Prioritization of messages within gallery

• US 9,693,191 B2
• Filed: 07/12/2016
• Issued: 06/27/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Snap, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Snap, Inc.
• Inventors: Sehn, Timothy Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Batista, Marcos
• Application Number:
  US15/208,460
• Publication Number:
  US 20160321708A1
• Time in Patent Office: 350 Days
• Field of Search: 455466, 370338
• 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

In some embodiments, a computer implemented method of processing messages may include providing a dashboard to be displayed to an owner of a brand, the dashboard comprising a message received from a user device, the message comprising an instance of an appearance of a mark or logo of the owner of the brand; receiving a prioritization of the message from the owner of the brand; creating a gallery of messages including the message; and prioritizing the message in the gallery according to the prioritization from the owner of the brand.

Claims

1. A method of processing messages, the method comprising:

providing, by a server computer, a dashboard to be displayed to an owner of a brand, the dashboard comprising a message received from a user device, the message comprising an instance of an appearance of a mark or logo of the owner of the brand;

receiving, at the server computer, a prioritization of the at message from the owner of the brand;

creating, by the server computer, a gallery of messages including the message; and

prioritizing, by the server computer, the message in the gallery according to the prioritization from the owner of the brand.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the gallery of messages comprises messages received from a plurality of user devices.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the dashboard allows the owner of the brand to compare a plurality of messages side-by-side to determine which of the plurality of messages to prioritize.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, at the server computer, an edited version of the message from the owner of the brand; and

wherein the gallery of messages includes the edited version of the message and the edited version of the message is prioritized in the gallery according to the prioritization from the owner of the brand.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the edited version comprises added graphics or animations.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the edited version has references to competing brands removed.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

supplying the gallery to a user device for display to a user of the user device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the dashboard comprises a second message received from a user device, the second message comprising an instance of an appearance of a mark or logo of the owner of the brand, the method further comprising:

receiving, at the server computer, a prioritization of the second message from the owner of the brand; and

prioritizing, by the server computer, the second message in the gallery according to the prioritization of the second message from the owner of the brand.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the gallery is associated with an event.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the prioritization comprises prioritizing a placement of the message within the gallery.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the message includes at least one of a photograph or video.

12. A server to process messages, the server comprising:

a processor; and

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

providing a dashboard to be displayed to an owner of a brand, the dashboard comprising a message received from a user device, the message comprising an instance of an appearance of a mark or logo of the owner of the brand;

receiving a prioritization of the message from the owner of the brand;

creating a gallery of messages including the message; and

prioritizing the message in the gallery according to the prioritization from the owner of the brand.

13. The server of claim 12, wherein the gallery of messages comprises messages received from a plurality of user devices.

14. The server of claim 12, wherein the dashboard allows the owner of the brand to compare a plurality of messages side-by-side to determine which messages to prioritize.

15. The server of claim 12, the operations further comprising:

receiving an edited version of the message from the owner of the brand; and

wherein the gallery of messages includes the edited version of the message and the edited version of the message is prioritized in the gallery according to the prioritization from the owner of the brand.

16. The server of claim 15, wherein the edited version comprises added graphics or animations.

17. The server of claim 15, wherein the edited version has references to competing brands removed.

18. The server of claim 12, the operations further comprising:

supplying the gallery to a user device for display to a user of the user device.

19. The server of claim 12, wherein the dashboard comprises a second message received from a user device, the second message comprising an instance of an appearance of a mark or logo of the owner of the brand, the operations further comprising:

receiving a prioritization of the second message from the owner of the brand; and

prioritizing the second message in the gallery according to the prioritization of the second message from the owner of the brand.

20. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that are executable by at least one processor to cause a computing device to perform operations comprising:

providing a dashboard to be displayed to an owner of a brand, the dashboard comprising a message received from a user device, the message comprising an instance of an appearance of a mark or logo of the owner of the brand;

receiving a prioritization of the message from the owner of the brand;

creating a gallery of messages including the message; and

prioritizing the message in the gallery according to the prioritization from the owner of the brand.