Patents by Inventor Ranidu Lankage

Ranidu Lankage 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: 20220206738
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for providing audio with captured video clips. The program and method provide for displaying, by a messaging application, a capture user interface for capturing video; providing a camera mode selection element which is selectable to switch between a first camera mode for capturing a single video clip and a second camera mode for capturing multiple video clips, to generate a media content item; providing an audio selection element which is selectable to select an audio track for the media content item; receiving, via the camera mode selection element, first user input selecting the second camera mode; receiving, via the audio selection element, second user input selecting the audio track; and providing for capturing multiple video clips in association with the selected audio track for generating the media content item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Kaveh Anvaripour, Christine Barron, Wayne Mike Cao, Andrew Grosvenor Cooper, Christie Marie Heikkinen, Ranidu Lankage
  • Publication number: 20220207838
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for presenting available augmented reality (AR) content items. The program and method provide for displaying a capture interface in accordance with a camera mode configured to capture multiple video clips; displaying a carousel interface for presenting a first set of AR content items, each being selectable to apply respective AR content to captured video; receiving first user input selecting an explore tab included which is selectable to switch to an explorer interface for presenting a second set of AR content items; switching from the capture interface to the explorer interface; receiving, via the explorer interface, second user input selecting an AR content item from among the second set; and updating, in response to receiving the second user input, the first set of AR content items to include the selected AR content item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Kaveh Anvaripour, Christine Barron, Amar Boghani, Ranidu Lankage, Gabriel Lupin
  • Publication number: 20220210338
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for trimming video. The program and method provide for providing a capture user interface for capturing a video to generate a media content item; displaying a preview user interface for previewing and editing the captured video to generate the media content item, the preview user interface including an interface element for selecting to trim the captured video or to set a playback option for the media content item; receiving, via the interface element, user input selecting to trim the captured video; and displaying a preview bar within the preview user interface, the preview bar including a set of frames of the captured video and front and back handles respectively positioned in front and in back of the set of frames, each of the front and back handles being selectable to trim video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Isabelle Albi, Kaveh Anvaripour, Christine Barron, Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Dallin Dyer, Christie Marie Heikkinen, Ranidu Lankage, Sherif Mohamed
  • Publication number: 20220207805
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for adding time-based captions to captured video. The program and method provide for displaying, by a messaging application, a preview user interface for previewing and editing captured video in order to generate a media content item, the preview user interface including an interface element which is selectable to switch to a captions user interface for adding a caption to the media content item; switching, in response to first user input selecting the interface element, to the captions user interface which is configured to receive user input for caption content and a duration to display the caption content; receiving, via the captions user interface, second user input for the caption content and the duration; and generating the media content item based on the caption content and the duration to display the caption content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Kaveh Anvaripour, Christine Barron, Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Christie Marie Heikkinen, Ranidu Lankage, Daniel Moreno, Shannon Ward, Tabari Williams
  • Publication number: 20220210337
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for trimming video in association with multi-video clip capture. The program and method provide for displaying a capture user interface in accordance with a camera mode configured to capture multiple video clips for combining to generate a media content item; capturing the multiple video clips based on first user input received via the capture user interface, which includes a preview button selectable to navigate to a preview user interface for previewing and editing the multiple video clips; receiving, via the capture user interface, second user input selecting the preview button; and displaying, in response to the receiving, the preview user interface with a preview bar including a respective thumbnail for each of the multiple video clips, the preview bar being selectable to individually trim one or more of the multiple video clips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Kaveh Anvaripour, Christine Barron, Wayne Mike Cao, Ranidu Lankage
  • Publication number: 20220210328
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for providing different camera modes. The program and method provide for displaying, by a messaging application, a capture user interface for capturing video according to a first camera mode for capturing a single video clip to generate a media content item; providing, by the messaging application, a camera mode selection element within the capture user interface, the camera mode selection element being selectable to switch from the first camera mode to a second camera mode for capturing multiple video clips for combining to generate the media content item; receiving, via the capture user interface, user input selecting the camera mode selection element; and updating, by the messaging application and in response to receiving the user input, the capture user interface for video capture according to the second camera mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Kaveh Anvaripour, Christine Barron, Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Wayne Mike Cao, Ranidu Lankage
  • Publication number: 20220094652
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system and a method for performing operations comprising: receiving, by a messaging application implemented on a client device of a first user, input comprising a message directed to a second user; in response to receiving the input, obtaining contextual information associated with the message; identifying, based on the contextual information, a plurality of sounds representing the message; receiving a selection from the first user of a given sound of the plurality of sounds; and sending the given sound to the second user in response to receiving the selection of the given sound received from the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventor: Ranidu Lankage
  • Publication number: 20220094653
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system and a method for performing operations comprising: receiving, by a messaging application implemented on a client device, input that selects a sound option to add sound to one or more images; in response to receiving the input, presenting a sound editing user interface element that visually indicates a played portion of the sound and separately visually indicates an un-played portion of the sound; receiving an interaction with the sound editing user interface element to modify a start point of the sound; embedding a graphical element representing the sound in the one or more images; playing, by the messaging application, the sound associated with the graphical element starting from the start point together with displaying the one or more images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Jonathan Dale Brody, Andrew Grosvenor Cooper, Brandon Francis, Christie Marie Heikkinen, Ranidu Lankage
  • Publication number: 20220086367
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Jonathan Dale Brody, Andrew Grosvenor Cooper, Joseph Timothy Fortier, Brandon Francis, Christie Marie Heikkinen, Ranidu Lankage
  • Publication number: 20210385179
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for providing a reply interface with selectable stickers for sending in a message. The program and method provide for receiving, by a first device of a first user, a media content item provided by a second device of a second user; determining, in response to receiving the media content item, a set of stickers for displaying with the media content item; and displaying, by the first device, the media content item together with a first reply interface and a second reply interface for sending a reply message to the second device. The first reply interface includes the set of stickers, each of which is selectable by the first user for sending to the second device. The second reply interface includes an input box for sending message content to the second device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Christie Marie Heikkinen, Ranidu Lankage, David Phillip Taitz, Jeremy Baker Voss, David Whyte
  • Patent number: D940188
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon Francis, Christie Marie Heikkinen, Ranidu Lankage
  • Patent number: D940191
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon Francis, Christie Marie Heikkinen, Ranidu Lankage
  • Patent number: D964377
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon Francis, Christie Marie Heikkinen, Ranidu Lankage