- Patent Title: Location-based context information sharing in a messaging system
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Application No.: US16745101Application Date: 2020-01-16
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Publication No.: US10939246B1Publication Date: 2021-03-02
- Inventor: Nicolas Dancie , Nicolas Fallourd , Ugo Latargère , Antoine Martin
- Applicant: Snap Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Monica
- Assignee: Snap Inc.
- Current Assignee: Snap Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Monica
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: H04W4/02
- IPC: H04W4/02 ; H04W4/029 ; H04W76/10 ; G06F3/0481 ; H04W4/14

Abstract:
Methods, systems, user interfaces, media, and devices are described for sharing the location of participants of a communication session established via a messaging system. Consistent with some embodiments, an electronic communication containing location information is received from a location sensor coupled to a first client device. A current location of the first user is determined based on the location information. A current location of the first user is displayed, on a display screen of a second client device, the current location of the first user being displayed within a messaging UI during a communication session between the computing device and the second computing device. The location information may be updated during the communication session as messages are exchanged and as a current location changes. Various embodiments may include additional information with the current location, such as a time period associated with the location, or other such information.
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