Multichannel system

• US 10,416,845 B1
• Filed: 05/12/2016
• Issued: 09/17/2019
• 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:
  US15/152,975
• Time in Patent Office: 1,223 Days
• Field of Search: None
• 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 system comprising:

one or more hardware processors and executable instructions accessible on a non-transitory computer-readable medium that, when executed, configure the one or more hardware processors to at least;

receiving a first plurality of content from a first user account of a social networking system, wherein a first content of the first plurality of content is a first video including video content;

in response to the receiving, generating a second video including only a portion of the video content;

receiving a second plurality of content from a second user account of the social networking system;

generating a first graphic in response to the reception of the first plurality of content received from the first user account;

generating a second graphic in response to the reception of the second plurality of content received from the second user account;

generating a graphical user interface to include the first graphic, and configuring the graphical user interface to selectively display only content from the first user account upon selection of the first graphic based, in part, on the first plurality of content being received from the second user account;

further generating the graphical user interface to include the second graphic, and configuring the graphical user interface to selectively display only content from the second user account upon selection of the second graphic based, in part, on the second plurality of content being received from the second user account;

cause presentation, by a publication server of the social networking system, of the graphical user interface on a social networking client application of a client device of a third user account;

generating a first layer of content to include the second video and a second layer of content to include the first video, and further generating the first layer of content such that the first layer of content is configured to display the second layer of content in response to receiving a particular user interaction;

in response to a selection of the first graphic displaying the first layer of content;

receive, from the client device, the user interaction with the first layer of content;

and responsive to the receiving of the user interaction, cause display of the second layer of content that includes additional information regarding the first layer, the second layer of content being depicted in the graphical user interface, the second layer of content further including a link that causes display of a home page upon selection of the link, the home page being displayed on a page separate from both the first layer and the second layer of content and as a result of an animation.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

generate the home page;

receive, from the client device, a selection of the link included in the second layer of content; and

in response to the selection of the link, cause display of the generated home page on the client device.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause display of the animation that results in the generated home page.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the content includes an advertisement;

the first layer of content includes a description of the content; and

the second layer of content includes images of the content.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the first layer of content is an abridged version of a video clip; and

the second layer of content is an unbridged version of the video clip.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

receive additional content from a device of a provider; and

generate a link in the generated home page that corresponds to the additional content.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to generate a thumbnail image in the generated home page that corresponds to the provider, an appearance of the thumbnail image being subject to change based on display of the additional content.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the first layer of content is displayed on a screen of the client device; and

the user interaction includes a swipe across the first layer of content displayed on the screen of the client device.

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

receiving a first plurality of content from a first user account of a social networking system, wherein a first content of the first plurality of content is a first video including video content;

in response to the receiving, generating a second video including only a portion of the video content;

receiving a second plurality of content from a second user account of the social networking system;

generating a first graphic in response to the reception of the first plurality of content received from the first user account;

generating a second graphic in response to the reception of the second plurality of content received from the second user account;

generating a graphical user interface to include the first graphic, and configuring the graphical user interface to selectively display only content from the first user account upon selection of the first graphic based, in part, on the first plurality of content being received from the first user account;

further generating the graphical user interface to include the second graphic, and configuring the graphical user interface to selectively display only content from the second user account upon selection of the second graphic based, in part, on the second plurality of content being received from the second user account;

causing presentation, by a publication server of the social networking system, of the graphical user interface on a social networking client application of a client device logged in to of a third user account and,

generating a first layer of content to include the second video and a second layer of content to include the first video, and further generating the first layer of content such that the first layer of content is configured to display the second layer of content in response to receiving a particular user interaction;

in response to a selection of the first graphic displaying the first layer of content;

receiving, from the client device, the user interaction with the first layer of content; and

responsive to the receiving of the user interaction, causing display of the second layer of content that includes additional information regarding the first layer, the second layer of content being depicted in the graphical user interface, the second layer of content further including a link that causes display of a home page upon selection of the link, the home page being displayed on a page separate from both the first layer and the second layer of content and as a result of an animation.

10. A method comprising:

receiving a first plurality of content from a first user account of a social networking system, wherein a first content of the first plurality of content is a first video including video content;

in response to the receiving, generating a second video including only a portion of the video content;

receiving a second plurality of content from a second user account of the social networking system;

generating a first graphic in response to the reception of the first plurality of content received from the first user account;

generating a second graphic in response to the reception of the second plurality of content received from the second user account;

generating a graphical user interface to include the first graphic, and configuring the graphical user interface to selectively display only content from the first user account upon selection of the first graphic based, in part, on the first plurality of content being received from the first user account;

further generating the graphical user interface to include the second graphic, and configuring the graphical user interface to selectively display only content from the second user account upon selection of the second graphic based, in part, on the second plurality of content being received from the second user account;

causing presentation, via a publication server of the social networking system, of the graphical user interface in a social networking client application of a third user account and running on a client device;

generating a first layer of content to include the second video and a second layer of content to include the first video, and further generating the first layer of content such that the first layer of content is configured to display the second layer of content in response to receiving a particular user interaction;

in response to a selection of the first graphic, displaying the first layer of content;

receiving, from the client device, the user interaction with the first layer of content;

responsive to the receiving of the user interaction, causing, using one or more hardware processors, display of the second layer of content, the second layer of content further including a link that causes display of a home page upon selection of the link, the home page being displayed on a page separate from both the first layer and the second layer of content and as a result of an animation;

receiving from the client device an annotation to the second layer of content displayed on the client device; and

modifying the second layer of content based on the received annotation.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving a plurality of content from a plurality of additional user accounts of the social networking system;

generating a corresponding plurality of graphics corresponding to each of the additional user accounts;

generating the graphical user interface to display each of the plurality of graphics, each of the plurality of graphics configured to display content from the corresponding user account in response to a selection of the graphic.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the generation of the graphical user interface configures the graphical user interface to display the corresponding plurality of graphics in rows and columns of the graphical user interface.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

grouping the first plurality of content based on the first plurality of content being received within a predetermined window of elapsed time, wherein the generation of the first graphic is in response to the grouping; and

grouping the second plurality of content based on the second plurality of content being received within a second predetermined window of elapsed time, wherein the generation of the second graphic is in response to the grouping.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein:

the first layer of content is an abridged version of a video clip; and

the second layer of content is an unbridged version of the video clip.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the content includes a portable network graphics image overlaid on top of a video clip, such that the image is in front of the video clip.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving additional content from a device of a provider; and

generating a link in the generated home page that corresponds to the additional content.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

generating a thumbnail image in the generated home page that corresponds to the provider, an appearance of the thumbnail image being subject to change based on display of the additional content.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein:

the first layer of content is displayed on a screen of the client device; and

the user interaction includes a swipe across the first layer of content displayed on the screen of the client device.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the user interaction includes a tap on the screen of the client device.

20. The method of claim 10, further comprising receiving the content in an ephemeral message having the amount of time remaining before the message is deleted.