{
  "patent_number": "US 10732795",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "How Messaging Apps Quickly Share Photos and Camera Previews",
  "original_title": "Message user interfaces for capture and transmittal of media and location content",
  "summary": "Apple's patent describes a way to quickly open a camera or photo gallery directly inside a messaging app so you can attach media without leaving your conversation.",
  "what_it_does": "The patent details a user interface for messaging apps that allows a user to trigger a media selection menu while staying within a text conversation. When the user requests to add media, the device displays a panel containing both thumbnail images from the device's library and a live camera preview button. If the user taps the live preview, the device captures a new photo and places it directly into the message compose field. This allows for a seamless transition from typing text to capturing or selecting media for immediate transmission.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover media sharing that requires switching to a separate camera or gallery application.",
    "Does not cover automated or background media attachment without explicit user selection of an affordance.",
    "Does not protect the general concept of sending photos in a chat, only the specific UI mechanism of the concurrent media selection interface."
  ],
  "filed": "2017-04-14",
  "granted": "2020-08-04",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": "Apple Inc",
  "holder_url": "https://patentbrief.org/company/apple-inc",
  "inventors": [
    {
      "name": "Roberto Garcia",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/roberto-garcia"
    },
    {
      "name": "Patrick L. Coffman",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/patrick-l-coffman"
    },
    {
      "name": "Lawrence Y. YANG",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/lawrence-y-yang"
    },
    {
      "name": "Matthaeus KRENN",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/matthaeus-krenn"
    },
    {
      "name": "Justin Wood",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/justin-wood"
    },
    {
      "name": "Imran Chaudhri",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/imran-chaudhri"
    },
    {
      "name": "Richard R. Dellinger",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/richard-r-dellinger"
    },
    {
      "name": "Stephen O. Lemay",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/stephen-o-lemay"
    }
  ],
  "times_cited": 0,
  "tags": [
    "consumer_electronics",
    "software",
    "telecommunications"
  ],
  "abstract": "An electronic device includes a touch-sensitive surface, a display, and a camera sensor. The device displays a message region for displaying a message conversation and receives a request to add media to the message conversation. Responsive to receiving the request, the device displays a media selection interface concurrently with at least a portion of the message conversation. The media selection interface includes a plurality of affordances for selecting media for addition to the message conversation, the plurality of affordances includes a live preview affordance, at least a subset of the plurality of affordances includes thumbnail representations of media available for adding to the message conversation, and the live preview affordance is associated with a live camera preview. Responsive to detecting selection of the live preview affordance, the device captures a new image based on the live camera preview and selects the new image for addition to the message conversation.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/10732795/ios-dark-mode",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/10732795/ios-dark-mode/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US10732795",
  "relatedPatents": []
}