Patents by Inventor Robert Cornelius Murphy

Robert Cornelius Murphy 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: 20260112124
    Abstract: Examples relate to systems and methods for generating digital effects experiences. The system performs operations including accessing a set of instructions that defines a digital effects experience. The system processes the set of instructions by a generative machine learning model to generate one or more digital effects comprising the digital effects experience. The system continuously processes one or more inputs, received by a user device, while the one or more digital effects comprising the digital effects experience are presented on the user device, along with the set of instructions in real time by the generative machine learning model to update presentation of the one or more digital effects comprising the digital effects experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2024
    Publication date: April 23, 2026
    Inventors: Willi Menapace, Robert Cornelius Murphy, Aliasksandr Siarohin, Aleksei Stoliar, Sergey Tulyakov
  • Publication number: 20250219982
    Abstract: A server has a processor and a memory storing a multiple channel message thread module with instructions executed by the processor to identify when participants at client devices are actively viewing a common message thread at the same time to establish a participant viewing state. An alternate channel communication lock prompt is supplied to the client devices in response to the participant viewing state. An alternate channel communication is delivered to the client devices in response to activation of the alternate channel communication lock prompt by at least one participant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2025
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Inventors: Evan Spiegel, Robert Cornelius Murphy, Chamal Samaranayake
  • Patent number: 12284152
    Abstract: A server has a processor and a memory storing a multiple channel message thread module with instructions executed by the processor to identify when participants at client devices are actively viewing a common message thread at the same time to establish a participant viewing state. An alternate channel communication lock prompt is supplied the client devices in response to the participant viewing state. An alternate channel communication is delivered to the client devices in response to activation of the alternate channel communication lock prompt by at least one participant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: SNAP INC.
    Inventors: Evan Spiegel, Robert Cornelius Murphy, Chamal Samaranayake
  • Publication number: 20250097376
    Abstract: Systems, devices, media and methods are presented for presentation of modified objects within a video stream. The systems and methods select an object of interest depicted within a user interface based on an associated image modifier, determine a modifier context based at least in part on one or more characteristics of the selected object, identify a set of image modifiers based on the modifier context, rank a first portion of the identified set of image modifiers based on a primary ordering characteristic, rank a second portion of the identified set of image modifiers based on a secondary ordering characteristic and cause presentation of the modifier icons for the ranked set of image modifiers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Ebony James Charlton, Michael John Evans, Samuel Edward Hare, Andrew James McPhee, Robert Cornelius Murphy, Eitan Pilipski
  • Patent number: 12231804
    Abstract: Systems, devices, media and methods are presented for presentation of modified objects within a video stream. The systems and methods select an object of interest depicted within a user interface based on an associated image modifier, determine a modifier context based at least in part on one or more characteristics of the selected object, identify a set of image modifiers based on the modifier context, rank a first portion of the identified set of image modifiers based on a primary ordering characteristic, rank a second portion of the identified set of image modifiers based on a secondary ordering characteristic and cause presentation of the modifier icons for the ranked set of image modifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Ebony James Charlton, Michael John Evans, Samuel Edward Hare, Andrew James McPhee, Robert Cornelius Murphy, Eitan Pilipski
  • Publication number: 20240430219
    Abstract: A content suggestion system to generate and cause display of a set of chat suggestions based on messages received at a client device. The content suggestions system is configured to display messages that include message content at a client device, and identify content selected by a user of the client device to be included in a response to the messages received at the client device. The content suggestion system tracks and stores a number of times in which a particular pair of content appear in succession in a chat context, and calculates a ranking of the content among a set of available content. When subsequent messages that include the content of the content pair are displayed at the client device, the content suggestion system retrieves and presents a set of content as suggestions, based on the corresponding ranks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Luis Carlos Dos Santos Marujo, Maria Pavlovskaia, William Brendel, Robert Cornelius Murphy
