Geo-location based event gallery

• US 9,532,171 B2
• Filed: 06/12/2015
• Issued: 12/27/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Snap, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Snap, Inc.
• Inventors: Allen, Nicholas Richard, Murphy, Robert Cornelius, Spiegel, Evan
• Primary Examiner(s): Sabouri, Mazda
• Application Number:
  US14/738,069
• Publication Number:
  US 20150365795A1
• Time in Patent Office: 564 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/279 Recognition of textual entities
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0252 based on events or environment, e.g. weather or festivals
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0261 based on user location
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0275 Auctions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0276 Advertisement creation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 13/00 Animation
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/418 Document matching, e.g. of document images
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/61 for local area broadcast, e.g. instore broadcast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/222 using geographical location information, e.g. messages transmitted or received in proximity of a certain spot or area
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/226 Delivery according to priorities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/00 : Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration

Abstract

A computer implemented method may include receiving geo-location data from a device of a user; comparing the geo-location data with a geo-location fence associated with an event; determining that the geo-location data corresponds to the geo-location fence associated with the event; responsive to the determining that the geo-location data corresponds to the geo-location fence associated with the event, supplying user-selectable event gallery information, associated with an event gallery of the event, to the device for addition to a destination list on the device; detecting selection of the user-selectable event gallery information in the destination list by the user of the device; and/or responsive to the detecting of the selection of the user-selectable event gallery information by the user of the device, adding the user as a follower of the event, with access to the event gallery.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method, comprising:

receiving, at a server computer, geo-location data from a device of a user;

comparing, by the server computer, the geo-location data with a geo-location fence associated with an event;

determining, by the server computer, that the geo-location data corresponds to the geo-location fence associated with the event;

responsive to the determining that the geo-location data corresponds to the geo-location fence associated with the event, supplying, by the server computer, user-selectable event gallery information, associated with an event gallery of the event, to the device for addition to a destination list on the device, wherein the destination list comprises an entry for an individual in a social network;

detecting, by the server computer, selection of the user-selectable event gallery information in the destination list by the user of the device; and

responsive to the detecting of the selection of the user-selectable event gallery information by the user of the device, adding, by the server computer, the user as a follower of the event, with access to the event gallery.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising;

supplying the event gallery in response to a request from the user, the event gallery including a collection of content relating to the event.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 2, wherein the collection of content comprises photographs or videos.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 3, wherein the collection of content comprises a sequence of individual ephemeral messages, the individual ephemeral messages including the photographs or videos.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 1 further comprising, responsive to the detecting of the selection of the user-selectable event gallery information by the user, posting a message generated on the device to the event gallery.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 5 further comprising, responsive to the detecting of the selection of the user-selectable event gallery information by the user, providing a prompt to explain terms associated with the posting the message to the event gallery.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 5, further comprising:

detecting selection of the entry for the individual in the social network of the user; and

responsive to the detecting of the selection of the entry for the individual by the user, sending the message to the individual in the social network of the user.

8. The computer implemented method of claim 5, wherein the message includes a photograph or a video.

9. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

maintaining the user-selectable event gallery information in the destination list for a duration of the event.

10. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the event gallery is available for a specific specified transitory period.

11. The computer implemented method of claim 10, wherein the specified transitory period corresponds to a duration of the event.

12. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the geo-location data is received as a registration request from the device of the user.

20. The computer implemented method of claim 1 wherein the destination list on the device comprises indicia associated with the event.

13. A server comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the server to perform operations comprising;

receiving geo-location data from a device of a user;

comparing the geo-location data with a geo-location fence associated with an event;

determining that the geo-location data corresponds to the geo-location fence associated with the event;

responsive to the determination that the geo-location data corresponds to the geo-location fence associated with the event, supplying user-selectable event gallery information, associated with an event gallery of the event, to the device for addition to a destination list on the device, wherein the destination list comprises an entry for an individual in a social network;

detecting selection of the user-selectable event gallery information in the destination list by the user of the device; and

responsive to the detecting of the selection of the user-selectable event gallery information by the user of the device, adding the user as a follower of the event, with access to the event gallery.

14. The server of claim 13, wherein the event gallery comprises a collection of content relating to the event.

15. The server of claim 14, wherein the collection of content comprises photographs or videos.

16. The server of claim 15, wherein the collection of content comprises a sequence of individual ephemeral messages, the individual ephemeral messages including the photographs or videos.

17. The server of claim 13. the operation further comprising:

responsive to the detecting of the selection of the user-selectable event gallery information by the user, posting a message generated on the device to the event gallery.

18. The server of claim 17, the operations further comprising:

detecting selection of the entry for the individual in the social network of the user; and

sending, responsive to the detecting of the selection of the entry for the individual by the user, the message to the individual in the social network of the user.

19. The server of claim 13, the operations further comprising:

maintaining the user-selectable event gallery information in the destination list for a duration of the event.