Media item attachment system

• US 10,374,993 B2
• Filed: 02/20/2017
• Issued: 08/06/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Snap, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Snap, Inc.
• Inventors: Al Majid, Newar Husam, Chand, Jesse
• Primary Examiner(s): Zong, Ruolei
• Application Number:
  US15/437,022
• Publication Number:
  US 20180241704A1
• Time in Patent Office: 897 Days
• Field of Search: 709206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/08 Annexed information, e.g. attachments
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

Disclosed are media attachment systems to enable a user to embed a first media item with a link to a second media item, and distribute the first media item in a message to one or more recipient client devices. For example, the first media item may include a picture or video captured by a user at a client device. The user may generate a message that includes the first media item. In response, a media attachment system may cause display of an interface at the client device that includes an option to attach an address to a second media item to the message. For example, the second media item may include a web page, social media post, picture, or video identified by an address such as a Uniform Resource Locator (URL).

Claims

1. A method comprising:

generating a data object that includes a first media item at a client device;

presenting an interface that includes an option to assign a second media item to the data object, in response to the generating the data object at the client device;

receiving a selection of the second media item through the interface;

assigning an address to the second media item to the data object, the address to the second media item identifying a location to access the second media item;

causing display of a presentation of the first media item within the interface, the presentation including a graphical icon representative of the second media item;

receiving an input that selects the graphical icon representative of the second media item;

retrieving the second media item from the location identified by the address in response to the receiving the input that selects the graphical icon representative of the second media item; and

causing display of the second media item at a position within the presentation of the first media item within the interface in response to the retrieving the second media item.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first media item includes a picture or a video.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the second media item includes a web page or a social media post.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating the data object that includes the first media item at the client device includes capturing an image at the client device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the second media item includes a web page, and the receiving the selection of the second media item through the interface includes:

receiving a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that directs to the web page.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the client device is a first client device, and the method further comprises:

attaching the data object to a message to a second client device from the first client device; and

wherein the causing display of the presentation of the first media item includes causing display of the presentation of the first media item at the second client device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the message is an ephemeral message.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the address to the second media item includes a URL, and the causing display of the second media item within the presentation of the first media item includes:

accessing the URL in response to the receiving the selection of the graphical icon;

retrieving the second media item from the URL;

generating a representation of the second media item; and

causing display of the representation of the second media item within the presentation of the first media item.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the address to the second media item includes a URL, and the causing display of the second media item within the presentation of the first media item includes:

embedding a browser into the presentation of the first media item; and

navigating to the second media item within the browser based on the URL.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the second media item is a web page, the interface is a search window, and the receiving the selection of the second media item includes:

receiving a search request through the search window, the search request including at least a keyword;

causing display of a set of search results within the search window, the set of search results including the web page; and

receiving a selection of the web page from among the set of search results.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a selection of the graphical icon; and

causing display of the second media item within the presentation of the first media item.

12. A system comprising:

a memory; and

at least one hardware processor couple to the memory and comprising instructions that cause the system to perform operations comprising;

generating a data object that includes a first media item at a client device;

presenting an interface that includes an option to assign a second media item to the data object, in response to the generating the data object at the client device;

receiving a selection of the second media item through the interface;

assigning an address to the second media item to the data object, the address to the second media item identifying a location to access the second media item;

causing display of a presentation of the first media item within the interface, the presentation including a graphical icon representative of the second media item;

receiving an input that selects the graphical icon representative of the second media item;

retrieving the second media item from the location identified by the address in response to the receiving the input that selects the graphical icon representative of the second media item; and

causing display of the second media item at a position within the presentation of the first media item within the interface in response to the retrieving the second media item.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the first media item includes a picture or a video.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the second media item includes a web page or a social media post.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the instructions for generating the data object that includes the first media item at the client device includes:

capturing an image at the client device.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the second media item includes a web page, and the instructions for receiving the selection of the second media item through the interface includes:

receiving a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that directs to the web page.

17. The system of claim 12, wherein the client device is a first client device, and the instructions cause the system to perform operations further comprising:

attaching the data object to a message to a second client device from the first client device; and

wherein the causing display of the presentation of the first media item includes causing display of the presentation of the first media item at the second client device.

18. The system of claim 12, wherein the message is an ephemeral message.

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

generating a data object that includes a first media item at a client device;

presenting an interface that includes an option to assign a second media item to the data object, in response to the generating the data object at the client device;

receiving a selection of the second media item through the interface;

assigning an address to the second media item to the data object, the address to the second media item identifying a location to access the second media item;

causing display of a presentation of the first media item within the interface, the presentation including a graphical icon representative of the second media item;

receiving an input that selects the graphical icon representative of the second media item;

retrieving the second media item from the location identified by the address in response to the receiving the input that selects the graphical icon representative of the second media item; and

causing display of the second media item at a position within the presentation of the first media item within the interface in response to the retrieving the second media item.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the client device is a first client device, and the instructions cause the machine to perform operations further comprising:

attaching the data object to a message to a second client device from the first client device; and

wherein the causing display of the presentation of the first media item includes causing display of the presentation of the first media item at the second client device.