公开(公告)号：US20220150295A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-12

申请号：US17403286

申请日：2021-08-16

Applicant: Facebook, Inc.

Inventor： Shyamalan Pather ,  Michelle Ruby Hwang ,  Nora Micheva

IPC: H04L65/60 ,  G06F9/54 ,  H04L65/65 ,  H04N21/431 ,  H04N7/14 ,  H04N21/4788

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments relate to the application of media effects to visual data such as a video. A coordinated activity protocol is provided for synchronizing interactive effects and experiences across multiple devices. The protocol allows effects to be initiated and coordinated on multiple devices via a real-time communications (RTC) channel. Messages may be exchanged to cooperatively initiate the effect, and (once initiated) generic data may be exchanged via application programming interface (API) calls. Accordingly, the system is both data-type and platform agnostic, allowing effects developers to define how data will be interpreted. In some embodiments, higher-level services may be provided to exchange data of predefined types (e.g., for common activities such as turn negotiations, turn yielding, scorekeeping, leadership elections, etc.).

公开(公告)号：US20210016183A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-21

申请号：US17065389

申请日：2020-10-07

Applicant: Facebook, Inc.

Inventor： Shyamalan Pather ,  Michelle Ruby Hwang ,  Nora Micheva

IPC: A63F13/795 ,  H04N7/14 ,  G06Q50/00 ,  G06T19/00 ,  A63F13/53

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes, by a client system of a first user, receiving a request from a second user to initiate a first game within a first layer of a communication interface, wherein the communication interface includes several layers, wherein a first layer includes a video communication of the second user, and wherein a second layer of the communication interface includes a thumbnail view of a video communication of the first user; generating a first game container in a third layer of the communication interface, wherein the third layer contains the first game in an augmented reality overlay; expanding the second layer into a full-screen view within the communication interface; and displaying the third layer as the augmented reality overlay over the second layer, wherein the first layer is closed responsive to the overlaying of the augmented reality overlay onto the second layer.

公开(公告)号：US20190220335A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-18

申请号：US15870040

申请日：2018-01-12

Applicant: Facebook, Inc.

Inventor： Shyamalan Pather ,  Michelle Ruby Hwang ,  Nora Micheva

IPC: G06F9/54 ,  A63F13/86 ,  A63F13/52

CPC classification number: G06F9/547 ,  A63F13/52 ,  A63F13/86 ,  G06F9/543

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments relate to the application of coordinated or cooperative effects to a coordinated activity. A coordinated activity protocol is provided for synchronizing interactive effects and experiences across multiple devices. The protocol allows effects to be initiated and coordinated on multiple devices via a real-time communications (RTC) channel. Messages may be exchanged to cooperatively initiate the effect, and (once initiated) generic data may be exchanged via application programming interface (API) calls. According to some embodiments, the coordinated activity is a shared video experience, such as a video conference or shared video-watching experience. According to other embodiments, the coordinated activity relates to other types of experiences, such as single- or multi-player games, shared book reading, communal interactions with a photo album, etc.

公开(公告)号：US20170206553A1

公开(公告)日：2017-07-20

申请号：US14996827

申请日：2016-01-15

Applicant: Facebook, Inc.

Inventor： Hans T. Lintermans ,  Shyamalan Pather ,  Elaine Brechin Montgomery ,  Tanmoy Chakraborty

IPC: G06Q30/02

CPC classification number: G06Q30/0255 ,  G06Q30/0277

Abstract: An online system allows a user to specify a sequence of advertisement requests (“ad requests”) where a set of rules identifies an order in which advertisements from the ds requests are presented to a user based on interactions by the user with presented advertisements from ad requests in the sequence. When a user interacts with an advertisement from an ad request from the sequence, the online system identifies an additional ad request from the sequence identified by a rule identifying the interaction by the user with the advertisement. The online system includes the additional ad request in one or more selection processes selecting content for presentation to the user. In some embodiments, the online system identifies an ad request from the sequence to include in the one or more selection processes based on likelihoods of the user interacting with advertisements from various ad requests in the sequence.

公开(公告)号：US11102264B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-24

申请号：US15869926

申请日：2018-01-12

Applicant: Facebook, Inc.

Inventor： Shyamalan Pather ,  Michelle Ruby Hwang ,  Nora Micheva

IPC: A63F13/34 ,  G06F12/00 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06Q10/00 ,  H04N7/24 ,  H04L29/06 ,  G06F9/54 ,  H04N21/431 ,  H04N7/14 ,  H04N21/4788 ,  H04N5/445 ,  H04N7/15

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments relate to the application of media effects to visual data such as a video. A coordinated activity protocol is provided for synchronizing interactive effects and experiences across multiple devices. The protocol allows effects to be initiated and coordinated on multiple devices via a real-time communications (RTC) channel. Messages may be exchanged to cooperatively initiate the effect, and (once initiated) generic data may be exchanged via application programming interface (API) calls. Accordingly, the system is both data-type and platform agnostic, allowing effects developers to define how data will be interpreted. In some embodiments, higher-level services may be provided to exchange data of predefined types (e.g., for common activities such as turn negotiations, turn yielding, scorekeeping, leadership elections, etc.).

