Location-based virtual avatars

US11842411B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SNAP INC. · US

Inventors

• Daniel Amitay · New York, US
• Jonathan Brody · Santa Monica, US
• Leonid Gorkin · Chappaqua, US
• Sheridan Kates · New York, US
• Andrew Lin · Manhattan, US
• Walton Lin · Chatham, US
• John Rauser · Seattle, US
• Amer Shahnawaz · Santa Monica, US
• Evan Spiegel · Los Angeles, US
• Marcel M. Moti Yung · New York, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 26, 2019
• Grant date: Dec 12, 2023
• Expiry date: Mar 26, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L51/10
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure improve the functionality of electronic messaging and imaging software and systems by determining the current activities of users based on location sensor information from the users' computing devices and generating customized media content items based on their activities. The media content can be generated for a variety of topics and shared with other users. For example, media content (e.g., images or video) can be generated and displayed on a user's computing device, as well as transmitted to other users via electronic communications, such as short message service (SMS) or multimedia service (MMS) texts and emails.