Network resource location linking and visual content sharing

• US 10,474,321 B2
• Filed: 11/30/2015
• Issued: 11/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Snap, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Snap, Inc.
• Inventors: Patel, Imran, Wu, William
• Primary Examiner(s): Samwel, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US14/954,138
• Publication Number:
  US 20170262139A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,443 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• 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 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 1/0007 Image acquisition
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/08 Annexed information, e.g. attachments
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104

Abstract

Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for transmitting shared visual content between networked devices with a linked source for the visual content by accessing and presenting visual content, receiving a network location for a network resource associated with the visual content, linking the network location to the visual content to generate linked visual content, and cause presentation of the linked visual content in a draft message within a graphical user interface.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method, comprising:

accessing an image cache of a client device;

causing presentation of an image of the image cache within a graphical user interface of a messaging application, the messaging application displaying a message thread on the client device;

determining, at the client device, a set of search terms from the image of the image cache;

based on the set of search terms, receiving a network location for a network resource associated with the image;

based on receiving the network location, linking the network location to the image to generate a linked image, the generating of the linked image causing modification of the image to include a representation of the network location;

detecting a user input, the user input triggering a selection mechanism within the graphical user interface of the messaging application to enable selection of the linked image;

in response to the user input, causing presentation of the linked image within message content of a draft message within the graphical user interface, the presentation of the draft message proximate to display of the message thread;

detecting selection of a message icon from the graphical user interface of the messaging application; and

in response to selection of the message icon;

displaying the message content within the message thread; and

transmitting the message content to a recipient identified within the message application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the image is a screen capture of a further image presented within the graphical user interface of the client device and the network location is a network address for the network resource.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

capturing the image, via an image device coupled to the client device;

storing the image within the image cache of the client device; and

automatically causing presentation of the image within the graphical user interface displaying the message thread.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the image is presented as a set of user interface elements and accessing the image further comprises:

detecting a further user input, the further user input selecting a user interface element of the set of user interface elements, the selected user interface element representing the image; and

based on the selection of the user interface element, transmitting the image to an image identification system via a communication network.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

based on the presentation of the image of the image cache, transmitting the image to an image identification system via a communication network.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein linking the network location to the image to generate the linked image further comprises:

storing the network location in metadata associated with the image.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein linking the network location to the image further comprises:

generating an overlay element representing the network location, the overlay element comprising a selectable user interface element and an indication of the network location; and

associating the overlay element with the image.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

based on presentation of the image of the image cache, causing presentation of a linking indicator.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

causing presentation of a failure notification, the failure notification indicating failure to link the network location to the image;

based on presenting the failure notification, causing presentation of a link field; and

receiving the network location via the link field.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving user input on the graphical user interface, the user input comprising an annotation to be added to the image; and

modifying the image to include the annotation.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the messaging application is an ephemeral messaging system.

11. A system, comprising:

one or more processors; and

a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing processor executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising;

accessing an image cache of a client device;

causing presentation of an image of the image cache within a graphical user interface of a messaging application, the messaging application displaying a message thread on the client device;

determining a set of search terms from the one or more images of the image cache;

receiving a network location for a network resource associated with a the image, the network location received based on the set of search terms;

based on receiving the network location, linking the network location to the image to generate a linked image, the generating of the linked image causing modification of the image to include a representation of the network location;

detecting a user input, the user input triggering a selection mechanism within the graphical user interface of the messaging application to enable selection of the linked image;

in response to the user input causing presentation of the linked image within message content of a draft message of the graphical user interface, the presentation of the draft message separate from display of the message thread;

detecting selection of a message icon from the graphical user interface of the messaging application; and

in response to selection of the message icon;

displaying the message content within the message thread; and

transmitting the message content to a recipient identified within the message application.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the image is a screen capture of a further image presented within the graphical user interface of the client device and the network location is a network address for the network resource.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the processor executable instructions cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

capturing the image, via an image device coupled to the client device;

storing the image within the image cache of the client device; and

automatically causing presentation of the image within the graphical user interface displaying the message thread.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the one or more images are presented as a set of user interface elements, and, when accessing the image, the processor executable instructions cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

detecting a further user input, the further user input selecting a user interface element of the set of user interface elements, the selected user interface element representing the image; and

based on the selection of the user interface element, transmitting the image to an image identification system via a communication network.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the processor executable instructions cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

based on the presentation of the image of the image cache, transmitting the image to an image identification system via a communication network.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the processor executable instructions cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

generating an overlay element representing the network location, the overlay element comprising a selectable user interface element and an indication of the network location; and

associating the overlay element with the image.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the processor executable instructions cause the one or more processor to perform operations comprising:

based on presentation of the image of the image cache, causing presentation of a linking indicator.

18. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising processor executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

accessing an image cache of a client device;

causing presentation of an image of the image cache within a graphical user interface of a messaging application, the messaging application displaying a message thread on the client device;

determining, at the client device, a set of search terms from the image of the image cache;

receiving a network location for a network resource associated with the image, the network location received based on the set of search terms;

based on receiving the network location, linking the network location to the image to generate a linked image, the generating of the linked image causing modification of the image to include a representation of the network location;

detecting a user input, the user input triggering a selection mechanism within the graphical user interface of the messaging application to enable selection of the linked image;

in response to the user input, causing presentation of the linked image within message content of a draft message within the graphical user interface, the presentation of the draft message proximate to display of the message thread;

detecting selection of a message icon from the graphical user interface of the messaging application; and

in response to selection of the message icon;

displaying the message content within the message thread; and

transmitting the message content to a recipient identified within the message application.