can be generated and displayed on a user's computing device, as well as transmitted to other users via electronic communications, such as short message service (SMS) or multimedia service (MMS) texts and mails.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: Yunchao Gong, Kirk Ouimet
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Patent number: 11100326Abstract: A computing system receives, from a client device, image data describing an image captured by an optical sensor of the client device. The computing system compares the image to a set of reference images that include associated metadata describing a real-world feature depicted by the respective reference image. The computing system determines, based on the comparison, a subset of reference images that are similar to the image, and then determines, based on associated metadata of the subset of reference images, that the image captured by the optical sensor of the client device depicts a first real-world feature. The computing system selects a subset of media overlays related to the first real-world feature based on metadata associated with each media overlay that describes the respective media overlay. The computing system transmits the subset of media overlays to the client device.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Kirk Ouimet, Yunchao Gong
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Publication number: 20210234819Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to systems for enhancing a first media item through the addition of a supplemental second media item. A user may provide a request to enhance a selected media item, and in response, an enhancement system retrieves and presents a curated collection of supplemental content to be added to the media, to the user. The user may review the curated collection of supplemental content, for example by providing a tactile input to scroll through the curated collection of content.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventors: Manny Jerrold Adler, Jonathan Brody, Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Glenne Christiaansen, Kirk Ouimet, Kameron Sheffield, Haibo Zhao, Zhuangtian Zhao
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Patent number: 11012388Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to systems for enhancing a first media item through the addition of a supplemental second media item. A user may provide a request to enhance a selected media item, and in response, an enhancement system retrieves and presents a curated collection of supplemental content to be added to the media, to the user. The user may review the curated collection of supplemental content, for example by providing a tactile input to scroll through the curated collection of content.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2020Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Manny Jerrold Adler, Jonathan Brody, Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Glenne Christiaansen, Kirk Ouimet, Kameron Sheffield, Haibo Zhao, Zhuangtian Zhao
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Patent number: 10951562Abstract: Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure improve the functionality of electronic messaging and imaging software and systems by determining topics of electronic communications between users and generating customized media content items based on such topics. The media content can be generated for a variety of topics and shared with other users. For example, media content (e.g., images or video can be generated and displayed on a user's computing device, as well as transmitted to other users via electronic communications, such as short message service (SMS) or multimedia service (MMS) texts and emails.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2017Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Snap. Inc.Inventors: Yunchao Gong, Kirk Ouimet
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Publication number: 20210019575Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, server computers, storage media, and instructions for prioritized device action triggered by device scan data are described. In one embodiment, a mobile device performs a method that involves executing a messaging application with an image capture interface and a scanning input. An associated scanning mode comprises capture of scan data from a plurality of input/output modules of the first client device, analyzes the scan data to identify one or more scan data patterns by matching at least a portion of the scan data against a set of data patterns, and selects a priority system action based on the results of the matching of the portion of the scan data against the set of data patterns. In some embodiments, the priority system action is selected based on a priority ranking for identified scan data types.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventors: Kirk Ouimet, Rong Yan, Yantao Zheng
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Publication number: 20200401620Abstract: A messaging server system receives audio data packages from a plurality of client devices. Each audio data package includes audio content captured by a respective client device from the plurality of client devices, and location data describing a location of the respective client device when the audio content was captured. The messaging server system identifies, based on the location data included in the audio data packages, a subset of the audio data packages that include audio content captured within a predetermined geographic area. The messaging server system generates, based on the subset of the audio data packages, a playlist of audio content items for the predetermined geographic area, and provides the playlist of audio content items to at least a first client device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: Yu Hu, Caleb Ogden, Kirk Ouimet, Ike Z. Adler
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Publication number: 20200394826Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media to modify image content. One aspect includes identifying, by one or more electronic hardware processors, an image and content within the image, determining, by the one or more electronic hardware processors, a sky region of the image, determining, by the one or more electronic hardware processors, whether the content within the image is located within the sky region of the image, and in response to the content being within the sky region of the image, modifying, by the one or more electronic hardware processors, the content based on fractal Brownian motion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2020Publication date: December 17, 2020Inventors: Chongyang Ma, Xing Mei, Nan Hu, Kirk Ouimet
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Patent number: 10839007Abstract: Systems and methods provide for analyzing at least one feature of each segment of a plurality of segments of the audio stream to generate for each segment a prediction value indicating whether there is music in the segment, generating a probability value that there is music in the audio stream based on aggregating the prediction values of the plurality of segments, and causing the audio stream to be identified based on determining that the probability value that there is music in the audio stream meets a predetermined threshold.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Xin Chen, Jaewook Chung, Yu Hu, Jinhua Jiang, Xing Mei, Kirk Ouimet, Ning Xu