Patents by Inventor Ty Blachly
Ty Blachly 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: 12675168Abstract: Systems and methods for radial gesture navigation are provided. In example embodiments, user input data is received from a user device. The user input data indicates a continuous physical user interaction associated with a display screen of the user device. An initial point and a current point are detected from the user input data. A radius distance for a circle that includes the current point and is centered about the initial point is determined. An action is selected from among multiple actions based on the radius distance being within a particular range among successive ranges along a straight line that starts at the initial point and extends through the circle. Each range among the successive ranges corresponds to a particular action among the multiple actions. The selected action is performed in response to detecting a completion of the continuous physical user interaction.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2023Date of Patent: July 7, 2026Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Ty Blachly, Nathan Boyd, Donald Giovannini, Krish Jayaram, Evan Spiegel, William Wu
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Publication number: 20240085989Abstract: Systems and methods for radial gesture navigation are provided. In example embodiments, user input data is received from a user device. The user input data indicates a continuous physical user interaction associated with a display screen of the user device. An initial point and a current point are detected from the user input data. A radius distance for a circle that includes the current point and is centered about the initial point is determined. An action is selected from among multiple actions based on the radius distance being within a particular range among successive ranges along a straight line that starts at the initial point and extends through the circle. Each range among the successive ranges corresponds to a particular action among the multiple actions. The selected action is performed in response to detecting a completion of the continuous physical user interaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Ty Blachly, Nathan Boyd, Donald Giovannini, Krish Jayaram, Evan Spiegel, William Wu
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Patent number: 11861068Abstract: Systems and methods for radial gesture navigation are provided. In example embodiments, user input data is received from a user device. The user input data indicates a continuous physical user interaction associated with a display screen of the user device. An initial point and a current point are detected from the user input data. A radius distance for a circle that includes the current point and is centered about the initial point is determined. An action is selected from among multiple actions based on the radius distance being within a particular range among successive ranges along a straight line that starts at the initial point and extends through the circle. Each range among the successive ranges corresponds to a particular action among the multiple actions. The selected action is performed in response to detecting a completion of the continuous physical user interaction.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Ty Blachly, Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Donald Giovannini, Krish Jayaram, Evan Spiegel, William Wu
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Publication number: 20210382564Abstract: Systems and methods for radial gesture navigation are provided. In example embodiments, user input data is received from a user device. The user input data indicates a continuous physical user interaction associated with a display screen of the user device. An initial point and a current point are detected from the user input data. A radius distance for a circle that includes the current point and is centered about the initial point is determined. An action is selected from among multiple actions based on the radius distance being within a particular range among successive ranges along a straight line that starts at the initial point and extends through the circle. Each range among the successive ranges corresponds to a particular action among the multiple actions. The selected action is performed in response to detecting a completion of the continuous physical user interaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: Ty Blachly, Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Donald Giovannini, Krish Jayaram, Evan Spiegel, William Wu
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Patent number: 11132066Abstract: Systems and methods for radial gesture navigation are provided. In example embodiments, user input data is received from a user device. The user input data indicates a continuous physical user interaction associated with a display screen of the user device. An initial point and a current point are detected from the user input data. A radius distance for a circle that includes the current point and is centered about the initial point is determined. An action is selected from among multiple actions based on the radius distance being within a particular range among successive ranges along a straight line that starts at the initial point and extends through the circle. Each range among the successive ranges corresponds to a particular action among the multiple actions. The selected action is performed in response to detecting a completion of the continuous physical user interaction.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2019Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Ty Blachly, Nathan Boyd, Donald Giovannini, Krish Jayaram, Evan Spiegel, William Wu
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Patent number: 10503264Abstract: Systems and methods for radial gesture navigation are provided. In example embodiments, user input data is received from a user device. The user input data indicates a continuous physical user interaction associated with a display screen of the user device. An initial point and a current point are detected from the user input data. A radius distance for a circle that includes the current point and is centered about the initial point is determined. An action is selected from among multiple actions based on the radius distance being within a particular range among successive ranges along a straight line that starts at the initial point and extends through the circle. Each range among the successive ranges corresponds to a particular action among the multiple actions. The selected action is performed in response to detecting a completion of the continuous physical user interaction.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2015Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Ty Blachly, Nathan Boyd, Donald Giovannini, Krish Jayaram, Evan Spiegel, William Wu