Map-based graphical user interface for multi-type social media galleries

US11354014B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• SNAP INC. · US

Inventors

• Daniel Amitay · New York, US
• Jonathan Brody · Santa Monica, US
• Jeffrey Arthur Johnson · Frisco, US
• Andrew Lin · Manhattan, US
• Walton Lin · Chatham, US
• John Rauser · Seattle, US
• Evan Spiegel · Los Angeles, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 27, 2018
• Grant date: Jun 7, 2022
• Expiry date: Apr 27, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

A social media platform provides a map-based graphical user interface (GUI) with multiple geographically anchored icons that are selectable to trigger playback of respective galleries of ephemeral messages. Each of the plurality of location-based ephemeral galleries comprises media content contributed by multiple different users. The ephemeral galleries are compiled based on geotag data associated with respective ephemeral messages submitted by multiple users to be publicly viewable via the map-based GUI. Two or more different types of galleries are represented in the map-based GUI by different, visually distinct types of gallery icon.