Systems and methods for interactive media content exchange

• US 9,537,934 B2
• Filed: 04/03/2014
• Issued: 01/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Flynn, William Joseph III, Ruben, William M., Smith, Daniel James II
• Primary Examiner(s): Vostal, O. C.
• Application Number:
  US14/244,681
• Publication Number:
  US 20150288742A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,006 Days
• Field of Search: 709/217
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can cause a first computing system to receive an obscured version of a first media content item from a second computing system. Access to the obscured version of the first media content item can be provided by the first computing system. Access to an unobscured version of the first media content item can be prevented by the first computing system. An unobscured version of a second media content item can be acquired by the first computing system using at least one sensor. The first computing system can transmit to the second computing system at least one of the unobscured version of the second media content item or an obscured version of the second media content item generated based on the unobscured version. Access to the unobscured version of the first media content item can be provided by the first computing system.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, by a first computing system, an obscured version of a first media content item and an unobscured version of the first media content item from a second computing system, the obscured version of the first media content item including at least one blurred image;

providing, by the first computing system, access to the obscured version of the first media content item;

preventing, by the first computing system, access to the unobscured version of the first media content item;

acquiring, by the first computing system, an unobscured version of a second media content item using at least one sensor of the first computing system;

transmitting to the second computing system, by the first computing system, at least one of the unobscured version of the second media content item or an obscured version of the second media content item generated based on the unobscured version of the second media content item; and

providing, by the first computing system, access to the unobscured version of the first media content item based on transmission of the at least one of the unobscured version of the second media content item or the obscured version of the second media content item to the second computing system.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the unobscured version of the first media content item is received by the first computing system within an allowable time period from when the obscured version of the first media content item is received.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, further comprising:

presenting, by the first computing system, a notification indicating that the obscured version of the first media content item is received from the second computing system, wherein the notification is presented before providing access to the obscured version of the first media content item but after the unobscured version of the first media content item is received.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein providing access to the unobscured version of the first media content item is performed within an allowable time period from when the obscured version of the second media content item is transmitted to the second computing system.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the first computing system, an obscured version of a third media content item from a third computing system prior to transmitting the obscured version of the second media content item to the second computing system;

providing, by the first computing system, access to the obscured version of the third media content item;

preventing, by the first computing system, access to an unobscured version of the third media content item;

transmitting to the third computing system, by the first computing system, at least one of the unobscured version of the second media content item or the obscured version of the second media content item; and

providing access to the unobscured version of the third media content item within an allowable time period from when the at least one of the unobscured version of the second media content item or the obscured version of the second media content item is transmitted to the third computing system.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, wherein the obscured version of the first media content item is received before the obscured version of the third media content item is received, wherein providing access to the obscured version of the first media content item includes displaying the obscured version of the first media content item at a first position on a display screen of the first computing system, and wherein providing access to the obscured version of the third media content item includes displaying the obscured version of the third media content item in a second position above the first position.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, wherein the obscured version of the first media content item is received before the obscured version of the third media content item is received, wherein providing access to the unobscured version of the first media content item includes presenting, in a first layer of a virtual stack, a displayed representation of the unobscured version of the first media content item on a display screen of the first computing system, and wherein providing access to the unobscured version of the third media content item includes presenting, in a second layer below the first layer in the virtual stack, a displayed representation of the unobscured version of the third media content item.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving at least one user interaction to move the displayed representation of the unobscured version of the first media content item presented in the first layer; and

moving the displayed representation of the unobscured version of the first media content item based on one or more movements associated with the at least one user interaction.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein the one or more movements is associated with at least one of a flicking gesture, a swiping gesture, a throwing gesture, or a tossing gesture, wherein the displayed representation of the unobscured version of the first media content item is moved off the display screen of first computing system, wherein an instance of the unobscured version of the first media content item is permanently removed from the first computing system, and wherein the displayed representation of the unobscured version of the third media content item is presented on the display screen in full view.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein each of the obscured version of the first media content item and the obscured version of the second media content item includes at least one of a pixelated media content item, a blurred media content item, a censored media content item, an obstructed media content item, a shrunken media content item, a watermarked media content item, or a visibly unclear media content item.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

modifying the unobscured version of the second media content item before generating the obscured version of the second media content.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein modifying the unobscured version of the second media content item is based on at least one of a drawing, a sticker, a stamp, an image filter, a photo effect, a visual crop, a playback edit, a caption, or a tag.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein providing access to the obscured version of the first media content item includes providing access to data associated with the first media content item.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, wherein the data associated with the first media content includes at least one of a caption, a tag, a property, metadata, or contextual information.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the at least one sensor includes at least one of a front-facing camera or a rear-facing camera.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 15, further comprising:

selecting, based on a user action, one of the front-facing camera or the rear-facing camera to be used for acquiring the unobscured version of the second media content, wherein the user action is evaluated with respect to a digital button represented by text.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein providing access to the unobscured version of the first media content item includes presenting the unobscured version of the first media content item over time.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein each of the first media content item and the second media content item includes at least one of an image, a video, or a graphics interchange format (GIF).

19. A system comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to perform;

receiving an obscured version of a first media content item and an unobscured version of the first media content item from a second computing system, the obscured version of the first media content item including at least one blurred image;

providing access to the obscured version of the first media content item;

preventing access to the unobscured version of the first media content item;

acquiring an unobscured version of a second media content item using at least one sensor of the system;

transmitting to the second computing system at least one of the unobscured version of the second media content item or an obscured version of the second media content item generated based on the unobscured version of the second media content item; and

providing access to the unobscured version of the first media content item based on transmission of the at least one of the unobscured version of the second media content item or the obscured version of the second media content item to the second computing system.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing system, cause the computing system to perform:

receiving an obscured version of a first media content item and an unobscured version of the first media content item from a second computing system, the obscured version of the first media content item including at least one blurred image;

providing access to the obscured version of the first media content item;

preventing access to the unobscured version of the first media content item;

acquiring an unobscured version of a second media content item using at least one sensor of the computing system;

transmitting to the second computing system at least one of the unobscured version of the second media content item or an obscured version of the second media content item generated based on the unobscured version of the second media content item; and

providing access to the unobscured version of the first media content item based on transmission of the at least one of the unobscured version of the second media content item or the obscured version of the second media content item to the second computing system.