  • Publication number: 20240404208
    Abstract: A redundant tracking system comprising multiple redundant tracking sub-systems, enabling seamless transitions between such tracking sub-systems, provides a solution to this problem by merging multiple tracking approaches into a single tracking system. This system is able to combine tracking objects with six degrees of freedom (6DoF) and 3DoF through combining and transitioning between multiple tracking systems based on the availability of tracking indicia tracked by the tracking systems. Thus, as the indicia tracked by any one tracking system becomes unavailable, the redundant tracking system seamlessly switches between tracking in 6DoF and 3DoF thereby providing the user with an uninterrupted experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew James McPhee, Samuel Edward Hare, Peicheng Yu, Robert Cornelius Murphy, Dhritiman Sagar
  • Patent number: 12113756
    Abstract: A content suggestion system to generate and cause display of a set of chat suggestions based on messages received at a client device. The content suggestions system is configured to display messages that include message content at a client device, and identify content selected by a user of the client device to be included in a response to the messages received at the client device. The content suggestion system tracks and stores a number of times in which a particular pair of content appear in succession in a chat context, and calculates a ranking of the content among a set of available content. When subsequent messages that include the content of the content pair are displayed at the client device, the content suggestion system retrieves and presents a set of content as suggestions, based on the corresponding ranks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Luis Carlos Dos Santos Marujo, Maria Pavlovskaia, William Brendel, Robert Cornelius Murphy
  • Patent number: 12094063
    Abstract: A redundant tracking system comprising multiple redundant tracking sub-systems, enabling seamless transitions between such tracking sub-systems, provides a solution to this problem by merging multiple tracking approaches into a single tracking system. This system is able to combine tracking objects with six degrees of freedom (6 DoF) and 3 DoF through combining and transitioning between multiple tracking systems based on the availability of tracking indicia tracked by the tracking systems. Thus, as the indicia tracked by any one tracking system becomes unavailable, the redundant tracking system seamlessly switches between tracking in 6 DoF and 3 DoF thereby providing the user with an uninterrupted experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew James McPhee, Samuel Edward Hare, Peicheng Yu, Robert Cornelius Murphy, Dhritiman Sagar
  • Publication number: 20240249318
    Abstract: A system and method for determining user intent and providing targeted advertising using chatbot interactions is disclosed. The system receives user prompts during chat sessions with a chatbot and generates responses using a large language model. User intent is extracted by analyzing the chat conversations using natural language processing and machine learning techniques. The extracted user intent, comprising weighted keywords and concepts, is used to create a user intent profile. Targeted advertising content is generated based on the user intent profile and provided to the user during subsequent platform interactions. The large language model is continuously retrained using user engagement data to improve intent modeling accuracy. User privacy is maintained by limiting context extraction to chatbot conversations. The system enables personalized and relevant advertising by inferring user intent through conversational interactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Evan Spiegel, Robert Cornelius Murphy, Celia Nicole Mourkogiannis, Edward Mata, Eitan Pilipski, Jacob Andreou, Jackie Assa, Joshua Siegel, Nima Khajehnouri, Steven Hwang, Daniel Moreno, Jacob Catalano, Charles Melbye
  • Patent number: 11902235
    Abstract: A server includes a processor and a memory storing a multiple channel message thread module with instructions executed by the processor to identify when participants at client devices are viewing a common message thread. An alternate channel communication prompt is supplied to the client devices. An alternate channel communication is delivered to the client devices in response to activation of the alternate channel communication prompt by at least one participant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SNAP INC.
