Gallery of messages from individuals with a shared interest

• US 9,385,983 B1
• Filed: 12/19/2014
• Issued: 07/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Snap, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Snap, Inc.
• Inventors: Sehn, Timothy
• Primary Examiner(s): Maung, Zarni
• Application Number:
  US14/578,258
• Publication Number:
  US 20160182422A1
• Time in Patent Office: 564 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709223-229, 709231-233, 709/250
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0489 using dedicated keyboard keys or combinations thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/322 used signal is digitally coded
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

A machine includes a processor and a memory connected to the processor. The memory stores instructions executed by the processor to receive a message and a message parameter indicative of a characteristic of the message, where the message includes a photograph or a video. A determination is made that the message parameter corresponds to a selected gallery, where the selected gallery includes a sequence of photographs or videos. The message is posted to the selected gallery in response to the determination. The selected gallery is supplied in response to a request.

Claims

1. A server computer in a content distribution system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled with the processor, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to cause the server computer to;

receive a plurality of messages from a plurality of client devices, each message of the plurality of messages including a message parameter indicative of a characteristic of the message, and a photograph or a video;

analyze each message parameter and photograph or video to determine that the message parameter or photograph or video corresponds to one or more predetermined galleries by the characteristic of the message or by recognizing an object in the photograph or video, the one or more predetermined galleries each including a sequence of photographs or videos from a plurality of users sharing a common interest;

post the message to the one or more predetermined galleries;

receive a request for a selected gallery from the one or more client devices; and

supply the selected gallery in response to the request.

2. The server computer of claim 1, the memory further storing instructions executable by the processor to cause the server computer to curate the selected gallery according to instructions to remove selected photographs or videos.

3. The server computer of claim 1, the memory further storing instructions executable by the processor to cause the server computer to:

send a gallery collection and corresponding enrollment prompts to a user;

receive an enrollment request from the user for the selected gallery; and

register the user with the selected gallery.

4. The server computer of claim 3, wherein the instructions executable by the processor to cause the server computer to send a gallery collection and corresponding enrollment prompts to a user are executed in response to an express request from the user.

5. The server computer of claim 3, wherein the instructions executable by the processor to cause the server computer to send a gallery collection and corresponding enrollment prompts to a user are in response to an evaluation of content associated with the message.

6. The server computer of claim 1, wherein the memory stores further instructions executable by the processor to cause the server computer to supply prompts that solicit the definition of a new gallery.

7. The server computer of claim 6 wherein the prompts include prompts to solicit a gallery name.

8. The server computer of claim 6 wherein the prompts include prompts to solicit gallery keywords.

9. The server computer of claim 6 wherein the prompts include prompts to solicit a gallery object.

10. The server computer of claim 1 wherein the message parameter is a designated object in the photograph or video.

11. The server computer of claim 10 wherein the designated object is specified by a sender of the message.

12. The server computer of claim 1 where the parameter is a time stamp associated with the message.

13. The server computer of claim 1 wherein the parameter is speed indicia associated with a device that generates the message.

14. The server computer of claim 1 wherein the parameter is a temperature associated with the location at which the message is generated.

15. The server computer of claim 1 wherein the selected gallery is available for a specified transitory period of time.

16. The server computer of claim 1 wherein the message has text accompanying the photograph or the video.

17. The server computer of claim 1 wherein the memory stores instructions executed by the processor to automatically pay a message sender when a message from the sender is posted to the selected gallery.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein the common interest includes at least one of a group comprising:

a particular object, a sports team, a sports event, a concert, a time of day, a motion, and a temperature in a geolocation.

18. A method comprising:

receiving, at a server computer, a plurality of messages from a plurality of client devices, each message of the plurality of messages including;

a message parameter indicative of a characteristic of the message, and

a photograph or a video;

analyzing, by the server computer, each message parameter and photograph or video to determine that the message parameter or photograph or video corresponds to one or more predetermined galleries by the characteristic of the message or by recognizing an object in the photograph or video, the one or more predetermined galleries each including a sequence of photographs or videos from a plurality of users sharing a common interest;

posting, by the server computer, the message to the one or more predetermined galleries;

receiving, at the server computer, a request for a selected gallery from the one or more client devices; and

supplying, by the server computer, the selected gallery in response to the request.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein analyzing each message parameter and photograph or video to determine that the message parameter or photograph or video corresponds to one or more predetermined galleries further comprises utilizing audio fingerprint identification techniques to determine that the message parameter or photograph or video corresponds to one or more predetermined galleries.