公开(公告)号：US11019305B2

公开(公告)日：2021-05-25

申请号：US15870008

申请日：2018-01-12

Applicant: Facebook, Inc.

Inventor： Shyamalan Pather ,  Michelle Ruby Hwang ,  Nora Micheva

IPC: H04N7/15 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04N21/4788 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04L12/58 ,  H04N21/6543 ,  H04N21/47 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N7/14

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments relate to the application of coordinated or cooperative effects to a coordinated activity. A coordinated activity protocol is provided for synchronizing interactive effects and experiences across multiple devices. The protocol allows effects to be initiated and coordinated on multiple devices via a real-time communications (RTC) channel. Messages may be exchanged to cooperatively initiate the effect, and (once initiated) generic data may be exchanged via application programming interface (API) calls. According to some embodiments, the coordinated activity is a shared video experience, such as a video conference or shared video-watching experience. According to other embodiments, the coordinated activity relates to other types of experiences, such as single- or multi-player games, shared book reading, communal interactions with a photo album, etc.

公开(公告)号：US20190222803A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-18

申请号：US15870008

申请日：2018-01-12

Applicant: Facebook, Inc.

Inventor： Shyamalan Pather ,  Michelle Ruby Hwang ,  Nora Micheva

IPC: H04N7/15 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04N5/44 ,  H04N5/445

CPC classification number: H04N7/15 ,  H04L65/608 ,  H04N5/4403 ,  H04N5/44513

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments relate to the application of coordinated or cooperative effects to a coordinated activity. A coordinated activity protocol is provided for synchronizing interactive effects and experiences across multiple devices. The protocol allows effects to be initiated and coordinated on multiple devices via a real-time communications (RTC) channel. Messages may be exchanged to cooperatively initiate the effect, and (once initiated) generic data may be exchanged via application programming interface (API) calls. According to some embodiments, the coordinated activity is a shared video experience, such as a video conference or shared video-watching experience. According to other embodiments, the coordinated activity relates to other types of experiences, such as single- or multi-player games, shared book reading, communal interactions with a photo album, etc.

公开(公告)号：US20210023456A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-28

申请号：US17068729

申请日：2020-10-12

Applicant: Facebook, Inc.

Inventor： Shyamalan Pather ,  Pablo Jose Barvo ,  Dwayne B. Mercredi

IPC: A63F13/795 ,  H04N7/14 ,  A63F13/53 ,  G06Q50/00 ,  G06T19/00

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes, by a client system of a first user, presenting a communication interface including a plurality of layers, wherein a first layer of the communication interface includes a video communication of the second user, and wherein a second layer of the communication interface includes a thumbnail view of a video communication of the first user, receiving a request from the second user to initiate a first game, receiving a user input indicative an acceptance of the request to initiate the first game, generating a game container containing the first game in a third layer of the communication interface, reducing the first layer to a thumbnail within the communication interface, and overlaying the first layer onto the third layer, wherein the second layer is closed responsive to the overlaying of the first layer onto the third layer.

公开(公告)号：US20190222620A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-18

申请号：US15869926

申请日：2018-01-12

Applicant: Facebook, Inc.

Inventor： Shyamalan Pather ,  Michelle Ruby Hwang ,  Nora Micheva

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  G06F9/54

CPC classification number: H04L65/601 ,  G06F9/543 ,  G06F9/547 ,  H04L65/608 ,  H04N5/44504 ,  H04N7/15

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments relate to the application of media effects to visual data such as a video. A coordinated activity protocol is provided for synchronizing interactive effects and experiences across multiple devices. The protocol allows effects to be initiated and coordinated on multiple devices via a real-time communications (RTC) channel. Messages may be exchanged to cooperatively initiate the effect, and (once initiated) generic data may be exchanged via application programming interface (API) calls. Accordingly, the system is both data-type and platform agnostic, allowing effects developers to define how data will be interpreted. In some embodiments, higher-level services may be provided to exchange data of predefined types (e.g., for common activities such as turn negotiations, turn yielding, scorekeeping, leadership elections, etc.).

公开(公告)号：US10182204B1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-15

申请号：US15815633

申请日：2017-11-16

Applicant: Facebook, Inc.

Inventor： Stephane Taine ,  Nora Micheva ,  Shyamalan Pather ,  Jason Duane Clark ,  Michelle Ruby Hwang ,  Hoang Le ,  Joel Alexander Bullard ,  Candace Button Disco ,  Joseph Stephen Gonzalez ,  Kelly Nicole Stevens ,  Anne Raynor

IPC: H04N7/14 ,  H04N5/445 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  H04L29/06

Abstract: Users of multiple clients participate in a video chat session by exchanging video streams. A user initiates generation of a high-quality composite image of the video chat session. The clients each capture high-quality local images and send the images to a chat server via a communications channel that is out-of-band from the video streams. The chat server stores the images in a repository. The initiating user views the images and selects images and a layout to use for the composite image. The chat server assembles the composite image based on the selections and saves the composite image to the repository. The initiating user can retrieve the composite image and view it, post it to social media, and/or use it for other purposes.