    Inventors: Evan Spiegel, Robert Cornelius Murphy
  • Publication number: 20230362322
    Abstract: Systems, devices, media and methods are presented for presentation of modified objects within a video stream. The systems and methods select an object of interest depicted within a user interface based on an associated image modifier, determine a modifier context based at least in part on one or more characteristics of the selected object, identify a set of image modifiers based on the modifier context, rank a first portion of the identified set of image modifiers based on a primary ordering characteristic, rank a second portion of the identified set of image modifiers based on a secondary ordering characteristic and cause presentation of the modifier icons for the ranked set of image modifiers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Ebony James Charlton, Michael John Evans, Samuel Edward Hare, Andrew James McPhee, Robert Cornelius Murphy, Eitan Pilipski
  • Patent number: 11750767
    Abstract: Systems, devices, media and methods are presented for presentation of modified objects within a video stream. The systems and methods select an object of interest depicted within a user interface based on an associated image modifier, determine a modifier context based at least in part on one or more characteristics of the selected object, identify a set of image modifiers based on the modifier context, rank a first portion of the identified set of image modifiers based on a primary ordering characteristic, rank a second portion of the identified set of image modifiers based on a secondary ordering characteristic and cause presentation of the modifier icons for the ranked set of image modifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Ebony James Charlton, Michael John Evans, Samuel Edward Hare, Andrew James McPhee, Robert Cornelius Murphy, Eitan Pilipski
  • Publication number: 20230109119
    Abstract: A server has a processor and a memory storing a multiple channel message thread module with instructions executed by the processor to identify when participants at client devices are actively viewing a common message thread at the same time to establish a participant viewing state. An alternate channel communication lock prompt is supplied .he client devices in response to the participant viewing state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Evan Spiegel, Robert Cornelius Murphy, Chamal Samaranayake
  • Publication number: 20230101798
    Abstract: A server includes a processor and a memory storing a multiple channel message thread module with instructions executed by the processor to identify when participants at client devices are viewing a common message thread. An alternate channel communication prompt is supplied to the client devices. An alternate channel communication is delivered to the client devices in response to activation of the alternate channel communication prompt by at least one participant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Evan Spiegel, Robert Cornelius Murphy
  • Publication number: 20230005223
    Abstract: A redundant tracking system comprising multiple redundant tracking sub-systems, enabling seamless transitions between such tracking sub-systems, provides a solution to this problem by merging multiple tracking approaches into a single tracking system. This system is able to combine tracking objects with six degrees of freedom (6DoF) and 3DoF through combining and transitioning between multiple tracking systems based on the availability of tracking indicia tracked by the tracking systems. Thus, as the indicia tracked by any one tracking system becomes unavailable, the redundant tracking system seamlessly switches between tracking in 6DoF and 3DoF thereby providing the user with an uninterrupted experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew James McPhee, Samuel Edward Hare, Peicheng Yu, Robert Cornelius Murphy, Dhritiman Sagar
  • Patent number: 11532133
    Abstract: Systems and methods for receiving audio data; identifying one or more graphical interface elements that correspond to the audio data; generating a display of the identified one or more graphical interface elements, wherein a first portion of the one or more graphical interface elements is persistently displayed, and wherein a second portion of the one or more graphical interface elements is temporarily displayed for a predetermined period of time together with the first portion of the one or more graphical interface elements; and at expiry of the predetermined period of time, ceasing display of the second portion while maintaining display of the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Ebony James Charlton, Jokubas Dargis, Michael John Evans, Samuel Edward Hare, Andrew James McPhee, Robert Cornelius Murphy, Eitan Pilipski
  • Patent number: 11481978
    Abstract: A redundant tracking system comprising multiple redundant tracking sub-systems, enabling seamless transitions between such tracking sub-systems, provides a solution to this problem by merging multiple tracking approaches into a single tracking system. This system is able to combine tracking objects with six degrees of freedom (6DoF) and 3DoF through combining and transitioning between multiple tracking systems based on the availability of tracking indicia tracked by the tracking systems. Thus, as the indicia tracked by any one tracking system becomes unavailable, the redundant tracking system seamlessly switches between tracking in 6DoF and 3DoF thereby providing the user with an uninterrupted experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew James McPhee, Samuel Edward Hare, Peicheng Yu, Robert Cornelius Murphy, Dhritiman Sagar
  • Patent number: 11463394
    Abstract: A server includes a processor and a memory storing a multiple channel message thread module with instructions executed by the processor to identify when participants at client devices are viewing a common message thread. An alternate channel communication prompt is supplied to the client devices. An alternate channel communication is delivered to the client devices in response to activation of the alternate channel communication prompt by at least one participant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Evan Spiegel, Robert Cornelius Murphy
  • Patent number: 11463393
    Abstract: A server has a processor and a memory storing a multiple channel message thread module with instructions executed by the processor to identify when participants at client devices are actively viewing a common message thread at the same time to establish a participant viewing state. An alternate channel communication lock prompt is supplied the client devices in response to the participant viewing state. An alternate channel communication is delivered to the client devices in response to activation of the alternate channel communication lock prompt by at least one participant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Evan Spiegel, Robert Cornelius Murphy, Chamal Samaranayake