Multichannel system

• US 10,133,705 B1
• Filed: 02/03/2015
• Issued: 11/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Snap, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Snap, Inc.
• Inventors: Allen, Nicholas Richard, Bell, Nicholas James, Cooper, Andrew, Samaranayake, Chamal, Wu, William
• Primary Examiner(s): Amin, Mustafa A
• Application Number:
  US14/612,692
• Time in Patent Office: 1,386 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols

Abstract

Systems and methods for presenting content that depicts one or more stories are provided. Content that depicts one or more stories is received from a first client device. The content that depicts the one or more stories is grouped into an edition being used to represent the one or more stories. A discovery page that enables selection of the edition is generated. Presentation of the discovery page is caused on a second client device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving at a publication application of a server, from a first client device, a first layer and a second layer of content that depicts a story, the second layer including graphics images that correspond to the content;

grouping the content that depicts the story into an edition being used to represent the story;

generating, using one or more hardware processors of the server, a discovery page that enables selection of the edition including generating a first icon of a channel that is selectable to cause presentation of the edition, the channel corresponding to a source of the content;

causing presentation, using the one or more hardware processors of the server, of the discovery page on a second client device;

causing presentation, using the one or more hardware processors of the server, of the first layer of the content from the edition over the second layer of the content from the edition on the second client device based on selection of the first icon from the discovery page, the presenting of the second layer being performed in response to a vertical swipe across a screen of the second mobile device that displays the first layer, the first layer of the media content being a preview of a video and the second layer of the media content including the graphics images being superimposed over the video;

receiving, by the server, from the second client device, an ephemeral message that is available for a predefined duration of time, the ephemeral message including an annotated version of the content that depicts the story and an indication to share the annotated version of the content with a third client device, the annotated version of the content including a further image that is displayed over either the first layer of the content or the second layer of the content;

causing presentation, using the one or more hardware processors of the server, of the annotated version of the content on the third client device, the presentation limited to the predefined duration of time; and

causing presentation, using the one or more hardware processors of the server, of a second icon having a different color than the first icon on the third client device in response to all editions from the channel being viewed by the third client device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the grouping of the content includes identifying that the content is received from the first client device within a specific predefined window of time.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the causing the presentation of the discovery page includes causing presentation of the content grouped into the edition on the second client device based on the selection of the edition.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the content includes at least one of:

a video clip, an image, or a description.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an indication of a scheduled time from the first client device, the indication being received via a user interface displayed on the first client device; and

causing presentation of the story on the second client device during the scheduled time.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

prior to the receiving the content from the first client device, receiving a request from the first client device to upload the content that depicts the story into the edition, and wherein the grouping of the content is performed based on the received request.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

causing presentation of an upload page on the first client device in response to the received request, the upload page to enable the uploading of the content that depicts the story from the first client device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the upload page includes a section that facilitates the uploading of the content.

9. A system comprising:

one or more hardware processors and executable instructions accessible on a computer-readable medium that, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, cause the one or more hardware processors to perform operations comprising;

receiving, from a first client device, a first layer and a second layer of content that depicts a story, the second layer including graphics images that correspond to the content;

grouping the content that depicts the story into an edition being used to represent the story;

generating a discovery page that enables selection of the edition including generating an icon of a channel that is selectable to cause presentation of the edition, the channel corresponding to a source of the content;

causing presentation of the discovery page on a second client device; and

causing presentation of a first layer of the content from the edition over a second layer of the content from the edition on the second client device based on selection of the icon from the discovery page, the presenting of the second layer being performed in response to a vertical swipe across a screen of the second client device that displays the first layer, the first layer of the media content being a preview of a video and the second layer of the media content including the graphics images being superimposed over the video that is previewed by the preview of the video included in the first layer of content;

receiving, from the second client device, an ephemeral message that is available for a predefined duration of time, the ephemeral message including an annotated version of the content that depicts the story and an indication to share the annotated version of the content with a third client device, the annotated version of the content including a further image that is displayed over either the first layer of the content or the second layer of the content;

causing presentation of the annotated version of the content on the third client device, the presentation limited to the predefined duration of time; and

causing presentation, using the one or more hardware processors of the server, of a second icon having a different color than the first icon on the third client device in response to all editions from the channel being viewed by the third client device.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise identifying that the content is received from the first client device within a specific predefined window of time.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise causing presentation of the content grouped into the edition on the second client device based on the selection of the edition.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving an indication of a scheduled time from the first client device, the indication being received via a user interface displayed on the first client device; and

causing presentation of the story on the second client device during the scheduled time.

13. A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more hardware processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a first client device, a first layer and a second layer of content that depicts a story, the second layer including graphics images that correspond to the content;

grouping the content that depicts the story into an edition being used to represent the story;

generating a discovery page that enables selection of the edition including generating an icon of a channel that is selectable to cause presentation of the edition, the channel corresponding to a source of the content;

causing presentation of the discovery page on a second client device;

causing presentation of a first layer of the content from the edition over a second layer of the content from the edition on the second client device based on selection of the icon from the discovery page, the presenting of the second layer being performed in response to a vertical swipe across a screen of the second client device that displays the first layer, the first layer of the media content being a preview of a video and the second layer of the media content including the graphics images being superimposed over the video that is previewed by the preview of the video included in the first layer of content

receiving, from the second client device, an ephemeral message that is available for a predefined duration of time, the ephemeral message including an annotated version of the content that depicts the story and an indication to share the annotated version of the content with a third client device, the annotated version of the content including a further image that is displayed over either the first layer of the content or the second layer of the content, the annotation version of content received in an ephemeral message;

causing presentation of the annotated version of the content on the third client device, the presentation limited to the predefined duration of time; and

causing presentation, using the one or more hardware processors of the server, of a second icon having a different color than the first icon on the third client device in response to all editions from the channel being viewed by the third client device.