NETWORK RESOURCE LOCATION LINKING AND VISUAL CONTENT SHARING

• US 20170262139A1
• Filed: 11/30/2015
• Published: 09/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Snap, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Snap, Inc.
• Inventors: Patel, Imran, Wu, William
• Granted Patent: US 10,474,321 B2
• Time in Patent Office: 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 one or more images of the image cache within a graphical user interface on the client device;

receiving a network location for a network resource associated with a first image of the one or more images;

based on receiving the network location, linking the network location to the first image to generate a linked image; and

causing presentation of the linked image within a draft message within the graphical user interface.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first image is a screen capture of one or more images 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 an image, via an image device coupled to the client device, the image being the first image; and

storing the first image within the image cache of the client device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more images are presented as a set of user interface elements and accessing the image further comprises:

receiving a selection of a user interface element of the set of user interface elements, the selected user interface element representing the first image of the one or more images; and

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

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

based on the presentation of the one or more images of the image cache, transmitting the first image to an image identification system via a communication network.

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

storing the network location in metadata associated with the first image.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein linking the network location to the first 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 first image.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

causing presentation of a message element;

receiving a selection of the linked image;

receiving a selection of the message element; and

causing transmission of the linked image from the client device to another client device via a communication network.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

based on presentation of the one or more images of the image cache, causing presentation of a linking indicator, the linking indicator being presented until the network location is linked to the first image.

10. 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 first image;

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

receiving the network location via the link field.

11. 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.

12. 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 one or more images of the image cache within a graphical user interface on the client device;

receiving a network location for a network resource associated with a first image of the one or more images;

based on receiving the network location, linking the network location to the first image to generate a linked image; and

causing presentation of the linked image within a draft message of the graphical user interface.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the first image is a screen capture of one or more images presented within the graphical user interface of the client device and the network location is a network address for the network resource.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the processor executable instructions cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

capturing an image, via an image device coupled to the client device, the image being the first image; and

storing the first image within the image cache of the client device.

15. The system of claim 12, 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:

receiving a selection of a user interface element of the set of user interface elements, the selected user interface element representing the first image of the one or more images; and

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

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the processor executable instructions cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

based on the presentation of the one or more images of the image cache, transmitting the first image to an image identification system via a communication network.

17. The system of claim 12, 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 first image.

18. The system of claim 12, wherein the processor executable instructions cause the one or more processor to perform operations comprising:

causing presentation of a message element;

receiving a selection of the linked image;

receiving a selection of the message element; and

causing transmission of the linked image from the client device to another client device via a communication network.

19. The system of claim 12, wherein the processor executable instructions cause the one or more processor to perform operations comprising:

based on presentation of the one or more images of the image cache, causing presentation of a linking indicator, the linking indicator being presented until the network location is linked to the first image.

20. 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 one or more images of the image cache within a graphical user interface on the client device;

receiving a network location for a network resource associated with a first image of the one or more images;

based on receiving the network location, linking the network location to the first image to generate a linked image; and

causing presentation of the linked image within a draft message within the graphical user interface.